The following update has been made to Mana Spellup. The number of mana control ranks required per use has been lowered from 75 ranks to 25 ranks. All other functionality remains the same.

GameMaster Cyraex

Cool.

I also forgot to mention that I also revised the messaging of Mana Spellup to prevent the massive screen scroll that occurred when a player invokes it. The invoking player will still see all of the messaging for the various spells, however, the surrounding players will only see one message now.

GameMaster Cyraex

When you mention the multi-Realm professions, it's still (total of the highest) + (half of the other), like with their mana recovery and such?

Yep!

https://gswiki.play.net/mediawiki/index.php/MANA_(verb)

Doug

Yeah, but my 'GS4 Announcement' file is at work, not here. :(

It's probably <all of max> + <half of other>; just need to arrive at <sum> == 25 to get one iteration, then?

Wow! Nice change for everyone! It was fun showing off with Mana Spellup for a while, knowing it was sort of an "exclusive" thing. But now that the shine has worn off a bit, it's great to give a LOT more people access to this very cool ability. And for those trained heavily in mana controls, it offers a very nice reward. All around awesomeness! :)

Thanks!

~ GtG

>I also forgot to mention that I also revised the messaging of Mana Spellup to prevent the massive screen scroll that occurred when a player invokes it. The invoking player will still see all of the messaging for the various spells, however, the surrounding players will only see one message now.

Party pooper! Kaldonis was just about to go do it six consecutive times in River's Rest Commmons.

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>Thank you! I found that mana spellup scroll jolting. Even after all this time, I couldn't help but think that somebody had died.

Yeah, but you can still do stuff like recite " * Odysia just bit the dust!" That's always fun to do while someone's hunting.

~Brian, Sepher's player

AMMINAR:

Per day -- how does this work exactly, for those of us who just got access to this ability for the first time?

Does using the ability start a 24-hour timer, at the end of which the 24-hour cycle starts fresh?

Or is it a running count somehow? E.g. if I have 2 uses per day, and I use it once and then once again 23 hours later, will I be able to use it once or twice again at hour 24?

Thanks.

Let me make this easier for you and everyone else with an update to MANA! It will now tell you how many total uses you have per day, how many you have used, and how much time is left before your uses reset! Enjoy!

G>mana
Maximum Mana Points: 508
Remaining Mana Points: 508

Mana gained off node: 106
Mana gained on node: 157

Mana Control abilities:
MANA PULSE - Manually invoke a mana pulse to gain mana as if you were off a node.
MANA SPELLUP - Instantly cast all of your defensive spells.

You have used the MANA SPELLUP ability 1 out of 4 times for today. The available uses will reset in 23 hours and 59 minutes.

GameMaster Cyraex

Fantastic update.

KARDIOS:

It looks like a hard return should be added at the end of the last line of the new messaging.

This should be fixed, thanks!

GameMaster Cyraex

Very nice! Thank you!

-- Robert

"All wizards are beginners; some of us have just been beginning longer!"

Wow!

Thanks so much for all of these updates!

I seem to have a bug where on every mana pulse I get the message:


"You have used the MANA SPELLUP ability 0 out of 1 times for today"


Also any time I use sigil of power. Basically any time I get mana it seems to popup. I assume (and hope) this is not intentional?

Not 100% positive mana spellup caused this bug, but after using it for the first time I am permanently invisible:

I>ask task about bounty
Halline probably can't help you if she can't see you.
I>spell active

You currently have the following active spells:
Elemental Defense I ................ 3:56:56
Elemental Defense II ............... 3:56:52
Elemental Defense III .............. 3:56:47
Elemental Targeting ................ 3:09:05
Elemental Barrier .................. 3:09:10
Thurfel's Ward ..................... 2:16:32
Elemental Deflection ............... 2:16:27
Elemental Bias ..................... 2:16:23
Strength ........................... 2:16:06
Elemental Focus .................... 2:16:02
Stone Skin ......................... 2:15:59
Temporal Reversion ................. 2:15:37
Prismatic Guard .................... 1:57:32
Mass Blur .......................... 3:57:16
Melgorehn's Aura ................... 1:57:12
Call Familiar ...................... 0:20:13

I>stop 916
Stop what?

