01-18-2004, 09:57 AM
Quote: (Approximately) true, but if you get a really high energy shield % it becomes impossible to negate the mana damage with acheivable damage to mana values. I do see your point about the shako/storm sorc though.
Absolutelly true. That's why I stated 60% ES. The nice trick would be to pull off a, say 75% ES and negate all the mana drain... but as you're rather limited in the Vulpine attributes, it is not possible. (A friend had a sorc with near 200% vulpine and still had some trouble when he had higher level ES active).
An interesting thing, however, is that Vulpine "FEELS" to act AFTER the mana damage to ES. It would be lovely if someone could confirm this to be true, but I experienced that
- my ES stays up even when I seem to have no mana at all
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- I can teleport even when my mana ball seems empty<>
[st]I explain this with the Vulpine effect refilling some of my mana orb, but then again it could be desync, my improper observations or Sweet Fanny Adams.
Ah, and Vulpine works with Gloam's attacks (what should not be such a wonder considering that they do physical damage as well; but IS still curious since with 90% lightning resist and lightning absorb one actually HEALS from them, what would indicate that no physical damage is delivered).
Mysteries, mysteries...