Originally Posted by Amonra
However if they are casting spells while waiting for gas nova then it is going to tick occasionally.
Anyone who thinks otherwise clearly hasnt experienced a higher latency connection like mine - it isn't a difficult task : wait for gas nova to start, press my macro to interrupt a spell and cast a mass dispel and then start casting as soon as the big green circle appears (I may have to mash my macro until the server ackowledges the previous spell stopping). My reactions are pretty normal for a human so there really isn't anything I can do to improve my performance, unless there is some trick I am missing here?
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Unfortunately (for me) I'm going to have to admit I was wrong on this point. With the right macros, it is indeed possible to miss practically every gas nova tick - last night in an hour of Felmyst I only had a single tick. Presumably it is therefore possible without macros (but sadly beyond my ability). Apologies to those who I disagreed with.
I set up two macros for dispelling on the fight:
Macro 1:
/stopcasting
Macro 2:
/cast Mass Dispel
/run Minimap:PingLocation(0,0)
When gas nova started casting, I would press the button for macro 1, then immediately start mashing the button for macro 2. The second macro casts mass dispel centred on my location (actually about 10 feet above my location). This removes pretty much all of my fatness and I was able to consistently cast mass dispel before the ticks.
There are a few points to note about the macro:
1) Due to the casting spot being about 10 feet above my head, I lose a couple of yards of range at ground level. My dispel targets just stood slightly closer to me to eliminate this problem.
2) It only works if you are casting mass dispel centred on yourself. It is possible to change the offset to cast it elsewhere relative to yourself (e.g. for a priest mass dispelling melee targets) but I didn't need to mess around with this.
3) You can aggro Felmyst if you test this out before the fight while he is right overhead!
4) The macro doesn't usually work indoors, or in some other places like in the middle of Shattrath. I don't know why this is the case, but it works fine in the Felmyst fight area.