skill recharge question - Guild Wars Forums

zwitterion · Oct 19, 2006, 06:41 PM // 18:41

i've had this game since it came out so I really should know the answer to this by now but... WHY is it that after I cast a spell a bunch of times (a random number of times it seems) that spell will at some point recharge approximately a MILLION times slower than usual? And then after that it'll recharge normally for another (apparently) random number of times before going into slo-mo? This happens mainly with high cast rate spells like the heals on my Word monk in pvp where i'm spamming word and orizon and whatnot all over. It also used to happen to my necro when i was running a dark aura build and casting a whole bunch of.. i dont remember, dark pact or something. What's the deal?

The Pointless · Oct 19, 2006, 06:48 PM // 18:48

Well... are you getting hit by recharge-slowing hexes or conditions? Are you wielding a 20/20 time-halver?

lennymon · Oct 19, 2006, 06:53 PM // 18:53

or perhaps somebody around you is using distracting blow/shot or diversion(which would of course fall under the above

)?

zwitterion · Oct 19, 2006, 06:54 PM // 18:54

no hexes of course I'da noticed that ;p
and yeah I forget what the necro was weilding but the monk has one of those pvp 20/20 wands..

MisterB · Oct 19, 2006, 06:54 PM // 18:54

Probably Diversion. If you spam spells, you become an easy target for Diversion, and it will barely flicker on your condition monitor before it lengthens your recharge.

zwitterion · Oct 19, 2006, 07:04 PM // 19:04

diversion! I'll bet that's it. Man what a bastard; i've been in the position of having all four main heals recharging at a snail's pace and no hex that I could see to get rid of to speed things up. Way to shut down a healing monk.

Stemnin · Oct 19, 2006, 07:11 PM // 19:11

lol, I hate it when something/someone casts diversion on me just 1/10th of a second before I hit the skill.

Franco · Oct 19, 2006, 07:18 PM // 19:18

Disrupting chop, distracting shot, diversion ( i love this one) xD, etc, these are skills that make your recharge time longer,

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Agatsu · Oct 19, 2006, 07:34 PM // 19:34

I frequently have the same problem that the op is exeriencing.

At random times during the game a skill will take an extremely long time to recharge.
I have contacted support and they say this is a connectivity problem.
I am not convinced it is a connectivity issue.

I am working with them to try to check on this.

Mr.H.Mishima · Oct 19, 2006, 07:39 PM // 19:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Agatsu

I frequently have the same problem that the op is exeriencing.

At random times during the game a skill will take an extremely long time to recharge.
I have contacted support and they say this is a connectivity problem.
I am not convinced it is a connectivity issue.

I am working with them to try to check on this.

Your ISP is using Diversion on your connection. Hate it when that happens.

lennymon · Oct 19, 2006, 08:36 PM // 20:36

those 3 skills are reason enough to play an R/mes

blackout just makes it even more fun.

TwinRaven · Oct 19, 2006, 10:27 PM // 22:27

IMHO recharge altering skills/spells, etc should remain visible with the conditions icons for as long as they affect your character...some of them hit you and leave you wondering wtf just happened?....*dies

Oct 19, 2006, 06:41 PM // 18:41	#1
zwitterion Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Iowa. Or South Australia. Depending. Profession: Mo/	skill recharge question i've had this game since it came out so I really should know the answer to this by now but... WHY is it that after I cast a spell a bunch of times (a random number of times it seems) that spell will at some point recharge approximately a MILLION times slower than usual? And then after that it'll recharge normally for another (apparently) random number of times before going into slo-mo? This happens mainly with high cast rate spells like the heals on my Word monk in pvp where i'm spamming word and orizon and whatnot all over. It also used to happen to my necro when i was running a dark aura build and casting a whole bunch of.. i dont remember, dark pact or something. What's the deal?

Oct 19, 2006, 06:48 PM // 18:48	#2
The Pointless Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Stuck in the UK Guild: Rage International [RAGE] Profession: W/Me	Well... are you getting hit by recharge-slowing hexes or conditions? Are you wielding a 20/20 time-halver?

Oct 19, 2006, 06:53 PM // 18:53	#3
lennymon Forge Runner Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Seattle Guild: Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF] Profession: R/	or perhaps somebody around you is using distracting blow/shot or diversion(which would of course fall under the above )?

Oct 19, 2006, 06:54 PM // 18:54	#4
zwitterion Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Iowa. Or South Australia. Depending. Profession: Mo/	no hexes of course I'da noticed that ;p and yeah I forget what the necro was weilding but the monk has one of those pvp 20/20 wands..

Oct 19, 2006, 06:54 PM // 18:54	#5
MisterB Furnace Stoker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Planet Earth, Sol system, Milky Way galaxy Guild: [ban] Profession: W/	Probably Diversion. If you spam spells, you become an easy target for Diversion, and it will barely flicker on your condition monitor before it lengthens your recharge.

Oct 19, 2006, 07:04 PM // 19:04	#6
zwitterion Academy Page Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Iowa. Or South Australia. Depending. Profession: Mo/	diversion! I'll bet that's it. Man what a bastard; i've been in the position of having all four main heals recharging at a snail's pace and no hex that I could see to get rid of to speed things up. Way to shut down a healing monk.

Oct 19, 2006, 07:11 PM // 19:11	#7
Stemnin Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2005 Profession: Mo/Me	lol, I hate it when something/someone casts diversion on me just 1/10th of a second before I hit the skill.

Oct 19, 2006, 07:18 PM // 19:18	#8
Franco Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: England Guild: VoB Profession: Me/	Disrupting chop, distracting shot, diversion ( i love this one) xD, etc, these are skills that make your recharge time longer, .

Oct 19, 2006, 07:34 PM // 19:34	#9
Agatsu Academy Page Join Date: Nov 2005 Profession: R/	I frequently have the same problem that the op is exeriencing. At random times during the game a skill will take an extremely long time to recharge. I have contacted support and they say this is a connectivity problem. I am not convinced it is a connectivity issue. I am working with them to try to check on this.

Oct 19, 2006, 08:36 PM // 20:36	#11
lennymon Forge Runner Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Seattle Guild: Odin's Hammer [OH] - Servant's of Fortuna [SoF] Profession: R/	those 3 skills are reason enough to play an R/mes blackout just makes it even more fun.

Oct 19, 2006, 10:27 PM // 22:27	#12
TwinRaven Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Apr 2005 Profession: W/	IMHO recharge altering skills/spells, etc should remain visible with the conditions icons for as long as they affect your character...some of them hit you and leave you wondering wtf just happened?....*dies