general spell info

[Finesse]

ive been doing some research in the last few days and ive found some info on uses of magic spells in general

1. energy vortex - evs did not attack anyone with intelligence under 50 and the same as monsters during this era would always attack people with the highest intelligence.

2. earthquake did not to high damage untill uor the damage was 20 area damage to everyone [this included friends as well as there was no party system]

3. energy bolt damage was between 2 and 50 dmg and averaged massively at 25/35.

4. mana vampire many people beleives this was a pointless spell as mana drain completely drained all mana anyway.. the accual effect of mana vampire was it first of all drained all mana and then drained mana at half your mana rate untill the spell wore off. i learned this through speaking to an old friend on osi

[Colisseus]

Posting numbers based on your memory, when there were many different factors in play back then, is never a good idea.

http://web.archive.org/web/200003060630 ... stcalc.htm

[Alex the Artist]

Mana vamp would take away the user's mana and give it to the caster.

[Fwerp]

Mana vampire almost NEVER worked.

[nightshark]

1. energy vortex - evs did not attack anyone with intelligence under 50 and the same as monsters during this era would always attack people with the highest intelligence.

Are you sure about this? I remember reading in the manual that Blade Spirits would attack the highest strength, EVs the highest intelligence. However in practical use I remember them being far more random and mostly just attacking the mob on the screen closest to them. I could never really find any proof EVs went for higher intelligence, nor BSs the highest strength.

[MatronDeWinter]

Mana vampire almost NEVER worked.

Mana vampire worked amazingly, just had to cast it 2 or 3 times.

[Derrick]

Mana vampire almost NEVER worked.

Mana vampire worked amazingly, just had to cast it 2 or 3 times.

At 40 mana per cast, it's pretty hard to break even on casting it 3 times though isn't it?

[MatronDeWinter]

Im thinking mana drain perhaps