Game Mechanics: Instant Cast Items and the Spell Gem Refresh Timer

[Aeolwind]

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

it mainly aided in refreshing your global cooldown (the 1.5-2 sec) one you get whenever you cast any spell. I don't remember it automatically refreshing the one that had the much longer recast. Though I could be wrong.

It didn't hit the normal cooldowns. just the global between spells. <3'd my 8th coldain ring for this.

[Yoite]

ya like you root and it resist oh shit Jboots click now your can re-root instaly instead of waiting 2 seconds or so. or you could just run some until global CD, i never used it much despite know it existed. i think the only time i *really* used it was on my enc and i had agro and was runing to keep from dieing, i knew the mob was gonna go through the runes quick so i would rune clicky rune clicky to save that 2 seconds when i really needed to get another fresh rune up quick.

as far as i know it didnt refresh specific spell cooldowns, like FD for instance, i dont think you could FD, then stand up Jboots and FD right again. But i didnt play any FD classes back then nor did i really use this tactic much.

[Kainzo]

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

ya like you root and it resist oh shit Jboots click now your can re-root instaly instead of waiting 2 seconds or so. or you could just run some until global CD, i never used it much despite know it existed. i think the only time i *really* used it was on my enc and i had agro and was runing to keep from dieing, i knew the mob was gonna go through the runes quick so i would rune clicky rune clicky to save that 2 seconds when i really needed to get another fresh rune up quick.

as far as i know it didnt refresh specific spell cooldowns, like FD for instance, i dont think you could FD, then stand up Jboots and FD right again. But i didnt play any FD classes back then nor did i really use this tactic much.

It's true. This was useful because it allowed casters to be more effective in crappy situations (root resist etc). I do hope we will be able to put this classic (and very useful) mechanic back in. To my knowledge it was taken out in SoL/PoP when they revamped the casting system.

[Haynar]

Oh, so it only lets you refresh the gem bar, not specific spells waiting on recast. That way you could bypass the 2 sec spell gem refresh.

Gotcha.

Ya, that would probably be doable.

Haynar

[Kainzo]

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

Oh, so it only lets you refresh the gem bar, not specific spells waiting on recast. That way you could bypass the 2 sec spell gem refresh.

Gotcha.

Ya, that would probably be doable.

Haynar

God that would be hot. I'm 110% sure this would make a ton of casters happy!

[Argentate]

Buuuump.

Casters need to be un-nerfed to their classic form. Thank you.

[Ruprecht]

What's the status on this?

[Kevynne]

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

What's the status on this?

Need to un nerd whirl first IMO.
I want proof of the whirl nerd beng classic!
Cus it sure as hell ain't nerfed on cazic Thule-bristlebane

[Kainzo]

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

What's the status on this?

Even though I lost my password, I still would like to know too [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Nirgon]

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

When I was playing in Classic, many moons ago. I remember Jboots were very coveted for casters. Not especially for the run speed but more importantly for the effect the instant cast item had an effect on the global refresh time on the spell gems.

Whenever a caster would cast a spell, normally it would take 1.5-2 seconds for the gems to come up so they could cast yet again. However, if the caster were to use an instant cast item - they would be able to "instantly" refresh the cool down of the spell gems which made them able to cast a second faster.

I tested this last night as soon as I picked up my Jboots (fuck you AC and thanks Splinko for camping with me) that it indeed did not lessen the global cool down.

Any thoughts on this?

True into Velious, not sure on exact date is was removed in Velious tho.