Shadow partner discriminates against rope versus platform cast block-time (video inside).

Wasn't sure if this was a bug or intended behaviour but posted it as a suggestion since ultimately the post is about asking for a change.

Assassins onwards are all about mobility as is evident by Haste, Flash Jump, the very small delay in Lucky Seven and Triple Throw cast times, and what not. Shadow Partner has a comparatively short duration of 120 seconds compared to other buffs like Haste at 200 seconds for instance (but that isn't really the focus of this post). The point is you have to recast it often, and the theme of this class is fast-fast-go-go-jump-jump.

Shadow Partner has a very long block time where after you cast it no input is accepted for your character. This is somewhat annoying as even after the animation ends you still cannot do anything for a good 1-2 seconds. I've recently discovered that Shadow Partner discriminates against this block time such that if you're on a rope instead of standing on a platform the block-time is shorter.

Proof

Direct mp4 link https://i.imgur.com/piuJITy.mp4
30 MB GIF http://i.imgur.com/w7yYr93h.gif



I recorded myself walking, holding a movement key, then pressing Shadow Partner while still holding down this movement key and then cut the videos to sync up for the first frame of the Shadow Partner cast. You can see that on the rope I can move before I can move on the platform. This seems like an artefact of old spaghetti Maple and I'd suggest the platform block-time is reduced to match the rope block-time which seems much fairer in cast time and keeps to the theme of fast-fast-go-go-jump-jump.

This is verifiable by anyone of course, just go into FM or another map where you can clearly see your character and cast Shadow Partner on a platform while holding move and then do the same on a rope and notice the difference.

 

Hmm TIL. I also quoted it as 120 seconds instead of 180, how did I read the tooltip incorrectly...