Arctic Armor and Mana Regen: Something doesn't add up

using lvl 11 arctic armor, it's supposed to drain 21.8+109.2 mana/sec (131/sec)
my char sheet says I regen 132.5/sec as shown here



and here's a screenshot after I've run in circles for a few seconds

Hi,

Losing mana over time is a debuff not a buff. Please fix.

Thanks,
ZaM

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GGG_Neon wrote:

I notice you have Inner Force.

Inner Force will increase the mana consumed both stationary and moving by 30%, as well as increase the amount of damage mitigated by 30%.

So it is actually draining (21.8*1.3 = 28.3) + (109.2*1.3 = 142) = 170.3 mana/second, excuse the rounding.

I leveled up my clarity gem to 11 and now i'm at 138.8 mana/sec and the skill is 100% sustainable again. This is still not adding up.

Not to mention that if what you told me was true, I'd have been draining at a rate of

170.3 - 132.5 = 37.8 mana/sec which was not the case, it was much slower than that.

and if you were to tell me that the inner force bonus on my mana regen isn't applied on the character sheet, then it would have been

170.3 - (132.5*1.3) = -1.95

so I would have been gaining mana instead of losing it.

I don't disbelieve what you're telling me, but I must be missing something here.

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ZaM wrote:

Hi,

Losing mana over time is a debuff not a buff. Please fix.

Thanks,
ZaM

I don't think it's broken, it's intended.

It works the same way with other skills.

sage perhaps you got that 7% reduced mana costs on skills or even more of such nodes taken?

Edit:

NM I just noticed neither reduced mana or the passive nodes help with the costs. No help from reduced reservation either... which I think puts this skill more and more into a "niche market" especially with the high dex requirements too.

Support gems multipliers also do nothing so a free link with increased duration for the ice effect is kind of nice.

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Ozgwald wrote:

sage perhaps you got that 7% reduced mana costs on skills or even more of such nodes taken?

Edit:

NM I just noticed neither reduced mana or the passive nodes help with the costs. No help from reduced reservation either... which I think puts this skill more and more into a "niche market" especially with the high dex requirements too.

But it's mana degen, not mana cost.

I haven't tested this spell, but wouldn't it make sense if it only drained the extra drain when you move, and not both.

That would make the draining 142 mana/s when taking inner force into account.

Compared to your mana regen (the bonus from inner force on clarity is shown in the character stats) which is 132, it would drain 10 mana per second while moving.

Edit: Better explanation.

You have a certain manadrain while standing still, and when moving you only have the manadrain from moving, not both at the same time.

Here's a link to my build

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgUAAnEEBwSzBVsHYwj0DH0OSBB_EZYUTRZvF1QZhRo4GmwfAiKBJKopTy0fMYg2xTbpOtg74TwFPV9G103YUlNVxlcrXcZgbWe9bRlzU3kDfll_xoFvgh6Cm4M4i3qLjIx2jjyPRo-mkFWXlZuhnYCdo52unjyeoZ_fogCio6cIpyunhK-buJPAVMHzxp7PZdDQ2CTa3dsL3fPhc-L342rjhOQi7DjtIO5v73zwHw==

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Mashotronic wrote:

I haven't tested this spell, but wouldn't it make sense if it only drained the extra drain when you move, and not both.

That would make the draining 142 mana/s when taking inner force into account.

Compared to your mana regen (the bonus from inner force on clarity is shown in the character stats) which is 132, it would drain 10 mana per second while moving.

Edit: Better explanation.

You have a certain manadrain while standing still, and when moving you only have the manadrain from moving, not both at the same time.

the wording on the skill specifically said "an additional" mana drain while moving.

edit: also the drain at lvl 10 clarity was still much less than 10/sec. I wish i had frapsed it.