As a side note, and you may already know this, you can use UNHIDE to come out of invisibility.

-- Robert

"All wizards are beginners; some of us have just been beginning longer!"

Can we add 605 to the list of spells since we're working on this? Most rangers use it, and I honestly can't imagine why it shouldn't be included.

~Brian, Sepher's player

Sure, I was invisible when I invoked it if that matters:

I>mana

Maximum Mana Points: 192
Remaining Mana Points: 192

Mana gained off node: 32
Mana gained on node: 52

Mana Control abilities:
MANA PULSE - Manually invoke a mana pulse to gain mana as if you were off a node.
MANA SPELLUP - Instantly cast all of your defensive spells.

You have used the MANA SPELLUP ability 0 out of 1 times for today.

I>MANA SPELLUP
With your advanced understanding of elemental mana, you transcend the normal limitations of magic and release upon yourself a flurry of abjurations...
A silvery luminescence surrounds you.
A bright luminescence surrounds you.
A brilliant luminescence surrounds you.
You are filled with a sense of great confidence.
Your skin tingles for a moment and you feel more secure.
Glowing specks of light red energy begin to spin around you.
You are surrounded by a shimmering field of energy.
You feel more magically aware.
You feel much stronger.
You bristle with energy.
A layer of thick, shifting stone forms around you.
For a moment, everything you hear and see echoes weirdly around you, but then everything seems normal again. Your personal temporal reality has been slightly offset from the true flow of time.
Multicolored rays shoot out of your body and flow into the shimmering sphere around you.
If you were visible, your form would have blurred.
A luminescent aura begins to swirl around you.

[ Elemental Defense I: +0:55:00, 4:06:39 remaining. ]

Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

[ Elemental Defense II: +0:55:00, 4:06:35 remaining. ]


[ Elemental Defense III: +0:55:00, 4:06:30 remaining. ]

[ Elemental Targeting: +0:55:00, 2:28:48 remaining. ]

[ Elemental Barrier: +0:55:00, 1:38:53 remaining. ]

[ Thurfel's Ward: +0:55:00, 2:10:15 remaining. ]

[ Elemental Deflection: +0:55:00, 2:10:10 remaining. ]

[ Elemental Bias: +0:55:00, 2:10:06 remaining. ]

[ Strength: +0:55:00, 2:09:49 remaining. ]

[ Elemental Focus: +0:00:15, 1:15:00 remaining. ]

[ Stone Skin: +0:55:00, 2:09:42 remaining. ]

[ Temporal Reversion: +0:55:00, 2:09:20 remaining. ]

[ Prismatic Guard: +0:45:00, 1:47:15 remaining. ]

[ Mass Blur: +0:45:00, 3:46:59 remaining. ]

[ Melgorehn's Aura: +0:45:00, 1:46:55 remaining. ]

I>mana

Maximum Mana Points: 192
Remaining Mana Points: 192

Mana gained off node: 32
Mana gained on node: 52

Mana Control abilities:
MANA PULSE - Manually invoke a mana pulse to gain mana as if you were off a node.
MANA SPELLUP - Instantly cast all of your defensive spells.

You have used the MANA SPELLUP ability 1 out of 1 times for today. The available uses will reset in 23 hours and 59 minutes.

I>spell active


You currently have the following active spells:
Elemental Defense I ................ 4:01:20
Elemental Defense II ............... 4:01:16
Elemental Defense III .............. 4:01:11
Elemental Targeting ................ 2:23:29
Elemental Barrier .................. 1:33:34
Thurfel's Ward ..................... 2:20:56
Elemental Deflection ............... 2:20:51
Elemental Bias ..................... 2:20:47
Strength ........................... 2:20:30
Elemental Focus .................... 2:20:26
Stone Skin ......................... 2:20:23
Temporal Reversion ................. 2:20:01
Prismatic Guard .................... 2:01:56
Mass Blur .......................... 4:01:40
Melgorehn's Aura ................... 2:01:36
Call Familiar ...................... 0:24:37

Versin Perm Invis

I'm going to guess you used one of the spheres from the pouches sold at Duskruin. Those will make you perm invis when dropped.