arua spam interrupted connection

[daWN aNtiBaCteRiaL]

am i the only one that gets this? it happened twice so far in act v and i don't feel like testing it out, but i was switching my auras really fast in town over and over again and eventually i get the black screen saying my connection has been interrupted. when i try to get back on bnet, it tells me the realm is down and i have to wait for a bit before i can get back in.

[Orphan]

Yes, switching skills too fast has been known to cause a realm down. Realm down occurs because of spam, which includes, but not limited to, using the mouse wheel too rapidly, changing skills too fast, creating and joining games too quickly, and logging off and onto bnet rapidly.

[if05]

"mouse wheel too rapidly, changing skills too fast" -- will cause a internet disconnection?

If the theory is correct, then assassin will not be a viable character to play at all in the first place. Since the one in the shadow, relies on a variety of skills and deploying them quickly in battle to secure victory.

A character that's not build for brute force (barb), endurance (druid), not blessed with devastating magic (sorc), the arcane art (necro) or the eagle-eye (ama).

A character that's rely on stealth and guile, not only in movement, but in instant battle tactics as well.

If its really a technical consideration, Blizzard should never create a character with speed in mind, what are they thinking?

It's really bizzard ....

[Orphan]

"mouse wheel too rapidly, changing skills too fast" -- will cause a internet disconnection?

If the theory is correct, then assassin will not be a viable character to play at all in the first place. Since the one in the shadow, relies on a variety of skills and deploying them quickly in battle to secure victory.

By that, I believe they meant repeatedly scrolling the mouse over and over. Kind of like what someone would do if they were sitting in town bored. Besides, that's what hotkey's are for.

The only skill an assassin that focuses on shadow desciples would need to cast rapidly would probably be mind blast, and even then you wouldn't need to cast it fast enough to give you a realm down. The rest of the skills have a duration (or passive), except cloak of shadows, which has a time delay.

[if05]

Hmm... let me give a pvm scenario :

P/S assn meets monsters, casts CoS, recast BoS. MB twice.

Follow by 5 traps, strike up 3 charges (T/S, P/S, BOI, C/S, .. and other charges), release the charges, recast pulverished S/M or S/W.

Repeat the abovementioned tactic.

For each full charge (with attack rating and monster defence taken into consideration) will require about 5 attacks. So for 3 types of charges, will require about 15 attack attempts approximately.

All these actions will require rapid and numerous key / mouse activity.

Also, assn is not a tank, n CoS will only buy her a little time in hell difficulty. So, it is not suprising that she can't stay in one place for long, and constantly on the move.

[Orphan]

Hmm... let me give a pvm scenario :

P/S assn meets monsters, casts CoS, recast BoS. MB twice.

Follow by 5 traps, strike up 3 charges (T/S, P/S, BOI, C/S, .. and other charges), release the charges, recast pulverished S/M or S/W.

Repeat the abovementioned tactic.

For each full charge (with attack rating and monster defence taken into consideration) will require about 5 attacks. So for 3 types of charges, will require about 15 attack attempts approximately.

All these actions will require rapid and numerous key / mouse activity.

Also, assn is not a tank, n CoS will only buy her a little time in hell difficulty. So, it is not suprising that she can't stay in one place for long, and constantly on the move.

Firstly, as you charge you MA skills to 3 charges, your sitting on the same skill for a short period of time. Same applies to your trap laying. Even with the fastest attack speed, it'll take time to lay 5 traps. I believe that both of these times mentioned aren't short enough to warrant a realm down, no more than a barbarian casting BC, switch to BO, cast BO, switch to Shout, cast Shout, switch to offensive attack could cause a realm down (which, in my opinion, would be a faster switching of skills than an assassin charging up multiple MA skills).

When I'm talking about rapidly switching between skills, I mean literally flipping between 5-8 skills in a second (which is accomplished by scrolling the wheel on the mouse rapidly, similar to what you would do if you were scrolling down a text document, or website).