Raid Rx: I feel the need... the need for speed Part 1

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2-05-2008 @ 1:54PM

Tridus said...

Just as an FYI - you actually have the details backwards.

Prior to 2.3, the timing was handled on the client. /stopcasting worked because it told the CLIENT to cancel the spell and let you start another, but the spell still went off because on the server the timer finished before the /stopcasting command got there. (Thats why you had to do it in that latency window, that extra time is what let the spell finish on the server before /stopcasting got there.)

Now with 2.3, the timing is done on the server. If you hit the button, the client tries to send a casting request, even if you already have a spell going. The server decides if it actually goes off or not based on its timer.

Other then that, this is good information for all casters, and not just healers. People running on 200ms connections can start a spell before their current spell is actually finished so long as they time it right to get a speed boost, and not everybody knows that.

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