skill recharge question

zwitterion

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Iowa. Or South Australia. Depending.

Mo/

i've had this game since it came out so I really should know the answer to this by now but... WHY is it that after I cast a spell a bunch of times (a random number of times it seems) that spell will at some point recharge approximately a MILLION times slower than usual? And then after that it'll recharge normally for another (apparently) random number of times before going into slo-mo? This happens mainly with high cast rate spells like the heals on my Word monk in pvp where i'm spamming word and orizon and whatnot all over. It also used to happen to my necro when i was running a dark aura build and casting a whole bunch of.. i dont remember, dark pact or something. What's the deal?

The Pointless

The Pointless

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Stuck in the UK

Rage International [RAGE]

W/Me

Well... are you getting hit by recharge-slowing hexes or conditions? Are you wielding a 20/20 time-halver?

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

or perhaps somebody around you is using distracting blow/shot or diversion(which would of course fall under the above )?

zwitterion

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Iowa. Or South Australia. Depending.

Mo/

no hexes of course I'da noticed that ;p
and yeah I forget what the necro was weilding but the monk has one of those pvp 20/20 wands..

MisterB

MisterB

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2005

Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy

[ban]

W/

Probably Diversion. If you spam spells, you become an easy target for Diversion, and it will barely flicker on your condition monitor before it lengthens your recharge.

zwitterion

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Iowa. Or South Australia. Depending.

Mo/

diversion! I'll bet that's it. Man what a bastard; i've been in the position of having all four main heals recharging at a snail's pace and no hex that I could see to get rid of to speed things up. Way to shut down a healing monk.

Stemnin

Stemnin

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

Mo/Me

lol, I hate it when something/someone casts diversion on me just 1/10th of a second before I hit the skill.

Franco

Franco

Banned

Join Date: Jul 2006

England

VoB

Me/

Disrupting chop, distracting shot, diversion ( i love this one) xD, etc, these are skills that make your recharge time longer, .

Agatsu

Agatsu

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

R/

I frequently have the same problem that the op is exeriencing.

At random times during the game a skill will take an extremely long time to recharge.
I have contacted support and they say this is a connectivity problem.
I am not convinced it is a connectivity issue.

I am working with them to try to check on this.

Mr.H.Mishima

Mr.H.Mishima

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

The Summit of Human Evolution

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Agatsu
I frequently have the same problem that the op is exeriencing.

At random times during the game a skill will take an extremely long time to recharge.
I have contacted support and they say this is a connectivity problem.
I am not convinced it is a connectivity issue.

I am working with them to try to check on this.
Your ISP is using Diversion on your connection. Hate it when that happens.

lennymon

lennymon

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Seattle

Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF]

R/

those 3 skills are reason enough to play an R/mes blackout just makes it even more fun.

TwinRaven

TwinRaven

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

W/

IMHO recharge altering skills/spells, etc should remain visible with the conditions icons for as long as they affect your character...some of them hit you and leave you wondering wtf just happened?....*dies