I see 'stamina burst' for the increased (followed by penalized) recovery, and that looks like it could be useful...

But primarily what I want to know is if there is something like "mana pulse" for the stamina side, which would make those Stamina Recovery enhancive items ever so much more useful.
(Because with Mana you can control whether or not you get the Enhanced amount, but with Stamina you have to luck into the timing and holding the big boosting items when the pulse happens.)

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Is there such verb use, and I simply haven't run across it?

If there is not... GMs! Could such a thing be added?

It looks like 'burst' is a boost (& later penalty) to the Stamina Recovery, but your wording makes it sound like it's a hit to the Stamina (Value, how many points you have to use & spend). Did I misunderstand one direction or the other?

And I don't understand how it could cost you anything: again--just from the way it's worded--it looks like "Give me some of my future Stamina Recovery, now, but then deny it to me in that future."
So normally, you would get 8 pulses of 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%. == 800%
If you Burst part way through, you get 100% 115% 115% 115% 085% 085% 085% 100%. == 800%

Given that there are lots of ways to boost both Max and Recovery--CMans [Surge of Strength et al.], worn Enhancives--that lets you control the timing of WHICH of those pulses are higher (so you get immediate payoff while hunting/penalty in town) OR you could use them in alternation (so you use the verb to benefit for three pulses, and crank up the CMans & Enhancives to cover the lower period).

Basically: I'm confused by what you say. Please explain. :)

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And revisiting my initial question: is there a way to control the timing of those pulses, that you know of?

>And I don't understand how it could cost you anything: again--just from the way it's worded--it looks like "Give me some of my future Stamina Recovery, now, but then deny it to me in that future."#

The amount extra you get is capped, but the amount it takes back isn't. e.g. you get 200 in advance and then give back 200 later in theory, but in practice my 200 gets capped down to only gaining 100, and I still lose the 200 later.

I think Rathboner means that the stamina recovery bonus is still capped at +50 during stamina burst so if you already have more than +35 stamina regen enhancives you will see a net loss. The penalty is likely capped too but it is much less likely to see negative modifiers that large.

Moral of the story is to time your stamina bursts wisely so you maximize the bonuses. It would be great if the system could take your current enhancive bonuses into account but thats not likely to change.