EQ2Bot question about spells.

[asmonty]

Does eq2bot just choose the highest level spell to use or does it take into account tier of spell as well? Will it cast the 1 spell level higher apprentice spell over the older master spell even though the spell is inferior?

 

[insanitywiz]

Unfortunately right now it takes the highest level spell, despite the fact that even the game itself uses the most powerful version of the spell via /usability.

Hmm, I'm thinking of rewriting a couple class files now.

 

[Amadeus]

I see no reason to get panties in a wad over this. It's only an issue for a while until you update the spells...which should happen quickly. EQ2bot has survived all of the other expansions just fine.

 

[insanitywiz]

It's not the expansion, this has been the way useability works since the change in spell names. And to me it just makes more sense to know you can /usability "attack" and it will use the best possible version, rather than /usability "attack IV" at a particular level, and it would also greatly simplify the class spell lists.

Is it a big deal? Not at all. Is it something that could be used better? Very much so.

 

[Amadeus]

In my opinion it's always better to use the latest version of a spell simply because the mobs you'll be fighting (typically) will resist it less than the lower level spell...even if the stats on the lower level spell are better. At least, this is how the game worked last time I checked.

 

[Kannkor]

In my opinion it's always better to use the latest version of a spell simply because the mobs you'll be fighting (typically) will resist it less than the lower level spell...even if the stats on the lower level spell are better. At least, this is how the game worked last time I checked.

I can't tell any difference in resist rates. I run ACT and have a slash and hack job of a spell list (to use T9 masters and T8 masters, no appren's), and my resist rates on all spells are the same (most of the time, 0% resists).

On a side note, I agree it's not worth the time to make any "smart" choice about which spell to use. Always use the latest one. If you want to use half and half, simply edit the spell list.

 

[Pygar]

It's not the expansion, this has been the way useability works since the change in spell names. And to me it just makes more sense to know you can /usability "attack" and it will use the best possible version, rather than /usability "attack IV" at a particular level, and it would also greatly simplify the class spell lists.

Is it a big deal? Not at all. Is it something that could be used better? Very much so.

This is a fairly significant re-write of core logic that I'm not going to do.

If you want to use a lower level spell, simply remove the ID portion of the higher spell in your spell list xml file.