Question - KA pulling question

[snowshovel]

I was in a spot last night with uneven terrain so pulling with spells was having LoS issue and it made me wonder. Is something like the below possible with KA?

Pullwith=Your pull spell here| but then a subcommand to Pullwith=melee if target is out of LoS?

Or would this be more of a upshit,downshit, holyshit whatever they are called deal?

And if so can someone post one you've used with success, thanks.

 

[Pyrochaser]

I asked a similar question a few weeks ago where it switches over to melee if the mob is too close to range attack and/or LOS issues. I believe ctaylor22 and TreeHuginDruid both mentioned this was on the docket for the Kiss 8 Rolls outs and subsequent updates.

 

[ctaylor22]

Well there is a change made for when you get to close to switch pulling too melee, But this only applies when using Ranged items. The real problem has to do with how to determine how to get the mob into LOS. Is the mob over a hill, or behind a wall? Is there a path to get the mob into LOS, This is not a simple thing to code or to determine.

Currently the macro tries to move you closer and closer to get the mob into LOS, but if the mob is moving, this does not always work..

It would be a simple change to do only what you are asking, but not sure what the outcome would be, you would have to test it.. Let me know and I pull post the change for you..

As Pyro said we added a feature that will switch from ranged to melee when you are to close to the mob.

 

[snowshovel]

These mobs in question were over a hill and some standing on the other side of trees

 

[Pyrochaser]

I do know even before Kiss 8 that 7.6.7 was able to break and essentially "Start over" when line of sight issues occurred or the mob was out of range for x period of time. I have had better results with mountains etc when I increased my MaxZRange which accounts for the height of the landscape. As simplistic as it is to say and definitely not always an easy solution, maybe setting up your camp in areas that are relatively flat may help out with the over all results. This of course is a simple solution until the coding macroing geniuses at Redguides come up with portable AI technology like they eventually will at the rate this macro is growing haha. I hope the max Z range option helps a bit.

MaxZRange is explained in the KissAssist basic guide. Here is a clip from it about the MaxZRange. Also has a nifty picture to give you an idea of what MaxZRange is.

MaxZRange=50 Z Axis Radius you want pull mobs with in. Default =50 for hilly zones try 100-200

RedGuides KissAssist Guide

 

[snowshovel]

Ya Pyro I read the guide but never considered changing my MaxZRange, I will give that a go later once the new patch day compile is done

 

[Maskoi]

I must refer you to my nifty Kiss Pull graphic

 

[Pyrochaser]

I must refer you to my "nifty" Kiss Pull graphic

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LOL Nifty! That graphic has actually helped a lot in determining my camp variables. So you get my thanks and a quote of nifty in red!

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Melee Distance is how from from center of camp or how far before other KissAssists assist with melee? That on always confused me.

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Ya Pyro I read the guide but never considered changing my MaxZRange, I will give that a go later once the new patch day compile is done

Guess what??!!! It's done!! Ya to EQMule and the guys at redguides for such a fast response time!

 

[snowshovel]

I might be wrong but I believe meleedistance is how far a melee class will engage?

 

[Pyrochaser]

I might be wrong but I believe meleedistance is how far a melee class will engage?

That's what I thought it was but just wasn't sure if it tied into camp center at all.

 

[ctaylor22]

That's what I thought it was but just wasn't sure if it tied into camp center at all.

It is both. Both your camp radius and melee distance are centered at the location where you start the macro...