Question about Fire Shard (possible bug, or bad messaging) on 12/03/2002 02:53 PM CST
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Saw this in the bugs folder...

A pair of elemental fire shards fly at you!

Your dark mantle of aether flutters angrily as if caught in a sudden wind.
The targeting matrix of Tzifira's spell is twisted and pulled apart by your Aether Cloak.
The fire shard misses you!
Your chain balaclava is slightly damaged.
The fire shard blasts away most of your neck and cauterizes the jugular.


Notice how the second shard of fire was apparently in no way affected by Aether Cloak? Same thing happens with the spell Shear, there is no messagin on the second shard.

Is this a bug, and the second shard is getting 'free' hits?
Or is there a lack of messaging there?

Thanks.

Eldrad
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Re: Question about Fire Shard (possible bug, or bad messaging) on 12/03/2002 02:59 PM CST
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Fire shard needs a bit of work in the multiplicity arena. That work should clean up the issues you have.

GM Damissak
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Re: Question about Fire Shard (possible bug, or bad messaging) on 12/03/2002 03:05 PM CST
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<<Fire shard needs a bit of work in the multiplicity arena. That work should clean up the issues you have. -- GM Damissak >>

::fret:: It's troubling that one of the first spells released is still being tweaked.

This "multiplicity arena" of which you speak ... has it been fiddled with lately? For some reason I'm not seeing much posting on it but a lot of war mages are telling me their targeted magic learning has suddenly dropped appreciably, could this be the culprit?

Gizella (sorry to sidetrack a thread)
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Re: Question about Fire Shard (possible bug, or bad messaging) on 12/03/2002 03:30 PM CST
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>> ::fret:: It's troubling that one of the first spells released is still being tweaked.

Don't fret. Its technical stuff only (not performance). FS was the first to flow multiple attacks through the combat system (a pre-cursor even to dual loading). Since its inception we have learned quite a bit (and written some other utilities) which will help us to 'clean up the spell' so to speak.

>> has it been fiddled with lately?

FS hasn't been fiddled with.

I'll try to investigate any causes and exp decreases.

GM Damissak
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Re: Question about Fire Shard (possible bug, or bad messaging) on 12/03/2002 03:43 PM CST
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<<I'll try to investigate any causes and exp decreases.>>

Thanks, Damissak!
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Re: Question about Fire Shard (possible bug, or bad messaging) on 12/03/2002 07:56 PM CST
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Thanks for bringing my post to attention. It's a shame it wasn't checked in the Bugs folder.. but here is just as good. It just seemed like a significant bug at the time if I ever decide to use the spell in a spar for instance.


Newt
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