#004 Physical key presses versus autohunt
About the test
Spamming key presses is a staple of PvP in Lineage 2 - but is it fast? And does it utilise class to the best of it's ability?
Conclusions
Physical key presses are not matching the best of autohunt speeds - this of course affects PvP the most. In the case of Triple Shot, spamming typically runs at 670ms per attack, where autohunt can go down to 570ms per attack .
It is unclear whether this is due to lack of input buffering or some other reason at the moment.
Methodology
5 minutes each test, autohunt off, single target, attacks are counted by number of soulshots consumed. Triple Shot consumes three soulshots per attack, regardless of target HP.
Note that the last test was done the next day, Triple Shot was corrected to consume 2 soulshots.
Cooldown Reduction was set past the final breakpoint (maximum reduction). See Experimentarium #001 - Triple Shot Cooldown Reduction for more information.
Key presses were controlled with Razer Synapse macro to repeat key presses every X miliseconds. We can then do tests with different speeds at which keys are pressed.
In the last test, I have also recorded my actual key spamming for about 15 seconds, then ran this in loop to simulate 5 minutes of manual spamming the skill.
These key presses can then be compared to how quickly attacks are done by autohunt - as seen in Experimentarium #001 .
Results
| Key press every | Shots | Attacks | Time Between Attacks | Compared to best Autohunt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000ms | 900 | 300 | 1000ms | +424ms |
| 750ms | 1206 | 403 | 744ms | +168ms |
| 650ms | 1221 | 407 | 737ms | +161ms |
| 625ms | 768 | 256 | 1171ms | +595ms |
| 600ms | 753 | 251 | 1195ms | +619ms |
| 575ms | 786 | 262 | 1145ms | +569ms |
| 550ms | 822 | 274 | 1094ms | +518ms |
| 500ms | 903 | 301 | 996ms | +420ms |
| 400ms | 1128 | 376 | 797ms | +221ms |
| 300ms | 1005 | 335 | 895ms | +319ms |
| 275ms | 1095 | 365 | 821ms | +245ms |
| 200ms | 1131 | 377 | 795ms | +219ms |
| 100ms | 1260 | 420 | 714ms | +138ms |
| 50ms | 1395 | 465 | 645ms | +69ms |
| spam | 860 | 430 | 670ms | +94ms |