One of my biggest grumps atm, is the conversation is revolving solely around
mages. Make no mistake, on live i may have pretty much all magic done, and my int easily sits at 1.2k+. However,
i am not a mage, even if i do use magic regularly. By saying mage, you're implying usage of magic only, or keeping a wand out all the time.
I prize versatility and survivability above all else. I start off with building on those, so that i can handle myself solo in most situations that i'll put myself in, even if i don't kill fast. For this very reason, i fully intend to rank magic on this server, even though i'm giant. No, i won't be a mage, but yes if mana evaporation were done away with, i would likely use magic regularly aside from bolts. I have a feeling many others would as well.
However, at the moment, the only real reason i'd touch magic is to train it, or for an enemy who is melee immune. And if i have a party, i'm far far less likely to do the latter. Bolts are a part of my combat style, and i heal as i have mp, and generally keep bandages for if a party member requests it or i think they honestly need them. Quite simply, in a party i won't be willing to switch to a wand for magic, cuz the heavy mp drain on spells will be bad enough, but mana evaporation is just horrible. I won't want to chug pots to cast spells, only to lose like 50% of my max mp or something, when my target dies and i have no more use for the wand. It's a waste of pots, time, and/or gold. I'll let the party handle the mob, unless they're literally incapable of killing one mob within 5 mins. And i'm more likely to bolt spam to assist, rather than int magic.
I'm not asking to be able to solo peaca. But i just want it clear that, not everyone who wants to use a wand falls into the
mage category. Nor will they have a high mp pool or large supply of pots to deal with the heavy drain of mp for switching in and out of a wand regularly. The mana evaporation emphasizes the mage role, but in return deters most everyone else but mages, from wanting to use magic regularly.
You want mana evaporation to stay, sure, i won't argue that, as long as you at least understand where i'm coming from, in not only are mages the ones who are concerned with the feature, and the impact it will have on parties as a whole, as you'll see people like me who won't pull out a wand to help unless absolutely necessary, even if it means doing little to no damage.
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