I'm curious as to whether the spell stutter rate might be looked at, and perhaps a decrease applied. I have been somewhat frustrated of late with the fact that about one in four of my four 10th circle spells seems to stutter. I don't have hard stats, but the premise that I am thinking under is that a level 50 elementalist which has 99 spellcast_elemental *and* 90 specialize_elemental should probably be able to cast elemental spells with a fair amount of confidence. This, however, is often not the case. Perhaps a stutter save bonus could be applied to the various specialize_x skills?
Thanks.
Spell stutter rate
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I believe the standard failure rate for top circle spells is around 5%. So if you cast 4 of them, chances are a little less than 20% that at least one of them will abort.
Assuming 5%:
1 fail = 1/20 * 19/20^3 * 4 = 17.1475%
2 fails = 1/20^2 * 19/20^2 * 6 = 1.35375%
3 fails = 1/20^3 * 19/20 * 4 = 0.0475%
4 fails = 1/20^4 = 0.000625%
no fails = 19/20^4 = 81.450625%
I think part of the perceived increased earthblood failure rate is simply psychological, that you can cast more of them in rapid succession, so you'll see more failures in the same 10 second period than when you were lower level, when you could only cast one, remem, repeat. If there is something funny going on, definitely record results and post them.
Assuming 5%:
1 fail = 1/20 * 19/20^3 * 4 = 17.1475%
2 fails = 1/20^2 * 19/20^2 * 6 = 1.35375%
3 fails = 1/20^3 * 19/20 * 4 = 0.0475%
4 fails = 1/20^4 = 0.000625%
no fails = 19/20^4 = 81.450625%
I think part of the perceived increased earthblood failure rate is simply psychological, that you can cast more of them in rapid succession, so you'll see more failures in the same 10 second period than when you were lower level, when you could only cast one, remem, repeat. If there is something funny going on, definitely record results and post them.
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I hear that singing your spells can really help with a stuttering problem.
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