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Spell Casting Mastery

Anyone know why SCM is checking against a random? I was under the understanding that it was a passive always on ability and should not be random.

https://github.com/EQEmu/Server/blob...ne/effects.cpp

I put some extra logging in the code so I can get a feel for what is going on and it is rather rare there are any spell savings at all.

Code:

        if(SuccessChance <= (SpecializeSkill * 0.3 * bonus))

        {

                PercentManaReduction = 1 + 0.05f * SpecializeSkill;

                switch(GetAA(aaSpellCastingMastery))

                {

                case 1:

                        PercentManaReduction += 2.5;

                        break;

                case 2:

                        PercentManaReduction += 5.0;

                        break;

                case 3:

                        PercentManaReduction += 10.0;

                        break;

                }



                switch(GetAA(aaAdvancedSpellCastingMastery))

                {

                case 1:

                        PercentManaReduction += 2.5;

                        break;

                case 2:

                        PercentManaReduction += 5.0;

                        break;

                case 3:

                        PercentManaReduction += 10.0;

                        break;

                }

        }

Your understanding sounds the same as mine... SCM is a flat mana preservation effect applied to all spellcasts. Don't think it has anything to do with Specialization skills. Sounds like a matter of confusion when it was implemented.

Ahh.....nevermind... I see, this explained it.

http://otherworlds31279.yuku.com/top...r#.VaV3SkYgZ8E

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shendare (Post 241672)

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/wiki...asting_Mastery

LOL Shendare, when I started digging into it I was like "That is not how I understood it". That kind of blows if you think about it. You are not guaranteed a savings.

SPA 132 (what mana pres focus and SCM use) works by saving between base1 and base2 percent of the mana. I think this SPA needs to be looked at again and SCM shouldn't have any GetAA non-sense.

I also don't see anything in the AA data that says it shouldn't work as I described (which has no RNG since base1 and base2 are the same)