Ranger stop using mana when flying?

teiera · July 2009

My character is a cleric, and I do not use any mana when just flying, but of course in combat.

My friend who is a ranger has always uses mana, even if she is just flying from one location to next.

We are completely new to the game, fairly low lvls and we can't seem to figure out why this is.

Any input is appreciated. Thanks

FatherTed - Dreamweaver · July 2009

The reason it looks like you arent using mana to fly is because your recovery rate is faster than the rate flying uses up mana - while your archer friend's recovery rate isn't nearly as high.

Ikurei - Dreamweaver · July 2009

If I remember correctly then archers need 20 mag in order to not use mp while flying with the white wings. This is generally seen as a mistake as all the other wings do not require mp while flying (includes the wings from the lvl30 flying quest). Those 15 points placed into mag could have been used in dex instead to increase damage and get closer to another point in crit % (every 20 points in dex (whether base or with equipment) increases crit % by 1). Of course, if your friend wants to use the white wings and level flight mastery then I guess she could live with a bit less damage and crit than a pure dex archer.

Aadi - Lost City · July 2009

Ikurei - Dreamweaver wrote: »

If I remember correctly then archers need 20 mag in order to not use mp while flying with the white wings. This is generally seen as a mistake as all the other wings do not require mp while flying (includes the wings from the lvl30 flying quest). Those 15 points placed into mag could have been used in dex instead to increase damage and get closer to another point in crit % (every 20 points in dex (whether base or with equipment) increases crit % by 1). Of course, if your friend wants to use the white wings and level flight mastery then I guess she could live with a bit less damage and crit than a pure dex archer.

Celestial Guardian's Seal, the cleric buff, also negates this (at least it did when I used it, but I used level 10, so I can't be sure it does at lower levels). So if you two are always playing together and you have that buff it will stop mana drain.

Ikurei - Dreamweaver · July 2009

Aadi - Lost City wrote: »

Celestial Guardian's Seal, the cleric buff, also negates this (at least it did when I used it, but I used level 10, so I can't be sure it does at lower levels). So if you two are always playing together and you have that buff it will stop mana drain.

Yeah, anything that makes your mp regen > than mp use while flying will make it seem like you're not using mp while using the white wings (pots, buffs, whatever else). Since points in mag increases mp regen as well as the max mp then it'll negate the mp consumption from the white wings (like I said before, I think you need 20 points in mag for that). Good point about the buff though, I didn't consider that even though teiera already said that they're friends (which would logically mean that they would play together often).

Aadi - Lost City · July 2009

Ikurei - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Yeah, anything that makes your mp regen > than mp use while flying will make it seem like you're not using mp while using the white wings (pots, buffs, whatever else). Since points in mag increases mp regen as well as the max mp then it'll negate the mp consumption from the white wings (like I said before, I think you need 20 points in mag for that). Good point about the buff though, I didn't consider that even though teiera already said that they're friends (which would logically mean that they would play together often).

But I think just adding a bit to mag might be the easiest solution in the end anyway, because you can't always rely on someone being there to buff you every time you log on XD

_vincent - Dreamweaver · July 2009

White wings drain 2MP per second so level 2 of Celestial Guardian's Seal should negate the -2 drain as long as the Archer is not in combat.

MystiMonk - Sanctuary · July 2009

They are called Archers Ranger is from another game.

Vinat - Sanctuary · July 2009

FatherTed - Dreamweaver wrote: »

The reason it looks like you arent using mana to fly is because your recovery rate is faster than the rate flying uses up mana - while your archer friend's recovery rate isn't nearly as high.

this is the answer, short and simple.

Istilah - Sanctuary · July 2009

I seem to remember experiencing no mana drain from my wings, when I was out of combat, when I was a level 1 cleric and had 5 magic.

Aadi - Lost City · July 2009

Istilah - Sanctuary wrote: »

I seem to remember experiencing no mana drain from my wings, when I was out of combat, when I was a level 1 cleric and had 5 magic.

The base MP recovery of clerics is higher than that of archers. Therefore, archers lose MP while clerics seem not to (recover it faster than they lose it).

BratFury - Heavens Tear · July 2009

I recently started an archer and hated this fact. I finally found an mp recovery gear and stuck it on and haven't had to worry about it since. Of course my archer is only lvl 24.

Ranger stop using mana when flying?

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