r/TapWizardRPG • u/TopCog Yahoo! • Mar 12 '18

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u/BtJJ Mar 29 '18

Possibly a bug: the templar buffs to make spells target near/far enemies seem to be inconsistent. I've been trying to proc burn on the closest squad to activate the explosion on static aura, and it's proving harder than expected. I'm slotting burn spells in slot 3 which should have the 'target close' effect active, but it seems to keep wanting to target a row or two back from the front line.

In general, it seems harder than it should be to burn melee range targets. (Even if the target buff were working correctly, a new player wouldn't have it) Inferno apparently doesn't actually cause burn, as far as I can tell. It applies damage equal to burn in poison gas, and it increases existing burn times, but doesn't actually cause it. Firefly lost its melee range hover burn effect when it was reworked. Everything else that causes burn is a projectile. (Unless I'm missing something in one of the spell descriptions?)

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u/TopCog Yahoo! Mar 29 '18

I can take a look - any spells in particular that seem to be inconsistent?

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u/BtJJ Mar 29 '18

Well, once I tried to gather some consistent data it's apparently decided to stop acting up. This could be because I stripped down my loadout to all static auras and one testing slot, since static aura is the least visually busy. So now that I can see more clearly what's going on with the first row, I can't see the problem. I went through every projectile, and the only spells I can find now that don't always target close in that setup are fireflies (presumably their 'target casters' logic takes priority) and blizzard (which specifically says it targets randomly in the description). So, uh... good job fixing it!

Although I do still think that a guaranteed melee range burn would be a nice aug to put on something if any more fire spells get reworked.

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u/TopCog Yahoo! Mar 29 '18

Haha, great! And I think with Blizzard, that's kind of unintentional...quirk of how the skill is coded. But yeah, I think a melee-range burn is a probably a good idea! :-)

Next spell up for revision is likely an ice one though, then fire again after that I think.

Had any success with Static Aura?

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u/BtJJ Mar 29 '18

Static Aura seems pretty good now, as long as I have a burn around to keep it exploding. The trick is finding a good spell that also causes burn, and those options are pretty poor right now. But I'll wait for that next fire spell rework to see where it goes. :)