Double Attack = Double Spell Cast?

Anjul · 06-12-2008, 03:22 AM

Do any of the "Double Attack" Procs affect Spells ?

I was under the impression that this was to benefit Melee only?

Sciomar · 06-12-2008, 06:14 AM

Melee only, wizards are the only class to get spell double attack, unless you get the trak damage shield bug where sometimes on a rare chance you can cast twice.

Anjul · 06-12-2008, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Sciomar

Melee only, wizards are the only class to get spell double attack, unless you get the trak damage shield bug where sometimes on a rare chance you can cast twice.

Interesting

But it does make perfect sense to give Wiz double attack since they have the lowest DPS of all Mages

Especially that Fission and Ice Nova

SirAmoel · 06-12-2008, 11:04 AM

Wouldn't be bad, having double cast. At our casting speed, even something "low" as 10% would make the nerf cries rain from all directions.

Sciomar · 06-12-2008, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Anjul

Interesting

But it does make perfect sense to give Wiz double attack since they have the lowest DPS of all Mages

Especially that Fission and Ice Nova

/grumble WTT splurt for double attack or base damage mod!!

dakkota · 06-13-2008, 01:44 AM

Xalmat · 06-13-2008, 01:45 AM

I personally expect some sort of double spell cast mod on gear in the next expansion. It makes logical sense to further progress itemization.

There's a few problems with double spell cast, though, as I understand it.

1. +Spell mod doesn't affect the double cast. So the second cast will always be less than the first.
2. DoTs that double cast only double cast the initial tick, never subsequent ticks. For Summoners, this means a DoT that is double-cast only barely does more damage.

Combine these two, and double spell cast doesn't do much of anything for us (DoT classes) when compared to what it does in the hands of a wizard (DD class).

Would still be nice, though!

SirAmoel · 06-13-2008, 06:59 AM

There you've got a point, Xalmat. That's another chapter in the "Devs give up on us" bible. But then... What if double attack affected every tick of a dot, or even the attacks of our pet (at least the mage)? Yeah. Ouch. And that's probably the reason we're not getting that. We're designed to be T2 dps, if anything, as far as I know (don't slap me!), and we're not getting a buff that moves us to T1. But then... it's already happened. Go ask chanters.

GU44 I used to group often with an illusionist, and we used to bitch about me being over him in the parse. GU45, I don't even come fucking close to his heels.