quick fixes for the devs to impliment in U11

[kcru]

A few quick spellcasting fixes that SHOULD go into U11.


1) Extend should apply to Summons. No reason not to. It's just annoying, would provide a very small amount of utility back after you gutted it from offensive spells, and if you can keep a pet alive for 20 minutes then there's no reason not to allow it. Frankly, Extend could make the summons permanent and it wouldn't be overpowered.


2) Extend should also apply to Divine Might. Ditto the "giving a reason to use extend" as above. Sure, at 2 minutes regen + 2 minutes duration you could keep it going indefinitely as a Radiant Servant IF YOU NEVER USE YOUR AURA OR BURSTS TO HEAL. Since people DO use aura and bursts, I don't really see the problem. But if it just totally freaks you out, make it 1 min, 45 seconds. 1 Minute duration on DM is just too little to bother with. Without this adjustment I'm probably ditching Divine Might as I never seem to be able to justify using it for my 2 pts of damage for a measly 1 minute.


3) Again.. Radiant Burst should work, centered on you, regardless of who/what you have selected. A quick fix would be to save the previous selection, select the caster, Burst, restore the selection.

[Bodic]

What I read is I want more use out of my Turn Undeads for my Melee Cleric.

Yes the RS burst is not a centered cast, but is F1 so hard to hit. It is designed for target casting so you can use it on a group away from you extending your healing range.

I do agree without a target selected it should default to a self centered cast.

[kcru]

What I read is I want more use out of my Turn Undeads for my Melee Cleric.

I took Divine Might ages ago and recently realized that I NEVER use it because it's just not good enough or long enough. Better to simply save it for healing for the most part. The suggestion on Extend might make me use it (might not too... I'd actually have to play with it to decide.) And that's what it is.. a suggestion. If they don't do it... no skin off my nose since I'm probably ditching it anyway to reclaim the points for more useful ones.

But mostly I want longer summons. it's annoying to have a mass shield of faith on my buddy that can last for a loooooong time when doing slayers, etc, but having him drop out after 10 minutes. It's mostly an annoyance.

Yes the RS burst is not a centered cast, but is F1 so hard to hit. It is designed for target casting so you can use it on a group away from you extending your healing range.

Actually, yes, f1 is hard to hit. I use the arrow keys for movement. To hit F1 I'd need to completely shift my hand then get it back into position so that I'm not helpless. I use mouse selections.


As far as I know it is NOT possible to trigger a radiant burst from anyone BUT you. Other Mass cure spells, yes. Not this one. If it was possible then I wouldn't care too much since I'd most likely have someone nearby selected and it would be the same effect. Instead it merely refuses to fire saying that it's an invalid target. If instead of saying that it was an invalid target it fired from the only VALID target, then the problem is solved.