KatinaZ wrote:Infinitum, thx 4 info.

Trishin, can u tell us pls, Infinitum word, promises and information is something worth? Im not sure about that, he is not GM

Thalien wrote:Will the exp campbonus be livelike? Uth 1.0 campbonus was gone after one kill but should slightly decrease.

Infinitum wrote:

newguy wrote:im sure this is an easy one, but what are the bg levels going to be?

I know in uth 1.0 it was 20-35 was the first one and then increments of 4 lvls...thnx

The battlegrounds will be as followed: *edited through Trishin's post on next page*

Abermenai - Levels 15-19 - Highest allowed realmrank: 1L2
Thidranki - Levels 20-24 - Highest allowed realmrank: 1L3
Murdaigean - Levels 25-29 - Highest allowed realmrank: 1L5
Caledonia - Levels 30-35 - Highest allowed realmrank: 1L9
Kaldrheim - Levels 36-42 - Highest allowed realmrank: 2L9

This is in accordance to patch 1.65 (Abermenai was added 1.60)

Juri wrote:Back in the days, newly created character didn't spawn in the main cities of the realm (ex. Mag Mell for Hibernia), but they used to spawn in various places based on race and class. For example, I clearly remember spawning in Connla as a naturalist celt, or in Howth as a mage celt. Question is: as newly rolled, level 1 chars, are we going to spawn in the main cities or in different places around the map?

Scalado wrote:

Juri wrote:Back in the days, newly created character didn't spawn in the main cities of the realm (ex. Mag Mell for Hibernia), but they used to spawn in various places based on race and class. For example, I clearly remember spawning in Connla as a naturalist celt, or in Howth as a mage celt. Question is: as newly rolled, level 1 chars, are we going to spawn in the main cities or in different places around the map?

Original starting locations were already addressed in a previous news post.

Foneb wrote:Got another one . will the livelike lvl 20 command be impleme ted or do we keep the custom no freelevels ever rule?

ZerGlinG wrote:How will +Focus on items work on a pure caster?

Example:
Mentalist spec: 48 mana / 24 light / 6 mentalism
holding a staff with 50 Focus for light

Will he benefit from the 50 Focus (save mana) if he cast lvl50 baseline DD from light?

Trishin wrote:Isn't this how focus always have worked? If you have any patch note or anything claiming differently I would love to see it before I comment on how it will work on Uthgard when we relaunch. Thank you!

HOW DOES CASTING WORK?

Power usage and focus staves

Each spell has a cost to power that when cast successfully will deplete the caster's power pool. The only way to reduce this cost is to use focus staves.

From the Grab Bag: When you are not using any focus staff at all, a spell will cost you 120% of its delved cost to cast, provided it is a spell that uses focus. i.e. Healing classes do not use focus for their spells.

A focus staff will only benefit you if it has focus bonus in the same line as that spell, as modified below. (i.e. A staff with 50 levels in Mana will help Mana spells but not Void spells)

If you are using a focus staff, a spell will cost you between 80-120% of its delved power cost to cast, depending upon several factors.

If the condition of the staff is not 100%, you will not get the full focus bonus, and it will cost more power to cast spells.

If your modified spec level* is below the level of the spell, you will not get the full focus bonus, and it will cost more power to cast the spell.

If the focus level on the staff is below the level of the spell, you will not get the full focus bonus, and it will cost more power to cast the spell.

Note that all three of the above conditions factor into power cost. Thus, To get the the full 80% cost on your spells, you would use a 100% condition staff with a focus bonus greater than the level of the spell you want to cast, and cast a spell that is lower in level than your modified spec level. As each of these factors (condition, spec level, and focus level) gets further away from the optimal condition, the power cost slides from 80% to 120%.

A few examples:

If you have a staff with 50 levels in Mana, are casting a level 50 mana based spell. and your modified spec is 48 (35 spec + 11 in items + 2 for Realm Rank 3) you will get most of the power bonus from using the staff)

If your modified spec was 50 (35 spec +11 in items +4 for Realm Rank 5) then you would get all of the bonus.

If your modified spec was 16 (1 spec +11 in items +4 for Realm Rank 5) then you would get little bonus from the staff.

*Your base spec is the number of points you have put into the line. Your modified spec is that number plus items plus realm rank bonuses.

Power regeneration

It is widely known that pure cloth casters (enchanters, mentalists, runemasters, wizards, etc.) will regenerate power MUCH slower when below 50% power.

All other magic users will regenerate at rate that is constant at any level of power.

Therefore, if you're a cloth casters ALWAYS try to keep your power above 50%.

Specialization

Your specialization in a spell line affects your damage. The exact relationship is not known but the higher your specialization the less variance your spell will have and the more damage it will do.

Buff Effectiveness

Although all buffs have a delve value, the actual affect on a player is modified by their spec within that spell line. A warden with only 25 Nurture will have buffs that are MUCH less effective than a warden with 50 Nurture even when casting then SAME buff.