Target Other Ally and other skill description questions

Sausaletus Rex

Sausaletus Rex

Death From Above

Join Date: Dec 2004

09 Feb 2005 at 19:51 - 1
Skills that say "target ally" can target your character.

Skill that say "target other ally" cannot.

Anyone else have a question relating to skill descriptions?

Insane Angel

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Feb 2005

09 Feb 2005 at 21:35 - 2
What is the easyist way to judge skill distance?

EXAMPLES:

-Near by foe/allies
-30 feet

Narcism

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

Ottawa, ON, Canada

Mostly Harmless

W/

09 Feb 2005 at 22:13 - 3
Approximate Area of Effect

Adjacent
-Within swinging distance + a tad more

Examples
-Glimmering Mark
-Hundred Blades
-Mark of Pain

Nearby
-Inferno graphic + ~1/3 of that
-6 foot radius (~your character lying down)

Examples
-Chilblains
-Inferno
-Phoenix

From my experience, yours may vary!

As for distance.. your character is about 6 feet tall.

Kui

Kui

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2005

10 Feb 2005 at 03:08 - 4
Do players count as creatures? [As per Frozen Soil]

~Kui

Ensign

Ensign

Just Plain Fluffy

Join Date: Dec 2004

Berkeley, CA

Idiot Savants

10 Feb 2005 at 03:44 - 5
Players may be creatures, but their characters in game aren't creatures. Characters are digital objects, automatons at best. That hardly counts as a creatures.

(Yes, player characters count as creatures)

Peace,
-CxE

Pharalon

Pharalon

Beta Tester

Join Date: Jan 2005

Carebear Club

10 Feb 2005 at 03:47 - 6
Party = PCs + henchmen.

Allies = Anything that shows green on the minimap.

If you want to get a good feel for distances in game, grab and elementalist and cast a ward. Their range = 40'.

Sausaletus Rex

Sausaletus Rex

Death From Above

Join Date: Dec 2004

10 Feb 2005 at 05:48 - 7
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kui
Do players count as creatures? [As per Frozen Soil]
For Frozen Soil and most other skills, yes, as has been pointed out. Although they dont' seem to for Symbiosis which seems to only affect pets but also mentions it affects "creatures".

Ensign

Ensign

Just Plain Fluffy

Join Date: Dec 2004

Berkeley, CA

Idiot Savants

10 Feb 2005 at 05:58 - 8
The lesson here is that the skill descriptions are oftentimes misleading - they haven't sent a templating team in yet to clean everything up. Skills just work in some way that may or may not be explained by the descriptions. Believe what's written at your own peril.

Peace,
-CxE

Scaphism

Scaphism

Elite Guru

Join Date: Jan 2005

Idiot Savants [iQ]

15 Feb 2005 at 23:13 - 9
Quote:
Dark Fury: For 5 seconds, the next time any nearby party member attacks, that party member gains one hit of Adrenaline.
This skill was changed before the last BWE, and I'm not sure why. I'd also like to know if this ends after the first person attacks, or if multiple people can get adrenaline, and can anyone gain more than one hit of bonus adrenaline?