Benediction Changes? 12/15/2013 06:55 AM CST
I've been playing around to find my personal cap with spells and noticed today that benediction at 70 mana was only giving me the faint message:

>>You suddenly feel more limber, your reflexes charged with a faint energy.

Was the bonus on it changed in some way? In Prime with a 50 cast I'm able to get a great bonus to all three stats.

Relevant factors are:
Strength : 30
Reflex : 30
Agility : 30
Devotion level: After a moment, you see a crystal-clear vision of your god who speaks slowly and deliberately..."
Casting @: 20 prep and 50 mana in the cambrinth
spell stance: 130% Potency / 100% Duration /70% Integrity
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Re: Benediction Changes? 12/15/2013 07:03 AM CST
> Was the bonus on it changed in some way?

It's been scaled down from +33% to +15% cap*. You're casting at an effective 88 mana, so let's guess that that means +13%, for a total bonus of +3.


* The other cap of +15 was also removed, but you weren't bumping in to that anyway.
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Re: Benediction Changes? 12/15/2013 07:43 AM CST
Gotcha! Thanks Illiena! Math are hard in the morning lol.
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Re: Benediction Changes? 12/15/2013 04:51 PM CST


>It's been scaled down from +33% to +15% cap*. You're casting at an effective 88 mana, so let's guess that that means +13%, for a total bonus of +3.

Whoa... Can you break down where you got those numbers? Particularly, the 88 (I assume the total mana times the potency?), the +13% (I assume total mana / whatever max for benediction is?) and the +3 (I have no idea...)?
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Re: Benediction Changes? 12/15/2013 06:12 PM CST
> Can you break down where you got those numbers?

Sure. He said he's casting at 70 mana with 130% potency. Spell stance applies to the mana you're using above min prep, and Benediction has a min prep of 10, so that 130% is applying to 60 mana. 1.3*60 + 10 = 88.

The bonus cap is now +20%, except the bonuses Benediction provides are outside your SoI, so that's reduced by 25%, meaning its cap is +15%. That's +15% at max mana, so eyeballing it, +13% at 88 mana seems reasonable. This one's just a guess, though.

His stats are 30, and 13% of 30 (round down) is 3. Hence +3.
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Re: Benediction Changes? 12/15/2013 09:23 PM CST
Huh. Neat, thanks.
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