Talk:Spellburst

Preface

I'm having my first experience with spell burst in Nelemar with my capped paladin so I figured I'd post my observations on here. I will train skills to increase wearable mana in 1.1 mana increments and track my ability to avoid spell burst while adding spells. Any discrepancies in wearable mana totals is caused by the value of skill bonus enhancives changing as the underlying skill increases in rank.

Using the Gib's wiki calculation I currently have wearable mana of 66.44. Note that, despite also being made by Gib, ;burst_calc uses a different formula that is also inaccurate beyond 1/2 of level. My current burst-free set is 406, 414, 506, 508, 509, 601 and 202. Referring to Gib's modifiers I count each elemental spell as costing an additional 0.5 mana, each spell of level nine or over as costing an additional 0.5 mana and each spell identified by Gib as causing unique problems as costing an additional 0.5 mana. Using those modifiers I calculate values of 6.5, 15, 6.5, 8.5, 10.5, 1 and 2 for each spell in my burst-free set totaling 50 mana.

Baseline

406, 414, 506, 508, 509, 601, 202 = 50 mana.

66.44 wearable mana total.

Replacing 601 with 401 does not result in spell burst. (+0.5 mana)

Replacing 202 and 601 with 503 does not result in spell burst. (+0.5 mana)

Replacing 406 with 507 results in spell burst. (+1 mana)

Replacing 506 with 507 results in spell burst. (+1 mana)

Adding 401 results in spell burst. (+1.5 mana)

Replacing 202 with 503 results in spell burst. (+1.5 mana)

Testing

First eight tests resulted in no change in burst point.

77.11 wearable mana total.

Replacing 506 with 507 does not result in spell burst. (+1 mana)

Replacing 406 with 507 does not result in spell burst. (+1 mana)

Adding 401 does not result in spell burst. (+1.5 mana ???)

Replacing 202 with 503 does not result in spell burst. (+1.5 mana ???)

Adding 401 and replacing 202 with 402 does not result in spell burst. (+2 mana ???)

Replacing 601 with 503 does not result in spell burst. (+2.5 mana ???)

Replacing 601 with 503 and replacing 202 with 402 does not result in spell burst. (+3 mana ???)

Adding 503 does not result in spell burst (+3.5 mana ???)

MICHN18 (talk) 15:04, 5 January 2016 (CST)