Game Mechanics: Double bolts + Zonewide magician bolt nukes classic SCREEN SHOTS INCLUDED

[Suri]

I do remember getting easy double bolts in classic when firing down at aviaks from up above at KFC in South Karana.

Another difference with bolts is that the graphic for the bolts themselves is just a small red baseball sized fireball in P99. In classic it was a big orange ball the size of a gnome, and would often hit the wrong mob if there was something in the way.

[ElemtalRZ]

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[Zuranthium]

Bump, these things to keep in mind especially:

Originally Posted by Suri [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I do remember getting easy double bolts in classic when firing down at aviaks from up above at KFC in South Karana.

Originally Posted by nilbog [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I played a mage a good bit on live. Here's what I remember

Originally bolts didn't even require a target. You could face a direction, and cast. From what I recall it would even hit npcs that moved in its path, thus creating aggro that wasn't your original intent. Also, if it was chasing an npc target, if one got in its path, it would hit it and never reach your intended target.

I remember the Z axis double nuke as well. If levitating, and very close to the target, it would sometimes hit twice.

And a couple other classic properties about bolts:

1.) You didn't have to wait for the first one to land before casting another spell
2.) If the target moved verrrry far away, the bolt would fail and you would still lose mana for casting it

Also, if anyone has any code knowledge that would help the devs fix the broken bolt graphics on p99, that would be super great. They used to look awesome and that was a lot of the fun in using them.