Question - Rain Spells Not Casting

[howlinhoss]

I am having issues getting mage rain spells to cast. I did not find any specific ini settings needed for rain spells. Any recommendations to get my mages to cast their rains?

[AD2]
Gem=3
Spell=Maelstrom of Electricity
SpellFoci=
DurMod=0
SpellAlias=Rain|Magic
Announce=/rs
SpellMinMana=10
SpellRecast=0
SpellCastonResist=
SpellDelay=2
TarCnt=1
TarType=3
TarBegHP=95
TarEndHP=1
IfSpellImmune=
UseHoTT=0
PreCondition=TRUE

 

[woobs]

How close are you to the mob? With a Targeted AE spell, MB won't cast it if you are within range of the AE (so as not to hit yourself with it).

 

[FelisMalum]

Sure its not casting? Dont play any classes with dps aoe spells but I notice on my pally the splash heal just insta cast at there feet when clicked (looks like it was never cast except the spell is on cd) but its more of mq2melee thing i believe as when i turn it off it stops.

 

[howlinhoss]

How close are you to the mob? With a Targeted AE spell, MB won't cast it if you are within range of the AE (so as not to hit yourself with it).

My mages are usually parked with my other casters/healers. Using rains on Velious bosses so I am out of melee range but within CH range. I think that should be far enough away but I will getting them further away. What is the default distance to target they are set to not case rains at?

 

[woobs]

For this, it is the AR Range of the Spell. The spell you mentioned has a Range of 150, and an AE Range of 25. So you have to be within 150, but not closer than 25.

If the ranges are OK and your other spells are casting, I'd say something with the ini entry, or Tank Setup (TankName). There are no special settings needed for AE spells.

 

[howlinhoss]

For this, it is the AR Range of the Spell. The spell you mentioned has a Range of 150, and an AE Range of 25. So you have to be within 150, but not closer than 25.

If the ranges are OK and your other spells are casting, I'd say something with the ini entry, or Tank Setup (TankName). There are no special settings needed for AE spells.

Did some further testing on a raid boss and added announces. At the beginning of the fight they will cast rain once however after that I noticed no more casts. The second nuke in their AD section is Shock of the Sun and they were casting this instead of casting rains event though it was up and higher priority. Anything glaringly wrong?

[AdvDebuff]
ADCount=2
ADNewFormat=1
ADMobMax=20
ADCheckTime=2
ADAggroOnly=0
ADHold=0|1|1|   1=on 0=off|Debuff spell #|Time to wait for debuff|
ADCoolDown1=
ADCoolDown2=
ADCoolDown3=
ADCoolDown4=
ADCoolDown5=

[AD1]
Gem=3
Spell=Maelstrom of Electricity
SpellFoci=
DurMod=0
SpellAlias=Rain|Magic
Announce=/bc
SpellMinMana=10
SpellRecast=2
SpellCastonResist=
SpellDelay=2
TarCnt=1
TarType=3
TarBegHP=95
TarEndHP=1
IfSpellImmune=
UseHoTT=0
PreCondition=TRUE

[AD2]
Gem=2
Spell=Ancient: Shock of Sun
SpellFoci=
DurMod=0
SpellAlias=bolt|Fire
Announce=
SpellMinMana=10
SpellRecast=0
SpellCastonResist=
SpellDelay=2
TarCnt=1
TarType=1
TarBegHP=95
TarEndHP=1
IfSpellImmune=
UseHoTT=0