Dark Vortex reload timer broken

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Having been hunting with it alot lately.. the timer for Dark Vortex is messed up. The little clock animation recycles adn does its little blink thing but the spell still reports its not ready for use yet.. for at least abnother second or 2.

This needs to be fixed.. how are we supposed to nuke and/or survive if we cant tell if our nuke is ready yet.

Either lower the reload speed to match the icon animation (preferably) or fix the animation to match the reload time.
It could be a case of lag....

I know i've seen that sometimes with my self buffs.
Its not lag
I ask couple of friends and they don't have problem with Dark Vortex timer. Just like Splatter said, it could be lag related.
Once again.. its not lag related as it began with the patch and no other spell suffers the same issue. and considering I am a very slow caster I have plenty of time to sit there and press the button waiting for it to go off while already showing the reload is complete.

This is also the only spell that has the problem.
Could be lag. ;)

Once again.. its not lag related as it began with the patch and no other spell suffers the same issue. and considering I am a very slow caster I have plenty of time to sit there and press the button waiting for it to go off while already showing the reload is complete.

This is also the only spell that has the problem.



macro much? when a skill is in a macro and you inetrrupt that macro, youll need to wait a few seconds beofre you can use that skill again.

that what you forgot to tell us?


This needs to be fixed.. how are we supposed to nuke and/or survive if we cant tell if our nuke is ready yet.



Ask summoners. :D We don't even get to see the reuse timer!

That aside, if it's indeed the case, it should be fixed. Might be time to submit a bug report through the homepage with all your details?
It could be caused by lag, perhaps?
Why would lag desynchronise the animation and the actual reset of the skill this way around? If at all, the animation should be playing later rather than earlier.
Then maybe its lag?........sorry..slow boards today.
Then explain it for the dumb people - what makes you think it's lag?

1.) Why would one spell in particular 'lag'?
2.) Why would the spell reset late (as opposed to early, which would indeed make sense with lag) if there was lag on the connection?
I dont use macro's on my nuker.. no point... if you macro spells together all it takes is 1 inturrupt for it to break and you to die.. not worth the risk imo.

No I actually sit there smashing the button saying "****it the reload animation is done.. cast already!!"

As I said.. its only dark vortex thats doing this. all other nuke reload times are in sync
I have seen the same thing happen with BattleRoar many times. I highly doubt his problem is lag related since mine never was. I always attributed it to the server being about to crash as it usually does soon after I start seeing this. You can wish for it to be fixed or just deal with it. I suggest dealing with it since it will go away after server maintenance or the crash. Have fun! :eek:
Except the server dosen't crash..

Then explain it for the dumb people - what makes you think it's lag?

1.) Why would one spell in particular 'lag'?
2.) Why would the spell reset late (as opposed to early, which would indeed make sense with lag) if there was lag on the connection?



I dont think its lag. I was just echoing a bit. see the op asked. Then was told it was lag. He then said he didnt think it was lag. Then was told it might be lag. Poor guy was having trouble getting other opinions. :p
Yea.. some ppl just have the IQ of an orc

BTW he is actually arguing against the possibility of it being lag.. not for it. :P
You could only be so lucky to have the IQ of an Orc!

ORCS RULE!

ha ha
ROFL! As soon as I saw his post I knew you would be back to comment Dread. lol
Hey, i resemble that remark! :p
Sounds like a lag issue to me, imo tbh
I just posted friend's answers...

<--- Checking IQ. Wait, I am elf?! I must had too much Elven Wafers and Blinding Potion lately.
ok it must be lag since checked with 4 differernt Sh's and a necro with dark vortex the timer is workign properly for them. so
we have 1 perosn with an issue
5 ppl w/o issues
sound like the issue is client side to me
sounds like a classic case of lag to me :D
lol
same thing happens with death spike but to a lesser degree
not lag since i dont have it with other skills