An easy way to tell is to fill your mana up and then cast a spell that costs
5mn or something and then count how many times it takes to use up all your
mana... (cost of spell) * times cast = total mana
Adia
A wizard of the clan Tal`Kor
Fennin Ro
-----Original Message-----
From: Rotas Koth <
rotaskoth@...>
To:
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Date: Saturday, May 01, 1999 12:02 PM
Subject: [eq_wizards] Re: just exactly how much mana...
>From: "Rotas Koth" <rotaskoth@...>
>
>>From: "mitchell weiner" <evweiner@...>
>
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>>Does anyone know the formula used to calculate mana points?
>[cut]
>
>I have heard that the formula for mana should be INT/5 and rounded down and
>to this you add 2 and multiply with your level and that gives: Mana =
(INT/5
>+ 2)*level. But when i tested it it seemed more like i had (INT/5 +
>2)*(level+1). But the +1 to level also sounds reasonable enough since
normal
>skills are also in that form (like 5*(level +1)). But im by no means sure
>that this is the right formula.
>Note that the INT/5 is rounded down so having 134 in int should give the
>same as 130. Of course you will later on acquire equipment that raises your
>INT so no need to worry that you may have wasted 4 points in INT. It will
be
>usefull later on.
>But in conclusion i think that you should have something in the range of
>(INT/5 + 2)*level. Mayby people could post how many mana they think they
>have at which level and we could figure out the correct formula out. At
>level 14 it seemed like i had about 440-450 mana with 142 in INT but mayby
i
>got a bit of mana back while testing (casting 4 bind affinity and some
minor
>spells), but im not sure. I'll probably test again when i get enough
>patience to use all my mana while not in combat :)
>
>I hope that helped.
>
>Rotas Koth, Innoruuk.
>
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