Game Mechanics: Mage Pet Spells

[Bristlebaner]

Bump for justice!

[Bristlebaner]

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[Bristlebaner]

Telin mentioned some big changes coming in next patch. Any word on whether this is included?

[Bristlebaner]

Braveheart!

[Bristlebaner]

On the heels of the VT change, let their be extra attention paid to this issue!

[Telin]

I did what I could with our current system to remove any unnecessary delays; however, it is still too randomized. We need code development to fix this any further.

[Bristlebaner]

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

I did what I could with our current system to remove any unnecessary delays; however, it is still too randomized. We need code development to fix this any further.

Does that mean Nilbog?

[Rygar]

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

I did what I could with our current system to remove any unnecessary delays; however, it is still too randomized. We need code development to fix this any further.

I found some info in mcoy logs, I'd need to set some parameters to run a better query, but here is a sample of an in era NPC mage earth pet (which I think would have same criteria as PC pets, but could be mistaken)

[Mon Nov 12 18:42:13 2001] A stone skeleton pet tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:13 2001] A stone skeleton tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:13 2001] A stone skeleton hits YOU for 26 points of damage.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:14 2001] a stone skeleton pet begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:17 2001] Your feet sink into the ground.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:17 2001] A stone skeleton pet tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:17 2001] A stone skeleton pet hits YOU for 1 point of damage.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:20 2001] a stone skeleton pet begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:20 2001] You resist the EarthElementalAttack spell!!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:21 2001] A stone skeleton pet tries to kick YOU, but misses!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:23 2001] A stone skeleton pet hits YOU for 20 points of damage.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:23 2001] A stone skeleton pet tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:29 2001] A stone skeleton pet tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:29 2001] A stone skeleton pet hits YOU for 11 points of damage.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:29 2001] A stone skeleton pet tries to bash YOU, but misses!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:33 2001] a stone skeleton pet begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:33 2001] You resist the EarthElementalAttack spell!!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:36 2001] A stone skeleton pet tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:37 2001] A stone skeleton pet kicks YOU for 7 points of damage.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:41 2001] A stone skeleton pet hits YOU for 20 points of damage.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:41 2001] a stone skeleton pet begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:41 2001] You resist the EarthElementalAttack spell!!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:43 2001] A stone skeleton pet tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:43 2001] A stone skeleton pet hits YOU for 17 points of damage.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:45 2001] A stone skeleton pet tries to kick YOU, but misses!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:49 2001] A stone skeleton pet hits YOU for 11 points of damage.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:49 2001] a stone skeleton pet begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:49 2001] You resist the EarthElementalAttack spell!!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:50 2001] A stone skeleton pet hits YOU for 1 point of damage.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:53 2001] a stone skeleton pet begins to cast a spell.
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:53 2001] You resist the EarthElementalAttack spell!!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:54 2001] A stone skeleton pet tries to bash YOU, but misses!
[Mon Nov 12 18:42:57 2001] A stone skeleton pet hits YOU for 10 points of damage.

What's interesting is the root is a spell with 3 second cast initially, but any subsequent cast is 0 seconds (casting message followed by resist message).

I'm not sure if this is how things are setup on P99 or if this is helpful.

I'll try and modify the parser to try and log pet casts, but kind of hard with them sharing names and resists not being logged unless you are being attacked.

There is some luclin era info also but still valuable as it occurred BEFORE the major pet revamp.

[mcoy]

If there are logs from Hanks or Zeophyle - those were two magicians I played with. I duo'd with Zeophyle a bit on Qien, but that may have been in the time period before these logs.

-Mcoy

[Rygar]

Thank mcoy, unfortunately their log files were either end of Luclin or PoP era (which puts them post pet-patch revamp).

However, I did discover a plethora of data (over 2 hours of attack data / proc info) of an earth pet (either from the level 49 or 51 series, unsure yet). The data is in era, just a few days before Luclin launch.

We'll let the data tell the story, I'll try and get the script setup tonight and post the results (capture hit distribution on the pet as well).