"Ball" spells

Butz · #1 05-17-2006, 10:55 PM

Now, I'm sure most people have seen the effects that happen on the "Ball" spells, (Fireball, Snowstorm, Poison Cloud, etc.) when they hit an object, they burst into a nice effect over that area.

Is there any way this could be made to happen when they hit a living target as well? I think it would be much nicer if when you hit someone with a fireball, they got engulfed in the ball of flames also.

Draenin · #2 05-17-2006, 11:15 PM

I approve!

The bursts are pretty useless if they only happen to walls and stuff.

Admins · #3 05-20-2006, 12:51 PM

Hmmm normally the energy of the spell ball is used to hurt the victim, while it has still all of its energy left when it's hitting a wall, and so be able to display some burst effect. May be there should also be some effect when hitting an enemy, but it should be a little bit smaller?

Draenin · #4 05-20-2006, 01:15 PM

Yeah, the area for non-player collisions is pretty large, but don't make it the size of the player, please. It would defeat the purpose of making it explode. The explosion effect should still make the player take damage, if it doesn't already.

Also, if it's at all possible, could the animation for the lightning spells be sped up so that the lines move faster? MasterNuke brought up the good point that lightning should strike an enemy and fade away quicker, more like it does realistically, rather than oozing along.