Testing on Mana Regen

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Did some quick testing on mana regen, timing how long it took for mana to regenerate after a bout of spell casting with different gear and at different levels.

Here's a table of the results, all tests conducted with Sedna:

Level Max MP +MP/s +% Regen Resulting MP/s
5 1284 0 0% 4
5 1809 4 0% 8
5 1809 4 35% 11
5 3384 4 105% 16
10 - 0 0% 5.5
15 - 0 0% 7
20 - 0 0% 8.5

The short summary: Max MP has no effect on mana regen.  +MP/second gear does exactly as advertised.  +% regen gear also does as advertised, adding a percentage of your MP/s on top.  There's also a base regen rate based on your level.  I'm sure it's also affected by class, but I haven't tested that yet.

So the formula is something like (baseregen+regenmod*level+gearregen)*(1+%regen/100)

Baseregen is the characters regen at 'level 0', for Sedna that would aparently be 3.5.  Regenmod is the amount gained per level, for Sedna that would be .3 MP/s per level.  Gearregen is the +mp/s from gear.  %regen is the +% regen from gear.

Did I miss anything?

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

Good to know that percentage base gear stacks on flat regen gear and not only on base regen or something. Thanks for the info :-).

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

And there I was a reason a 75% mana item was more expensive than a +4... See, it makes sense in the beginning to buy the +X, and it's cheaper, but WITH that one, the % bonus will be MUCH more powerful. Nice to know this!

 

I think the character screen should have health and mana regen numbers listed...

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

I think the character screen should have health and mana regen numbers listed...
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If does, you just have to hover over the health and mana bars :P

Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

And that is about as handy as an iron nail in a porno movie. I wish I could click some checkbox to keep the information on the bars without hovering over them...

Also, it's just current value/max, no +X/s...

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

and this is why we buy Vlemish Faceguard first and a % regen item second. 

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

Also, it's just current value/max, no +X/s...
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No. Open your character sheet, hover over the hp/mana in it. ;)

You only need to see it once to know what it is.

Reply #7 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Annatar11, reply 6

Also, it's just current value/max, no +X/s...
No. Open your character sheet, hover over the hp/mana in it.

You only need to see it once to know what it is.
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Hahah, that would've made my testing easier.

...although if DII taught me anything, it's not to trust the Lying Character Sheet.

Reply #8 from Demigod Forums Top

Whoa, I totally didn't know that!

Reply #9 from Demigod Forums Top

Whoa, this is what I was looking for. Just asked if somebody knew this in another thread. Great job :)

Reply #10 from Demigod Forums Top

I'd give him Karma, but he somehow has over fifty, even on this forum :p

Reply #11 from Demigod Forums Top

Still it'd be nice to have an option to display +hp/mp above the bars.

Reply #12 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Xinoxlx, reply 11
Still it'd be nice to have an option to display +hp/mp above the bars.
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Well, you can make small stats box by minimizing the big one. It'd be nice if they put +hp/mana in there.