Game Mechanics: Spell Scribing time way. too. quick.

[Gimlish]

This is definitely not classic. I create a level 1 char and click a spell into my book, it should be taking 25+ seconds to scribe a spell of equal level into my spell book. It currently takes <1 second. Is this intended to be non classic?

[Madbad]

I remember it being a massive chore to scribe and memorize spells with my limited childhood play time.

So long that at newbie levels I would go into another room to watch TV while spells were scribing.

[Colgate]

yaw i def remember dis

scribing/memorizing took fuckin FOREVER at low levels

[Daldaen]

This is definitely classic. However I believe this is something they chose to not reimplement or could not due to client limitations. I'm hazy on which one.

Example logs from Al'Kabor, which had classic scribe times cause legit client/code:

Level 1 Scribing level 1 spells:

[Sun Feb 19 18:32:10 2012] Beginning to scribe Minor Healing...
[Sun Feb 19 18:32:56 2012] You have finished scribing Minor Healing. -- 46 seconds
[Sun Feb 19 18:33:13 2012] Beginning to scribe Skin like Wood...
[Sun Feb 19 18:33:59 2012] You have finished scribing Skin like Wood. -- 46 seconds

[Mon Feb 20 20:01:35 2012] You have gained a level! Welcome to level 6!

Level 6 Scribing level 1 spells:

[Mon Feb 20 20:22:41 2012] Beginning to scribe Burst of Flame...
[Mon Feb 20 20:22:51 2012] You have finished scribing Burst of Flame. -- 10 seconds

[Mon Feb 20 20:25:39 2012] Beginning to scribe Endure Fire...
[Mon Feb 20 20:25:49 2012] You have finished scribing Endure Fire. -- 10 seconds

[Mon Feb 20 20:25:53 2012] Beginning to scribe Dance of the Fireflies...
[Mon Feb 20 20:26:03 2012] You have finished scribing Dance of the Fireflies. -- 10 seconds

Level 6 Scribing level 5 spells:

[Mon Feb 20 20:27:06 2012] Beginning to scribe Gate...
[Mon Feb 20 20:27:43 2012] You have finished scribing Gate. -- 37 seconds

[SamwiseRed]

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

This is definitely not classic. I create a level 1 char and click a spell into my book, it should be taking 25+ seconds to scribe a spell of equal level into my spell book. It currently takes <1 second. Is this intended to be non classic?

reported this a couple of years ago. spell book is also not classic.

[Treats]

The time it took to scribe spells into your spellbook and put them on your spell bar depended on the level of the spell and the skill it used I think.

Evocation/Alteration/etc

Dunno what the formula was.

[Nirgon]

depended on meditate skill vs spell level