A potential change I'm keen to hear your thoughts on

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Lord_of_Error wrote:

Glad you asked.

To be honest with you (and after sitting here for 15mins, not able to come up with a single good use for this): Dear god no.

Managing three resource pools (life, ES, mana) is already difficult for current hybrid chars, but at least you go the extra mile for some extra EHP, potentially helping you in burst situations.
This version of EB shares the same problems as a hybrid char has, that is efficient ways to sustain your three resources, just for some extra EMP (effective mana pool). But for what, except with MoM there are currently no situations where I'd need a mana pool that can catch a burst (that is also why everybody just reserves 90%+ of their mana). Even worse, your ES won't ever refill, since you'll never be able to do something in combat without interrupting its recharge.

The only remotely usefull build I can see does something I personally already have seen enough of: Use as much mana reserving buffs as you possibly can squeeze in. Skills can then be cast from ES (if there is some way to sustain it), but this won't net more than one extra aura.

On a side note, to me the design is a lot less elegant (read: unnecessary complex) than the current version. :\

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Mark_GGG wrote:

Spoiler

Since Rory does seem to have actually clarified the mechanic at play here (that I can see), I'll take this one.

The new Eldritch Battery currently being tested has two stats (wording not final):
Energy Shield protects Mana instead of Life and
Spend Energy Shield before Mana for Skill Costs

Energy Shield protects Mana instead of Life means that your ES is over your mana, and not over your life, as seen in the screenshot. Since it's not over your life, damage that's doing to your life isn't intercepted by ES. Since it's over mana, damage going to mana (Mind over Matter, etc) will hit ES first, except in the case of Chaos Damage, which bypasses ES and would go straight through to mana.
You will no longer have the 50% chance to ignore stuns for having ES, as that's a property of ES protecting life and doesn't apply when it's over mana instead.
Life being lost will no longer impede the ES refresh, but Mana being lost for any reason will, as of course will losing ES as it always does.
Effects which just make you lose mana, such as Arctic Armour or Sapping flasks, will not be affected, just as ES doesn't stop Caustic Flasks from removing life.
If you take the Blood Magic Keystone, you'll have no mana, and ES will be protecting your empty mana globe. Mind over Matter will still try to divert some damage to mana, and this will be able to be absorbed by ES, but once ES is depleted of course, no damage can be taken from mana and will will all go to life.

Spend Energy Shield before Mana for Skill Costs means that for skill mana costs (not reservations) you pay with ES until you run out, then start paying with mana. Mana reservations are not costs, and will still be paid directly with mana.
Blood Magic still switches you to spending life "instead", so you won't be able to pay with ES if you have blood magic and this stat.

In all other respects, ES behaves exactly the same - it still has the refresh mechanic, and anything that references ES still applies to ES.

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Stripes wrote:

Wait, wait, wait... Wait a minute please!

What do you mean by "Chaos Damage goes straight to mana"?

Does this actually means, what with 100% or nearly mana reserved, any player with reworked Eldritch Battery will be essentially Chaos Immune?

*confused_koala.jpeg*

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Wooser69 wrote:

I don't use mom

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Snorkle_uk wrote:

EB/COD/AA was one of the most investment intensive and weak defenses in the game.

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It also opens up options of making extremely high mana cost builds, elemental hit will no longer be a dream.

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Edit: I mean think of it guys, it's like having Blood Magic and still be able to get auras! *Starts throwing imaginary confetti*