Well, it was always hitting what you had targetted, though because of some changes to the magic core it was doing it a bit strangely. The messaging should be more in line with what you expect, also the exploding part of the hit messaging should always be on the target rather than having the target of the spell sometimes be hit by the stray shards.

ASGM Ricinus
Core, Logistics, Survival
Cleric Advocate

Something has either changed or is wrong with Fireball... I've been hunting with friends for months now casting fireballs like a crazed pyro. Never once has a stray shard or ball of fire hit them, until today. If they were in the room with me, all of them were hit.. I was at melee with 4 wyverns, I targeted one of the wyverns I was at melee with, I cast it and 1 wyvern was hit and so were my three hunting buddies. I did this several times having them completely out of combat and in hiding.. it would hit them while in hiding but never brought them out.

seems to be working as before, my hunting buddies thank you, as do I!

I have noticed no change in learning, and have been testing/comparing notes.

These are with 4 drakes at melee. For the resuscitant cast, it may have been only 3. Notice that I had to will it to explode on that cast, which is odd since they're much lower than my TM skill. All of these casts are at 100 mana with full target.


Fireball now:
You gesture at a lava drake.
You contribute your harnessed streams to increase the pattern's potential.
A massive ball of flame flies at a lava drake!
The fire glances off a lava drake's stony hide as it passes. A lava drake's skin blisters as the intense heat of the fireball washes over it!
The fire glances off a lava drake's stony hide as it passes. A lava drake's skin blisters as the intense heat of the fireball washes over it!
The fireball glances off a lava drake's stony hide.
The fireball whooshes past it, singeing the skin of its back.
A volley of fiery shards explode outward toward a lava drake!
The shard of fire glances off a lava drake's stony hide. The fire shard smacks into it, leaving a circular burn on its abdomen.
The lava drake is lightly stunned!
The shard of fire glances off a lava drake's stony hide. The fire shard glances off its back, singeing it a little.
The shard of fire glances off a lava drake's stony hide. The fire shard glances off its chest, singeing it a little.
The complementary nature of the spell empowers you.
Roundtime: 1 sec.

Also now, against a resuscitant:
You gesture at a Misenseor resuscitant.
You contribute your harnessed streams to increase the pattern's potential.
A massive ball of flame flies at a Misenseor resuscitant!
A Misenseor resuscitant manages to avoid the raging ball of fire, as it flies past it.
A Misenseor resuscitant's skin broils as the intense heat of the fireball washes over it!
A Misenseor resuscitant manages to avoid the raging ball of fire, as you will the ball to explode as it passes!
A volley of fiery shards explode outward toward a Misenseor resuscitant!
The fire shard smacks into it, leaving a circular burn on its abdomen.
The fire shard glances off its right arm, singeing it a little.
The fire shard glances off its back, singeing it a little.
The complementary nature of the spell empowers you.
Roundtime: 1 sec.


Fireball before(with 55 ranks less of TM, 10 less Int, Disc, Wis, Charisma, and Stam):
You gesture at a lava drake.
You contribute your harnessed streams to increase the pattern's potential.
A massive ball of flame flies at a lava drake!
The fireball glances off a lava drake's stony hide.
The fireball whooshes past it, singeing the skin of its abdomen.
A volley of fiery shards explode outward toward a lava drake!
The shard of fire glances off a lava drake's stony hide. The fire shard glances off its back, singeing it a little.
The shard of fire glances off a lava drake's stony hide. The fire shard glances off its chest, singeing it a little.
The shard of fire glances off a lava drake's stony hide. The shard hits a lava drake squarely in the back, sending it reeling and scorching the shriek.
A volley of fiery shards explode outward toward a lava drake!
a lava drake blocks one of the shards of fire with its stony hide.
The shard of fire glances off a lava drake's stony hide. The fire shard glances off its right leg, singeing it a little.
The shard of fire glances off a lava drake's stony hide. The fire shard glances off its right leg, singeing it a little.
A volley of fiery shards explode outward toward a lava drake!
The shard of fire glances off a lava drake's stony hide. The fire shard glances off its chest, singeing it a little.
The shard of fire glances off a lava drake's stony hide. The fire shard hits a lava drake in the throat, causing it to gag slightly.
The shard of fire glances off a lava drake's stony hide. The fire shard smacks into it, leaving a circular burn on its back.
The complementary nature of the spell empowers you.
Roundtime: 1 sec.

>miss

Yes, I understand that. I don't think I should be missing resuscitants with a fully targeted fireball. They haven't taught me TM for quite a while.

Going back over my post, it seems that the main fireball was hitting everything and the shard volley was only hitting one target. This was tested right before I made that post.

I just went hunting, and it seems to be working correctly again. I guess it got fixed, or resolved itself. Or maybe it was an engagement issue. They were all at melee, but I've noticed that it happens sometimes. I'll be at melee with 4 things but the fireball will only hit 1 of them. Usually, entering 'face next' a few times, or retreating and letting them re-advance, fixes the problem.

Thanks for checking it out.

I can't say I've noticed any change in my learning from Fireball.. it still locks rather quickly for me, maybe 7-10 minutes? Thats with 4 juv wyverns at melee.

That's actually working as intended. When you cast the spell at a target, the area mechanics start sorting out which other targets to hit. Any targets that are hit before the intended target get a 'whoosh' single strike. The intended target gets a whoosh or a exploding hit. And any targets that remain after the main target is hit get hit with shrapnel.

ASGM Ricinus
Core, Logistics, Survival
Cleric Advocate

That's a pretty neat bit of detail.

Mazrian