Question - KissAssist Questions - Pulls and Interrupts

[unknowncharacter]

Hello!

Few questions here and forgive me I'm new to using KissAssist. I think most of the issues I'm having are TLP related and won't really be a problem when focus effects/better mana regen/mounts, etc come into play.

1.) Is there a way to alter the pace of pulls?

Let's say I want the puller to wait 15 seconds before pulling another mob so that my characters can rebuff. I keep running into situations where the puller isn't getting buffs because they keep running off faster than the buff cast time. I've tried fiddling with some settings such as PullWait and setting that to a minute or so, but it's not an exact science and sometimes they get buffs sometimes the buffs are still running during the "break period."

2.) I've done some searching and can't really find a definitive answer. Is there a condition or some way to interrupt caster mobs?

Right now I'm just spewing mana on my enchanter stunning repeatedly at low HP on all mobs. Would be nice to have a condition to either stun specific mobs or specific archtypes to avoid gating/heals etc.

3.) Speaking of conditions! Is there a way to single pull with a class that is capable? Example: Bard pulls with pacify song. Maybe a condition that says if X mobs in radius you're pulling in cast pacify on 2, pull the other.

Thanks so much for your time!

 

[B_I_G__D_A_D_D_Y]

2.) I've done some searching and can't really find a definitive answer. Is there a condition or some way to interrupt caster mobs?

I don't think you can do that within the KISS macro. I have a lowbie team and I use MQ2Events to interrupt mobs casting the gate spell. Please note these are somewhat incomplete in that I don't check if the ability is available I just shotgun it and hope it works!

On my bard:
[CODE lang="ini" title="MQ2Event for Bard to interrupt gaters"][Gating]
trigger=#*# begins to cast the gate spell.#*#
command=/multiline ; /mqp on ; /stopsong ; /cast "Bellow of Chaos" ; /mqp off
[/CODE]

On my cleric:
[CODE lang="ini" title="MQ2Event for Cleric to interrupt gating"][Gating]
trigger=#*# begins to cast the gate spell.#*#
command=/multiline ; /mqp on ; /stopcast ; /cast "Stun Command" ; /mqp off
[/CODE]

 

[wymranar]

@unknowncharacter I have had similar issues in the past. My puller/warrior kept missing out on buffs like shining etc.

I found that setting pull/pause to 1/10, so 1 minute out of 10 was pretty effective.

Also, with the new KA12 you can set up a condition to pause pulls. I use the TLO group.anyonemissing , so the puller will pause if someone has died or got lost. I imagine there is a way to accomplish your goal with a condition, but I can’t think of any.

 

[ctaylor22]

@unknowncharacter You can check your targets class to see what class they are.

Spawn TLO
Class TLO
Animations

You can NOT use ${Target.Casting.ID}, but you can check the Animations of the Target. To figure out what Animations are being used. I would create a hot key to echo the animation of one of the mobs, while they are casting Gate. /echo ${Target.Animation}

 

[Black_]

3.) Speaking of conditions! Is there a way to single pull with a class that is capable? Example: Bard pulls with pacify song. Maybe a condition that says if X mobs in radius you're pulling in cast pacify on 2, pull the other.

+1

Currently looking for this as well. Would love to see this behavior or similar:

Bard pulling:
If mobs are around my target then paci nearby mobs and pull target.
If targets are unaffacted, ignore and pull regularly or with mez

Monk pulling (much simpler):
Echo target then distant strike

I feel like KA is pretty close to this already if we're allowed to "pullwith" multiple abilities.

 

[ctaylor22]

Paci is easier with a non-monk class. Monks Echo puts all effected mobs on XTarget and to kiss, that means you have aggro and need to return to camp. In some older zones, you have to hit your target more than once to get it to react after using echo. I do have this on my list of enhancements for kiss.