Improving Smite Evil... and Trip and the like

[Borror0]

And since Mod 6 (maybe before) I can name many spells and attacks that don't register at all at least 10% to 15% of the time if not more.

Yes, but that's new! Smite Evil has always been buggy, ask Eladrin:

That delay annoys me to no end too, I'm looking into why it's misbehaving but can't promise anything with that one at this time. It's on my bug list.

[gpk]

It's no secret there are problems with the way DDO handles special attacks despite some not noticing them.

Add to this more special attacks with a high cost to self, HP, limtied usage etc. and add these to the class in most need of a boost and you have a recipe for blech.

When DDO attempts to do more FPS-like things it doesn't work out well and it has nothing to do with the players.

As I've said before, special attacks need a "pay on attack roll" mechanism; no attack roll=no wasted special attack ( you can have a 1 second cooldown to prevent spam).
This is less of a problem with trips,stuns,sunders of course, but with DS and ES and future similar costly special attacks there is simply no good reason to allow the attack to count if there is no vailid attack roll.

[Jondallar]

I drop maybe 1/20 ES or DS, and I am playing from singapore at 320 ms latency.....

1/20 eh.

And yet u manage to hit Velah 100% of the time with your bow... interesting maybe your arrows and Velah are KaTet...irresistably drawn together

[Jondallar]

And since Mod 6 (maybe before) I can name many spells and attacks that don't register at all at least 10% to 15% of the time if not more. It SEEMS (no hard evidence) that my Heal spells don't actually get cast at least 20% of the time.

Lies... I have never seen you heal... or do u mean that when u are asking for heals 20% of the time u dont get them...cause I will believe that.


I find that the auto attack and hold down to attack options cause many miss fires/non casts unless you time it properly in the attack sequence (IE between swings rather than mid swing).

[Accelerando]

1/20 eh.

And yet u manage to hit Velah 100% of the time with your bow... interesting maybe your arrows and Velah are KaTet...irresistably drawn together

lol I don't like you you are no long my favorite halfling pally.

[jhorn02]

It's no secret there are problems with the way DDO handles special attacks despite some not noticing them.

Add to this more special attacks with a high cost to self, HP, limtied usage etc. and add these to the class in most need of a boost and you have a recipe for blech.

When DDO attempts to do more FPS-like things it doesn't work out well and it has nothing to do with the players.

As I've said before, special attacks need a "pay on attack roll" mechanism; no attack roll=no wasted special attack ( you can have a 1 second cooldown to prevent spam).
This is less of a problem with trips,stuns,sunders of course, but with DS and ES and future similar costly special attacks there is simply no good reason to allow the attack to count if there is no vailid attack roll.

This was exactly the point I was trying to make, though this is better articulated. "Pay on attack roll" only seems fair. How many Paladins in PNP would use a smite evil (same argument for Trip, Stunning Blow, etc.) if they weren't actually swinging at something (i.e. generating an attack roll). They might miss the target, but I can't imagine how using a smite evil could make sense for just swinging your sword through the air.

[Borror0]

"Pay on attack roll" only seems fair. How many Paladins in PNP would use a smite evil (same argument for Trip, Stunning Blow, etc.) if they weren't actually swinging at something (i.e. generating an attack roll).

Not so much, do you swing your sword even though the mob could move?

[Yaga_Nub]

Lies... I have never seen you heal... or do u mean that when u are asking for heals 20% of the time u dont get them...cause I will believe that.

While it is true that I rarely heal, I am a bit miffed that my efforts, when I do try to heal, aren't happening and others are getting credit for my attempts at healing.

Actually I never get healed when I asked and that's why it's Heal scrolls and UMD FTW!