Quote (Dumpling @ Mon, Apr 21 2008, 11:19am)

by counting that second element, you'd be able to see how many total "actions" there were, so you would be able to see whether it was a lower number of actions or just a lower frequency of mb.

you can also take a bit of the randomness out of it by teleporting into a corner with a stationary target some distance away, so your distance and relative position don't change. but then you'll have to do a few different tests with varying distances though.

Quote (Dumpling @ Mon, Apr 21 2008, 11:19am)

by counting that second element, you'd be able to see how many total "actions" there were, so you would be able to see whether it was a lower number of actions or just a lower frequency of mb.

you can also take a bit of the randomness out of it by teleporting into a corner with a stationary target some distance away, so your distance and relative position don't change. but then you'll have to do a few different tests with varying distances though.

EDIT: if you want to look further into it, you might want to compare lvl 20 mb and lvl 20 traps to lvl 20 mb and lvl 19 traps, to see if there is some non-linearity in the way blizzard programed the AI.

Quote (Dumpling @ Mon, Apr 21 2008, 11:24am)

if you want to look further into it, you might want to compare lvl 20 mb and lvl 20 traps to lvl 20 mb and lvl 19 traps, to see if there is some non-linearity in the way blizzard programed the AI.

on another note, the AI probably has something against casting traps when you're teleporting around, since traps disappear quite readily when you teleport out of range. it might just be preventing wasted actions, so it sticks to projectiles. i know i've seen shadow masters cast traps, so its not like they're totally neglecting them.

Quote (WuKiLLaBee @ Mon, 21 Apr 2008, 21:46)

try 16 mb since that's what i've heard to be the "magic number"

Quote (alia @ Mon, 21 Apr 2008, 22:01)

He was making a joke about some people who think 16 is some kind of godly number for ES Sorcs.