Post:Mana, Elanthia, and You - 7/12/2009 - 19:11:56

Mana, Elanthia, and You · on 7/12/2009 7:11:56 PM	5605
People who have been paying attention today in Prime and Platinum have noticed a purdy little manastorm cozying up with them and making for what is hopefully an exciting experience. Some of you may have noticed that 'hey, the mana in the rooms seems to have changed, and not just from the transition to the new PP system'. For those of you who have noticed this, yes, you're right! Due to massive disparities in many areas of the game when comparing mana type to mana type, we have decided to basically repower the entire game, randomly. By randomly, we mean that we simply set a device that just started picking random numbers between min and max mana for every mana type in every room, and now we've been dropping the results of that into the live game. The mana is still consistent so if you see a room in Prime it will have the same mana as a room in Plat and eventually the same mana as that room in TF. What this means though is that certain points which were known as gathering grounds may have shifted, because the high mana has moved. Or that room may have gotten lucky and it's still really good. In any case, you may have to look around to find the best hunting / triage spots for you. We realize this may be a bit confusing and inconvenient at first, but now overall the mana in the game is pretty darn close to exactly even for all mana types. We ran the numbers before and the highest mana type gamewide (Elemental) was about 5% ahead of the lowest mana type (Life) beforehand. Now the difference between highest and lowest (I'm not telling you which is which) is a mere .25%. We've also forced all major game areas to average out to basically 'average' mana, so there's guaranteed good and bad mana rooms in every area for every mana type, and no mana type loses out. We will be going back briefly to touch on some of the guildhalls to improve their mana levels for their mana type, within reason, but otherwise it's basically intended and permanent that the mana levels have shifted across the board. -Z
This message was originally posted in Abilities, Skills and Magic (4) \ General Magic Feedback - CORE ISSUES -(CAST, PREPARE, HARNESS, PERCEIVE) (37), by DR-ZEYURN on the play.net forums.