Comments on: No, Sonny, Stopcasting doesn’t get rid of the Global Cooldown http://altitis.treehuggers.info/2007/10/23/no-sonny-stopcasting-doesnt-get-rid-of-the-global-cooldown/ If One Toon Just Isn't Enough, You Can Always Roll Another 49 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:35:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Adventsparky http://altitis.treehuggers.info/2007/10/23/no-sonny-stopcasting-doesnt-get-rid-of-the-global-cooldown/#comment-65 Adventsparky Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:11:00 +0000 http://altitis.treehuggers.info/2007/10/23/no-sonny-stopcasting-doesnt-get-rid-of-the-global-cooldown/#comment-65 I tried Quartz after reading this and I have now disable sorrens timers. i just prefer the feel of quartz and really like the castbar itself. Also I used to hit the next spell right before the last stopped casting anyway but it's handy to actually see what the delay will be. Nice find I tried Quartz after reading this and I have now disable sorrens timers. i just prefer the feel of quartz and really like the castbar itself. Also I used to hit the next spell right before the last stopped casting anyway but it’s handy to actually see what the delay will be. Nice find

]]> By: Gwaendar http://altitis.treehuggers.info/2007/10/23/no-sonny-stopcasting-doesnt-get-rid-of-the-global-cooldown/#comment-64 Gwaendar Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:16:00 +0000 http://altitis.treehuggers.info/2007/10/23/no-sonny-stopcasting-doesnt-get-rid-of-the-global-cooldown/#comment-64 In addition to the above, if you are within the latency and hit once (without /stopcasting), one of two things will happen:<br/>- you are too early and will get a round-trip from the client to the server (double latency) to find out before hitting your spell button again<br/>- you are within the right time window and the behaviour will remain similar to the current Quartz + stopcastin method.<br/><br/>The real improvement is that you won't cancel a critical heal by mistake. In addition to the above, if you are within the latency and hit once (without /stopcasting), one of two things will happen:
- you are too early and will get a round-trip from the client to the server (double latency) to find out before hitting your spell button again
- you are within the right time window and the behaviour will remain similar to the current Quartz + stopcastin method.

The real improvement is that you won’t cancel a critical heal by mistake.

]]> By: Gwaendar http://altitis.treehuggers.info/2007/10/23/no-sonny-stopcasting-doesnt-get-rid-of-the-global-cooldown/#comment-63 Gwaendar Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:46:00 +0000 http://altitis.treehuggers.info/2007/10/23/no-sonny-stopcasting-doesnt-get-rid-of-the-global-cooldown/#comment-63 There's a fundamental misunderstanding about removing the need of /stopcasting in 2.3<br/>What goes away is the requirement to add one between each instant-casts which do not trigger the global cooldown. For the Quartz trick, the change only removes the risk of cancelling a casting spell if you are too fast. In exchange to that, you'll get an error message back if you do cast too early (which is going to give a heavy penalty for button mashing).<br/>Using /stopcasting with Quartz the current way will remain as it is. There’s a fundamental misunderstanding about removing the need of /stopcasting in 2.3
What goes away is the requirement to add one between each instant-casts which do not trigger the global cooldown. For the Quartz trick, the change only removes the risk of cancelling a casting spell if you are too fast. In exchange to that, you’ll get an error message back if you do cast too early (which is going to give a heavy penalty for button mashing).
Using /stopcasting with Quartz the current way will remain as it is.

]]> By: Zerei http://altitis.treehuggers.info/2007/10/23/no-sonny-stopcasting-doesnt-get-rid-of-the-global-cooldown/#comment-62 Zerei Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:30:00 +0000 http://altitis.treehuggers.info/2007/10/23/no-sonny-stopcasting-doesnt-get-rid-of-the-global-cooldown/#comment-62 I haven't found any good info on this, so maybe you know...how exactly are they removing the /stopcasting functionality, or the need for it with Quartz-like addons? Is /stopcasting going to be built in with button presses or are they doing something with the whole server request lag thing? I haven’t found any good info on this, so maybe you know…how exactly are they removing the /stopcasting functionality, or the need for it with Quartz-like addons? Is /stopcasting going to be built in with button presses or are they doing something with the whole server request lag thing?

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