New Expose Weakness thoughts.

[artemitavik]

Ok, so I know the new Expose Weakness thing is to somehow get control over its rampant craziness, but I was wondering if something could be looked into.

Since it's a mode now, is there some way to get the icon flashing or something like IPA and ICE do? Expose Weakness turns itself off at random and the only way to know if it does it in the middle of a fight is to suddenly stop seeing expose weakness attacks. If the icon flashed when active, we could have a visual cue of it turning off/on.

When in stealth, activating modes like IPA and ICE do not break stealth. Activating EW mode now breaks stealth, as well as stops any other actions. Is there a way to keep that from happening?

When EW was a click-attack, I used it to make sure I was attacking the person I actually had targeted as opposed to my target switching to someone who knocked me down or something. It was particularly handy in a group where double clicking moving mobs often catches the limb of the wrong one. As EW is a mode now, that's not possible. Is it possible to add some sort of "Attack this Target" feat that just initiates a normal attack on the selected target that has no cool down so one can just attack that person?

[Lockonnow]

soon they will see us play on a new server couse the fun part is leaving server

[mrm3ntalist]

Any custom feat brakes stealth. That is an engine limitation and nothing can be done about it. Thats why EW was implemented as a mode. Normally, you should always have it activated.

When EW was a click-attack, I used it to make sure I was attacking the person I actually had targeted as opposed to my target switching to someone who knocked me down or something.

It can have the same functionality. Basically now, you dont have to worry about the EW. Just click attack the targeted object.

[Lockonnow]

it is not the same it is not fun the way it is now let get back as it was before

[AC81]

I think it's great the way it is now. Keep up the good work dev team!

[artemitavik]

Any custom feat brakes stealth. That is an engine limitation and nothing can be done about it. Thats why EW was implemented as a mode. Normally, you should always have it activated.

When EW was a click-attack, I used it to make sure I was attacking the person I actually had targeted as opposed to my target switching to someone who knocked me down or something.

It can have the same functionality. Basically now, you dont have to worry about the EW. Just click attack the targeted object.

I think you may misunderstand me...

If I'm fighting lots of people, and I want to target a certain one, I used to be able to tab-select that person and hit EW and it would attack. Now I cannot do that. If there is a number of mobs, clicking with the mouse often ends up with me attacking the wrong mob. Hence the question about some sort of auto-attack button we can hot-key. EW still does the same damage and such, which is great, but now the use of it as a tactical targeting selection is just gone.

As for always having it on and not worrying about it, that's another problem. It isn't always on. It turns off. At random. There is no notice, nothing scrolls on my screen or if it does, it is lost instantly in battle spam. Or it turns off when I zone. I have absolutely no idea what makes it just randomly turn off. I've had it turn off just walking down the street. I turned it on, marked it as active, but when I got into a fight some minutes later, no EW proc. It had turned off SOMEWHERE and didn't notify me.

However, if the icon flashed when on, like IPA or something does, then at least I would have a better visual cue that it is either on or turned itself off.

As for it breaking stealth when turned on/off, ok, so engine is as engine does. *shrug*

[AC81]

You can still tab through targets and hotkey autoattack. Same effect as hotkeying EW.

[Lockonnow]

i just wondering why it has been change this year the server have a live like 13 years now and was never change i know why it has been change

[artemitavik]

Where is the Autoattack hotkey then? I've never found it. I mean, there's the right click and attack command, but that doesn't help me hot key it as I can't drag it.

And yes, if there was an Attack hotkey, that would solve everything except the mode randomly turning off.

[mrm3ntalist]

Where is the Autoattack hotkey then? I've never found it.

I cant remember which one is by default. I always change it to spacebar

[artemitavik]

Is that "perform default action" in the key mapping?

[AC81]

Yes

[artemitavik]

Ok, sweetness, thanks.

Now if it will just stop turning off at random...

[artemitavik]

Thank you all for your assistance in this matter.

[Lockonnow]

no it not stop turn off readom it stop work if you change weapon or use shield then you have to click on it agian and think you have to click on it again after you have been dead if you have been rise to