Aggro kiting made ez.. getting mount mana w/o the mount

[cyber]

Ive recently discovered a simple way to be able to get mana at a faster rate. I have been 2 boxing 2 accounts, 1 to powerlevel the other, and seem to have a mana problem when chain pulling. Without a doubt... not being able to afford a mount would be a typical problem for anyone in EQ below the lvl of 45ish, so I think, if possible, to create this macro, would almost completely eliminate any need for a mount.


The main reason I use a my drog. is to be able to med and cast at the same time(id like for everyone, even the newbs in here, to get a better perspective on this idea, considering I think it would have use for ANY soloing, casting class, which explains the mumbo jumbo above). I currently play a necro, and when I cast 2 DOTs on a mob im hunting, every 6 seconds I am able to view the dot dmg. Sometimes, after I already casted a dot on a mob, and cast another one which lands a split second even, before the tick timer is up, I already see the DOT dmg in action that split second after. So I tried an experiment with mana. If your meditation is 10, you get 1 mana when you sit/med/are on a mount every tick.. with 250 med skill, you get 25 per tick. So lets say you were to sit down a split second before the med tick is up while aggro kiting? you would get the extra mana depending on your med skill, for only sitting down a split second. Now from what I understand from a recent friend of mine, this "tick timer" is set by pulse's from SOE server.. with that in mind.. would it be possible to make a macro, for you to automatically sit for a split second, right before a mana tick is up?

[Diazepam]

Shamen do this all the time. Do a google search for "canni-dance".

[Onezero]

I discovered this a long time ago and tried it out, and sure enough it worked, but the idea and procedure of it just seemed so retarded to me that I never said anything

[theafkxper]

highly impractical for kiting as well

[Gumby]

highly impractical for kiting as well

Nah. On the rare occasion I did solo I used this technique extensively before the advent of horses while kiting.

Many people who snare kite do actually: necros, druids, even wizards. Given that you accelerate faster w/o mount than with, arguably it's of some bonus value too to a kiter.

Only real trick would be setting up the consistent timer and doing a check of it occasionally.

Actually, probably wouldn't be that hard at all once you establish the timer. Skeleton code:

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/if n @TickTimer<=0 {
   /if $char(state)!=SIT /sit
   /varset Mana $char(mana,cur)
   // add some flag here, either varset TickTimer again 
   // or something else to keep it's from getting called 
   // repeatedly and resetting @Mana
}

/if ($char(state)==SIT && n $char(mana,cur)>@Mana) {
   /stand
   /varset TickTimer 5s
}

Start the script to get the initial timer using a similar procedure and then make sure to keep track of it before you get into the kiting routine.

Assuming you add a /stand to the standard kiting keepaway routine for when the mob gets too close, and then account for adding 6s to the TickTimer if the mob is too close when it reaches zero...

Should in theory work. Might even be sorta slick actually.

edit: ml's pointing out sloppy skeleton code, corrected (thanks ml).

G

[daerck]

You need to sit for at least ~1.5 seconds to gain the full med mana.
If you don't it may look like you gain medmana but on the next cast / tick the mana bar is updated.

[ml2517]

Just to be safe, don't forget to make it a numeric comparison:

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/if n @TickTimer<=0 { 
   /if $char(state)!=SIT /sit 
   /varset Mana $char(mana,cur) 
   // add some flag here, either varset TickTimer again 
   // or something else to keep it's from getting called 
   // repeatedly and resetting @Mana 
} 

/if ($char(state)==SIT && [color=red]n[/color] $char(mana,cur)>@Mana) { 
   /stand 
   /varset TickTimer 5s 
}