Arcane Nexus -- Bugged? - Page 2

Peter Ebbesen · #11 March 22nd, 2004, 12:29 AM

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Originally posted by Breschau:
I may be wrong, but I thought arcane nexus returned a portion of the gems used (staying the same type of gem), and specifically won't absorb astral or blood gems. ie, if the enemy spends 40 nature gems you get 20 nature gems from the nexus.

Nope. The way it works is this:

Each round, it tallies all the non-astral, non-blood gems used in rituals and forging, and then add a small number, the ambient energy. I think it is an openended d6, but I may be wrong here.

This figure, X, is the figure that is displayed in the text: "The Arcane Nexus has absorbed magic power equal to X astral gems".

You are then awarded X/4 astral gems to your pool.

The division by four makes some sense. The Astral Nexus description says it absorbs half the energy of the gems used, and non-astral gems are converted to astral gems at a cost of two for one, which nicely yields the total factor of four non-astral gems used for each astral gem gained.

Okay, that sounded more authoritative than the number of experiments I have run warrant.

Even so, it seems to be pretty damn close to the truth.

[ March 21, 2004, 22:31: Message edited by: Peter Ebbesen ]

Ctennyson · #12 March 22nd, 2004, 01:01 AM

It returns a portion of the gems used, but ALL of the gems it SAYS it absorbs, is what I assume you mean?

archaeolept · #13 March 22nd, 2004, 03:54 PM

so, in theory, if All the gems being used were astral, ctennyson would get the results he did, w/out it being a bug.

sounds like a bug most likely, though.

tinkthank · #14 March 22nd, 2004, 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by Ctennyson:
And one of my previous enchantments, Riches from Beneath, doesnt appear to work from the Ocean.

At least, I didnt get a single gold piece, or resource point more with it, than I had without it.

Eh, Riches from Beneath gives you gold?? I thought it was only resources. Can anyone confirm/deny? Merci.

Ctennyson · #15 March 23rd, 2004, 01:22 AM

Well, remember the message said, "The Arcane Nexus has absorbed 304 gems" or some such.

That generally denotes you are getting 304 gems in your treasury. At least, it does when I have cast the spell above ground.

Sindai · #16 March 23rd, 2004, 03:13 AM

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Originally posted by Ctennyson:
Well, remember the message said, "The Arcane Nexus has absorbed 304 gems" or some such.

That generally denotes you are getting 304 gems in your treasury. At least, it does when I have cast the spell above ground.

No it doesn't. It means you get about 304/4 (rounded down, I believe) in your treasury.

Ctennyson · #17 March 23rd, 2004, 03:37 AM

Ok, in that case, I was shorted a good 60+ gems that turn.

Wyatt Hebert · #18 March 23rd, 2004, 03:37 PM

Try this.

With your Nexus up, cast a non-Arcane/Blood spell, and see how many gems it gives you for it.

To repeat, cast a spell, record how many gems you used, and see how many gems you've gotten for it.

I bet (if it's not Astral/Blood) you'll get X/4 gems added in.

Wyatt

Ctennyson · #19 March 24th, 2004, 05:34 AM

So, you are saying that the Messages given out at the start of the turns is bugged?

Sindai · #20 March 24th, 2004, 06:24 AM

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Originally posted by Ctennyson:
So, you are saying that the Messages given out at the start of the turns is bugged?

No, he's just pointing out that there's an experiment you can do to make absolutely certain that the spell isn't working as it's supposed to. Read Peter's description of how it works.