NPC Attack Rates Explained

Torven · #14 09-09-2014, 05:22 PM

Oh yes, backstab. How could I forget. NPC backstab delay is 10 seconds.

This is from Al'Kabor, but I highly doubt SOE changed the delay:

Code:

Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20073	[Fri Nov 01 18:34:15 2013] Kerosh Blackhand tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20082	[Fri Nov 01 18:34:25 2013] Kerosh Blackhand backstabs YOU for 144 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20090	[Fri Nov 01 18:34:35 2013] Kerosh Blackhand tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20097	[Fri Nov 01 18:34:45 2013] Kerosh Blackhand backstabs YOU for 66 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20105	[Fri Nov 01 18:34:55 2013] Kerosh Blackhand tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20112	[Fri Nov 01 18:35:06 2013] Kerosh Blackhand tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20119	[Fri Nov 01 18:35:16 2013] Kerosh Blackhand backstabs YOU for 122 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20130	[Fri Nov 01 18:35:26 2013] Kerosh Blackhand tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20139	[Fri Nov 01 18:35:36 2013] Kerosh Blackhand backstabs YOU for 66 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20148	[Fri Nov 01 18:35:46 2013] Kerosh Blackhand tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20157	[Fri Nov 01 18:35:56 2013] Kerosh Blackhand backstabs YOU for 77 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20162	[Fri Nov 01 18:36:06 2013] Kerosh Blackhand tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20169	[Fri Nov 01 18:36:16 2013] Kerosh Blackhand tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20177	[Fri Nov 01 18:36:26 2013] Kerosh Blackhand tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20187	[Fri Nov 01 18:36:36 2013] Kerosh Blackhand backstabs YOU for 43 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20195	[Fri Nov 01 18:36:46 2013] Kerosh Blackhand tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20201	[Fri Nov 01 18:36:56 2013] Kerosh Blackhand tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20210	[Fri Nov 01 18:37:06 2013] Kerosh Blackhand backstabs YOU for 77 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	20215	[Fri Nov 01 18:37:16 2013] Kerosh Blackhand backstabs YOU for 43 points of damage.

Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	26950	[Sat Nov 02 18:34:45 2013] A ghoul assassin tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	26959	[Sat Nov 02 18:34:55 2013] A ghoul assassin tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	26968	[Sat Nov 02 18:35:05 2013] A ghoul assassin tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	26974	[Sat Nov 02 18:35:15 2013] A ghoul assassin tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	26983	[Sat Nov 02 18:35:25 2013] A ghoul assassin tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	26993	[Sat Nov 02 18:35:35 2013] A ghoul assassin tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	27000	[Sat Nov 02 18:35:45 2013] A ghoul assassin tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	27005	[Sat Nov 02 18:35:55 2013] A ghoul assassin tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	27014	[Sat Nov 02 18:36:05 2013] A ghoul assassin backstabs YOU for 52 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	27019	[Sat Nov 02 18:36:15 2013] A ghoul assassin tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	27027	[Sat Nov 02 18:36:25 2013] A ghoul assassin tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	27036	[Sat Nov 02 18:36:35 2013] A ghoul assassin backstabs YOU for 52 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	27043	[Sat Nov 02 18:36:46 2013] A ghoul assassin tries to backstab YOU, but misses!

Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	72052	[Sun Nov 03 18:55:56 2013] An undead barkeep tries to backstab Torvia, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	72079	[Sun Nov 03 18:56:26 2013] An undead barkeep backstabs Torvia for 25 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	72116	[Sun Nov 03 18:56:36 2013] An undead barkeep tries to backstab Torvia, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	72131	[Sun Nov 03 18:56:46 2013] An undead barkeep backstabs Torvia for 25 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	72139	[Sun Nov 03 18:56:57 2013] An undead barkeep backstabs YOU for 25 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	72144	[Sun Nov 03 18:57:07 2013] An undead barkeep tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	72149	[Sun Nov 03 18:57:17 2013] An undead barkeep tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	72155	[Sun Nov 03 18:57:27 2013] An undead barkeep tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	72162	[Sun Nov 03 18:57:37 2013] An undead barkeep tries to backstab YOU, but misses!

Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	87792	[Mon Nov 04 20:04:37 2013] A crystalline watcher backstabs YOU for 272 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	87799	[Mon Nov 04 20:04:47 2013] A crystalline watcher backstabs YOU for 63 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	87807	[Mon Nov 04 20:04:57 2013] A crystalline watcher backstabs YOU for 183 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	87813	[Mon Nov 04 20:05:07 2013] A crystalline watcher tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	87820	[Mon Nov 04 20:05:17 2013] A crystalline watcher tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	87826	[Mon Nov 04 20:05:28 2013] A crystalline watcher tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	87834	[Mon Nov 04 20:05:38 2013] A crystalline watcher backstabs YOU for 63 points of damage.
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	87844	[Mon Nov 04 20:05:48 2013] A crystalline watcher tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	87852	[Mon Nov 04 20:05:58 2013] A crystalline watcher tries to backstab YOU, but misses!
Torrin DB DI collecting 1.txt	87862	[Mon Nov 04 20:06:08 2013] A crystalline watcher tries to backstab YOU, but misses!

Note that if an NPC backstabs the front of you, it will display in the log as a normal hit, which is important to know when parsing for round sizes of rogue NPCs. In those logs I was collecting min/max hit and max hp data, so it involved sitting with my back turned to NPCs which allowed for a good backstab grep.