Aether Beam hit squares issues.
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 12:48 pm
There are some issues with the squares hit by Aether Beam:
1) The squares hit vary a bit from cast to cast.
2) I was able to hit myself with the *beam* part, while standing *on* the trap.
3) Is the trap supposed to be "disarmable" by monsters walking on it? The game log tells you the trap has been triggered, but what happens is it is rather removed.
1) First, I would like to point out that what squares are hit, is inconsistent from cast to cast. Is this on purpose? It seems a bit strange, as virtually all other talents are predictable in where they hit. To be particular, it is the squares the furthest from the beam trap that vary. Let (x, y) be the square with x- and y-coordinates relative to the position of the Aether Beam, with x to the right and y upwards. Then e.g. the square (3, 0) is often, but not always hit by the beam; sometimes the square (3, 1) or the square (3, -1) is hit instead. These two squares are a longer distance from the trap than (3, 0), which seems a bit odd.
It also seems the squares (-1, 3), (0, 3), (1, 3) can be hit simultaneously, as can (-3, -1), (-3, 0), (-3, 1) -- this is not true for the opposite sides of the circle.
2) I was tunneling the walls in the Dark Crypt, and using the Aether Beam to keep my mana reserves up by placing it underneath me, with Disruption Shield on. Suddenly, one of the Aether Beams proceeded to hit me not just with the low damage center ticks, but also with the horrifying beam part itself. This was clearly evident from the silence status effect I got. It seems the beam hit me for half the circular sweep, not all of it.
1,2) It could seem the trap itself is placed with floating point coordinates, with some randomness added to them, and probably off with half a square or so compared to the centre of the square it is placed in. That, or the same is true for the "which squares are hit"-calculations.
3) Not much more to say, really.
As an aside, I was yesterday able to target a square (with spells) that I could not see: there was a pillar blocking line of sight for some squares. In particular, the pillar was located at (-4, -2) relative to me. The square I was able to target, but not see, was at (-7, -2). There was a vampire at that square, who also could not see me. I can not believe this was intentional.
1) The squares hit vary a bit from cast to cast.
2) I was able to hit myself with the *beam* part, while standing *on* the trap.
3) Is the trap supposed to be "disarmable" by monsters walking on it? The game log tells you the trap has been triggered, but what happens is it is rather removed.
1) First, I would like to point out that what squares are hit, is inconsistent from cast to cast. Is this on purpose? It seems a bit strange, as virtually all other talents are predictable in where they hit. To be particular, it is the squares the furthest from the beam trap that vary. Let (x, y) be the square with x- and y-coordinates relative to the position of the Aether Beam, with x to the right and y upwards. Then e.g. the square (3, 0) is often, but not always hit by the beam; sometimes the square (3, 1) or the square (3, -1) is hit instead. These two squares are a longer distance from the trap than (3, 0), which seems a bit odd.
It also seems the squares (-1, 3), (0, 3), (1, 3) can be hit simultaneously, as can (-3, -1), (-3, 0), (-3, 1) -- this is not true for the opposite sides of the circle.
2) I was tunneling the walls in the Dark Crypt, and using the Aether Beam to keep my mana reserves up by placing it underneath me, with Disruption Shield on. Suddenly, one of the Aether Beams proceeded to hit me not just with the low damage center ticks, but also with the horrifying beam part itself. This was clearly evident from the silence status effect I got. It seems the beam hit me for half the circular sweep, not all of it.
1,2) It could seem the trap itself is placed with floating point coordinates, with some randomness added to them, and probably off with half a square or so compared to the centre of the square it is placed in. That, or the same is true for the "which squares are hit"-calculations.
3) Not much more to say, really.
As an aside, I was yesterday able to target a square (with spells) that I could not see: there was a pillar blocking line of sight for some squares. In particular, the pillar was located at (-4, -2) relative to me. The square I was able to target, but not see, was at (-7, -2). There was a vampire at that square, who also could not see me. I can not believe this was intentional.