| Charmed mobs and their eating habits
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Posted by Nietzsche on 10/15
Was this ever a bug in the first place? Seems a bunch
of recent changes seem to be targeting create mages.
Now, after having fully equipped a doppelganger or a
greater demon, create mages can no longer heal their
charmies with glowing roots, so must now have to let
them perish and use up a big wad of mana to create another
charmie (especially annoying when you have managed
to 'control' a greater demon.) Cause mages still can cast
cure light or cure critical on their charmies but the create
mage no longer can heal theirs. Unfair. So I wonder if this
was even a bug to begin with.
From: Sandra
Thursday, October 14, 11:46PM
No, at first, all charmed mobs were made to be affected by hunger/
thirst. Which meant that their masters had to keep them fed and
full of water for them to heal. This was later removed.(This is
over a period of a few months, mind you) However, charmed mobs
were then able to eat infinate amounts of food, drink infinate
amounts of water, causing obvious balance problems.(Think about
it). That's why they are no longer able to get the affect of
roots and the like. They will no longer get hungry, or thirsty,
which slowed their regen(this change went in a few weeks back if
I remember right). And they do heal rather fast while sleeping.
As for comparing cause mages to create mages, as I've said in
the past, that's comparing apples and oranges. If you want to
get technical, a cause mages summoned creature doesn't have
specials, most can't wear equipment, all have MUCH less damge
that they dish out, and all require an object in order to get
the mob. However, again, that's comparing two completely different
things.
In the long run though, I'd think this change would save the
create mage mana. Instead of waiting a certain amount of time
to regain all the mana from the roots you spend, you spend a few
minutes waiting while the summoned mob sleeps for their hp. And
from what I've seen with my own create mages, they heal rather
rapidly.
Hope that answers your question.
-Sandra
From: Mugwump
Friday, October 15, 11:24AM
MUCH more damage?? Either i'm getting cheated with weak
greater elementals or my cause mage has super duper dancing
swords. For half the mana cost, even a dancing schwert does as
much damage as greater elementals (on average). But it is kinda
comparing apples and oranges, because the elemental has a lot
more hp. Different tool for different fight strategy, i guess.
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