Question on Disjunction

[sanka]

Why is this spell level 8 (one higher than controlled blink)? Anybody thinks it's more useful for some reason I'm not aware of?

[BlackSheep]

It blinks everyone who's near you away from you while it's active. (It's a status effect with a duration, not a one time thing.)

It's supposed to have a higher probability of blinking things adjacent to you (80%) with decaying probability farther away, but the math seems wrong.
0.8^(1/(dist-1 * dist+1))

That formula increases as distance increases.

[crate]

Well for one thing there is no scroll of disjunction.

[njvack]

<pedantic>There is no scroll of controlled blink, either -- the scroll doesn't give you semicblink in a -cTele area.</pedantic>

[crate]

<pedantic>There is no scroll of controlled blink, either -- the scroll doesn't give you semicblink in a -cTele area.</pedantic>

Well pretty soon the spell and scroll will behave the same way, assuming that ctele gets removed entirely like I think is going to happen.

[BlackSheep]

Spell and ring? Interesting...

[njvack]

Well, that'll make disjunction a more important spell

[Igxfl]

I'm confused on how this spell is supposed to help the player from a tactical perspective. Does Disjunction provide a large benefit over and above most current Tloc spells? In what circumstances would you use it rather than using Dispersal, Blink, or CBlink?

[ebarrett]

Imagine you're casting a generally better version of dispersal for something roughly between 5 and 10 turns in a row depending on your action speed. Because that's what it does.

[njvack]

... except that instead of spending 5-10 turns casting dispersal, you're spending those turns apporting the rune and running away.

[Sar]

Disjunction in a nutshell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo

[Psieye]

It's supposed to have a higher probability of blinking things adjacent to you (80%) with decaying probability farther away, but the math seems wrong.
0.8^(1/(dist-1 * dist+1))

That formula increases as distance increases.

No, it's correct: x^(1/2) means square root, x^(1/3) means cube root, etc.

[galehar]

Amethyst explains the formula on mantis.

[Psieye]

Dah I forgot we were dealing with x < 1, so a square/cube/whatever root actually increases the value.

[BlackSheep]

Also, the formula is for probability not to blink something. The chances to blink seem small, but get repeated for each tick of time elapsed. (10 ticks to a standard turn)