Onslaught bug?

[bmcelvan]

Okay found another bug or I am missing something. I have class I Onslaught which is supposed to give you +1 inititatve and +5 rage for your first turn, however I have noticed that I don't get the +5 rage frequently. I just had a battle after travelling (0 rage) where I immediately had +5 rage. I won that battle (with +3 rage remaining) and immediately started another battle and still only had +3 rage...am I missing something or is this a bug?

Thanks

[DGDobrev]

You had a battle with a hero, and you most likely had the medal that gives you +5 rage in a battle versus a hero.

Onslaught provides 5 hard rage points to the rage pool and +1 initiative for the first turn. Actually, there is no skill other than Bloodlust (and the modal against heroes) that grants rage before a fight.

So, no it's not a bug :)

[bmcelvan]

well that certainly sums up my inability to read properly.

thanks

Bloodlust is a Warrior only skill, correct? (I'm a paladin)

[DGDobrev]

Yes. It allows you to retain up to 40% of your total rage at all times.

However, although it might seem very, very cool to you, it isn't :) If you have rage available, your mana regeneration is decresed based on the amount of rage you have at that point. So in essence, a warrior with bloodlust will regen mana very slowly without any means of boosting the out-of-combat mana regen, so it will be imperative for him to finish all fights with as much mana as possible -unless the player doesn't mind waiting 1-2 minutes (and probably pacing the room) for his mana pool to fill up.

[Metathron]

unless the player doesn't mind waiting 1-2 minutes (and probably pacing the room) for his mana pool to fill up.

I usually flip through a magazine. :grin:

[loreangelicus]

Yes. It allows you to retain up to 40% of your total rage at all times.

However, although it might seem very, very cool to you, it isn't :) If you have rage available, your mana regeneration is decresed based on the amount of rage you have at that point. So in essence, a warrior with bloodlust will regen mana very slowly without any means of boosting the out-of-combat mana regen, so it will be imperative for him to finish all fights with as much mana as possible -unless the player doesn't mind waiting 1-2 minutes (and probably pacing the room) for his mana pool to fill up.

Mage-lover. :)

Out-of-combat mana regen? For a beginner maybe, but I doubt any of the KB veterans do this; it's just a lot faster to simply end a battle with max mana.

I find it very useful actually. I could end a battle with no rage and no mana then my rage automatically jumps up to 44 (max rage of 110), then mana accelerator for 25 mana. In fact, I often make it a point to end a game with zero rage, trying to use as much rage abilities to increase my pet dragon level since I know I would have enough starting rage for the next battle to do some useful rage ability (phantom-mana accelerator chain comes to mind).

Ending a battle with max mana is never a problem for a warrior; I haven't touched Magic Spring since level 14. This is because you generate so much excess rage you could just do one round of mana accelerator and calm rage and you already have 80-90% of your max mana. Granted, a warrior's max mana is pretty low (mine is still at 60 at level 45), but the warrior's most costly good spell is a 25 mana Phantom level 3 anyways, other employed spells being just 10 mana or less (ghost blade, mass haste, stone skin).

[Zechnophobe]

Gotta agree with Loreangelicus here. Between transmute, mana accelerator, and calm rage, you don't have any real reason to end a battle with less than full mana. Maybe in the early game... but that is far before you'd have a chance to get bloodlust anyway.

[KongMysen]

I must admit I had a hard time ending with max mana, when that stupid pain skull substracted 72 mana from my mage. Even with the rage increase. I would usually have enough mana to engage the next battle immediately but I rarely hit the maximum 144.

In my warrior game things were much easier. And more fun...