So does anyone know if there will be any difference in spell speed in skyrim? What I mean is will there perhaps be a lightning spell that is actually a bolt of lightning that travels very fast but hopefully does less damage than a similar slower moving spell?

Now that you mention it, a Fireball should move much slower than an ark of Lightning(which should be almost instant). Cant say Ive seen anything about it though.

Yeah it bothered me in oblivion, until I realized that the only spell effect was difference colored spheres

There was a thread on this last night.

O where where?

How many threads are you going to make today with ridiculous titles? :blink:
On topic:
I think that lightning "bolts" should be faster than fire "balls".

The aoe fire attacks we've seen so far, be it from a dragon or us, seem to move at a pretty believable speed. I'd be surprised if they didn't change the speed per effect. Fire deals more damage, lighting zaps magicka, and ice slows enemies down right? They said something like that in the Building Better Combat page on gi, I'm sure speed will be different as well.

While I'm here though, spells should move faster if shot from a staff!

Did you even play the game?

Seriously - that's the only explanation I can think of for that statement - that you've never so much as looked at Oblivion.

In point of fact - on target fire is the only thing that travels in a sphere. On target shock travels as bolts of lightning and on-target frost travels as a cloud. And there's a notable difference in speed - shock is much faster than the other two.

At the very least, if you're going to keep starting threads, you could try to have the information in them correct.

Same thing, the only difference is the special effect(bolt, cloud, ball). You really didnt read the thread, and then you come in here being all offended like the OP is a personal attack on you.

Even if Lightning in Oblivion is actually faster than a Fireball(and I dont think it is) its not notably faster and should be almost instant.

Edit: Question to any Modders: Is projectile speed a global value in Oblivion or are there individual settings for spells(or arrows)?

Two words. Search function.

From what I noticed playing there were pretty clear differences in speed, shock is faster then fire which is faster then frost (though that is a smaller difference in speed then fire/shock). If you look at magicka costs of the premade spells shock on target spells cost more magicka then fire on target spells. Not sure if that is reflected in created spells off the top of my head. And the same relationship exists between fire/frost (fire uses more). The logical explanation is that faster spells are easier to hit with, therefore should cost more.

But that doesn't really matter anymore, the spell effects should move faster in the air then they did in Oblivion all around, but especially with shock, which you shouldn't really be able to dodge if it's on target.

Ah. So, in your estimation, "the only spell effect was difference colored spheres" is the "same thing" as "the only difference is the special effect(bolt, cloud, ball)?"

It would've been particularly amusing if instead of "ball" in your example, you had used the original "sphere," so that you'd be saying that "difference colored spheres" is the same thing as "bolt, cloud, sphere."


I find myself quite curious regarding how it is that you presume to know what I did or did not read, much less my emotional state at the time I posted my response. I'm quite certain you're not currently in my house, so I find your presumption that you know these things about me to be quite intriguing.

Well... the fact that you're wrong on both counts undermines that a bit, but still....


It is, and notably so. You really only need to play the game long enough to encounter a few Imps, and pay a bit of attention, to discover that to be the truth.

LOL, seriously, i think some people like to troll forums only to attack those who are less informed.. get a life and point your nose foreward, not up.

Of course that is what they do. There are some people here than anytime they open their mouth its to argue or put someone down. Its really annoying, and shows that they have nothing contstructive to add. Just looking for a fight.

Lighting should be instant, but range should be dependant on player skill.

That gives me a cool thought. Imagine being so good at Destruction that you can virtually snipe people with Shock spells.