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Wand of Lightning Issue?

kjdbaldurskjdbaldurs Member Posts: 21
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If I remember correctly in Vanilla BG clicking on an enemy with the wand of lightning uses a charge.

But with BGEE whenever I use the wand it shows a little number that counts down as I click. But my wand doesn't fire off a bolt.

I this a bug or something or am I just not using the wand correctly?

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  • BlackravenBlackraven Member Posts: 3,486
    I've had that too. I pause the game and carefully click down till zero, making sure I don't move the mouse away from my target.
  • BlucherBlucher Member Posts: 110
    In BG1, the WoL had one bolt. In BG2 you could spread the charge out to (IIRC) 5 smaller bolts. I guess BGEE uses the BG2 version.
  • SionIVSionIV Member Posts: 2,689
    The smaller bolts aren't as powerful, but you'll be able to hit several targets at once, making it possible to kill many low level enemies with small bolts, or use all of the bolt charges on one bigger enemy.
  • lunarlunar Member Posts: 3,460
    Yeah you can discharge multiple smaller bolts with it now, actually quite powerful. Wand of frost is now a cone of cold btw, has a good area of effect. These wands are the new models popular in the Amnian region. :-)
  • FlashburnFlashburn Member Posts: 1,847
    edited March 2014
    If you click too fast, the game registers it as a double-click and cancels the action. The solution I've found, if you're using it on one target, is to move your mouse a little each time you click their target circle because the game won't register it as a double-click if the mouse is moving. I do it in a star-pattern.
  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    edited March 2014
    If it is a case of it giving little bolts then you playing with any mods? I tried the wand in BGEE and all I got was the big bolt.
  • SCARY_WIZARDSCARY_WIZARD Member Posts: 1,438
    Flashburn said:

    If you click too fast, the game registers it as a double-click and cancels the action. The solution I've found, if you're using it on one target, is to move your mouse a little each time you click their target circle because the game won't register it as a double-click if the mouse is moving. I do it in a star-pattern.

    *click* *circle* *sigh* *click*
    But the "WHOAASH! FZZT! BZZ!" is so rewarding.

    also my wand of frost is still just a line :( When I first got one, I was like, "aw, yeah!" and then it went "fwoosh brooort!" and I was like, "GET OUT!".
  • lunarlunar Member Posts: 3,460
    elminster said:

    If it is a case of it giving little bolts then you playing with any mods? I tried the wand in BGEE and all I got was the big bolt.

    İn BG:EE wand of lightning is single bolt,frost wand is single line ice beam. In BG2:EE lightning has multiple bolts and frost wand does a cone of cold.

  • elminsterelminster Member, Developer Posts: 16,317
    lunar said:

    elminster said:

    If it is a case of it giving little bolts then you playing with any mods? I tried the wand in BGEE and all I got was the big bolt.

    İn BG:EE wand of lightning is single bolt,frost wand is single line ice beam. In BG2:EE lightning has multiple bolts and frost wand does a cone of cold.

    Yea that is how they worked in the original games as well. So I don't see this being the issue.
  • recklessheartrecklessheart Member Posts: 692
    Wand of Frost is an odd one. In BG:EE it retains the properties it had in BG1 (that being a column effect similar to Aganazzar's Scorcher), whereas they give in the BG2 property of Cone of Cold in BG2:EE. Personally, I think this is a very intentional choice based off the fact that the BG1 style Wand of Frost is exceptionally powerful and - for me - was a key part of some of my big battle strategies.
  • SCARY_WIZARDSCARY_WIZARD Member Posts: 1,438
    recklessheart said:

    Wand of Frost is an odd one. In BG:EE it retains the properties it had in BG1 (that being a column effect similar to Aganazzar's Scorcher), whereas they give in the BG2 property of Cone of Cold in BG2:EE. Personally, I think this is a very intentional choice based off the fact that the BG1 style Wand of Frost is exceptionally powerful and - for me - was a key part of some of my big battle strategies.

    Eh, well, that, and I don't have to worry about people getting hit by the cone.
    Now my wand of frost in Labyrinth Lord... <3
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