Ground AOE abilities are not just for the ground.

dark_hunterxmg

Ground AOE skills should actually be for the ground. Not the wall, not the ceiling above the ground, not the air. The ground.
Here's and example: I was chasing a wardensorcblade who placed a charm on the ground behind them. I used a Feral Pounce to gap close while never touching the AOE. I get charmed after I land several meters outside of the charm.
Why are ground AOE skills actually spheres and not circles on the ground?

Sluggy

dark_hunterxmg wrote: »

Ground AOE skills should actually be for the ground. Not the wall, not the ceiling above the ground, not the air. The ground.
Here's and example: I was chasing a wardensorcblade who placed a charm on the ground behind them. I used a Feral Pounce to gap close while never touching the AOE. I get charmed after I land several meters outside of the charm.
Why are ground AOE skills actually spheres and not circles on the ground?

There are several answers but the shortest is: It's orders of magnitude easier to program and faster for the computer to process.

EDIT: I suppose it could be simplified by taking the geometric mean of the center point on the ground and then when a collision is detected, checking the height above it to see if the target was within the threshold that would count as 'on the ground'. It wouldn't be that much work - but then again with the server struggling as is, there's really no room to be adding extra workload on the processors.