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Question - Bard Dicho - Long Recast - Spamming Server? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Incognito
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Warl0ck45
Well-known member
Incognito I may owe you an apology. My Bard has been getting stuck like you are describing more and more often (with no changes to my macros or set up) to the point I set up a MQ2ChatEvents to watch for the "You have not recovered yet..." message and sound an alarm then "/twist off" just to get the twist reset.
At times it sounds like a flock of birds squawking at each other getting stuck with some odd timers. Stopping twist (and pausing macro) for a moment then restarting fixes it for a long while for me, but it is happening a lot more often then I previously thought. Apparently with my fights now taking longer (have more low level toons in group to level) it is becoming more apparent (spending more time on X twist)
After rereading the plugin information ( I by no means understand plugin code) I get the feeling the plugin is suppose to set up timers for long recast songs. I am not sure how it is established but watching my bard just singing his rest twist ( Chorus of Sionachie, Lively Crescendo, and Dicho ) it works flawlessly for a while but eventually trips on trying to recast one of the longer recast and sticks.
I been meaning to give Melody a try with RD but, egads the edit to do that is daunting! heh.
At times it sounds like a flock of birds squawking at each other getting stuck with some odd timers. Stopping twist (and pausing macro) for a moment then restarting fixes it for a long while for me, but it is happening a lot more often then I previously thought. Apparently with my fights now taking longer (have more low level toons in group to level) it is becoming more apparent (spending more time on X twist)
After rereading the plugin information ( I by no means understand plugin code) I get the feeling the plugin is suppose to set up timers for long recast songs. I am not sure how it is established but watching my bard just singing his rest twist ( Chorus of Sionachie, Lively Crescendo, and Dicho ) it works flawlessly for a while but eventually trips on trying to recast one of the longer recast and sticks.
I been meaning to give Melody a try with RD but, egads the edit to do that is daunting! heh.
Never my friend. You are a trusted long-standing member of this community and I value your input and opinion even if it differs from mine! I have temporarily solved my problems with a shit (which is modified from any previously posted due to the /twist once cancelling any mez I may have active - so I added an XTar check):
Rich (BB code):
downflag1=0
downflag2=0
holyflag1=1
holyflag2=0
holyshit1=/multiline ; /melee downflag1=1 ; /melee downflag2=0 ; /melee holyflag1=0
holyshit2=/multiline ; /melee downflag1=0 ; /melee downflag2=1 ; /melee holyflag2=0
downshit1=/if (!${Select[${Zone.ID},151,202,203,219,344,345,463,33480,33113]} && ${Macro.Name.NotEqual["NULL"]} && !${Me.XTarget[0].ID} && ${Cast.Ready[Dichotomic Psalm]} && ${Me.Standing} && !${Me.Invis} && ${Me.PctEndurance}>20) /multiline ; /delay 50 ; /twist once 4 ; /melee downflag1=0 ; /melee holyflag2=1
downshit2=/if (!${Select[${Zone.ID},151,202,203,219,344,345,463,33480,33113]} && ${Macro.Name.NotEqual["NULL"]} && !${Me.XTarget[0].ID} && ${Cast.Ready[Motlak's Lively Crescendo]} && ${Me.Standing} && !${Me.Invis} && ${Me.PctEndurance}>20) /multiline ; /twist once 5 ; /melee downflag2=0 ; /melee holyflag1=1Might be a bit convoluted, but that suits me fine lol. It is an early adaptation and I might be able to streamline it, but since it works, I have little incentive to futz with it.
I force it to alternate between the endurance regen and the dicho, one after each fight unless there is a mob on XTar which means I should have something mez'd.
This setup virtually eliminates any downtime from any member of my grp (melee or caster).
Warl0ck45
Well-known member
I took a page out of your book and added the two songs to my combat and rest scripts in RD, seems to have improved things greatly. Using the macro scripting's in place checks, I only have to check that the songs are ready to cast. (IE not using MQ2Melee, but a macro version that does pretty much the same thing, only with additional checks)
I still get the occasional stutter (mostly from Twist not liking casting AA. Apparently at times it does it too fast, and gets stuck waiting to finish a cast that has already happened) but the MQ2ChatEvent I put in to watch for the recovery message (and stop twist if it happens, along with chirping so I know it is happening) seems to be back to normal fluttering. Did a.. oh 8-9 hour session today and only heard it go off maybe twice. Both times it was recasting auras and AA. (almost as if MQ2Twist needs a check to see if the casting window is still up, and if not (or times out), declare the cast complete and move on)
Anyways, just wanted to affirm the solution Incog has is working (though I went about it slightly different) for those looking for help =)
I still get the occasional stutter (mostly from Twist not liking casting AA. Apparently at times it does it too fast, and gets stuck waiting to finish a cast that has already happened) but the MQ2ChatEvent I put in to watch for the recovery message (and stop twist if it happens, along with chirping so I know it is happening) seems to be back to normal fluttering. Did a.. oh 8-9 hour session today and only heard it go off maybe twice. Both times it was recasting auras and AA. (almost as if MQ2Twist needs a check to see if the casting window is still up, and if not (or times out), declare the cast complete and move on)
Anyways, just wanted to affirm the solution Incog has is working (though I went about it slightly different) for those looking for help =)
ausername
New member
For whatever reason it wasn't working for me until I added "/target ${Me}" after "/multiline". Somehow you must have the bard targeting someone already. I kept getting an error about how I had to have a target to cast the spell (or whatever it actually says).
After making the minor tweak this has been working like a champ. Thanks!