Esprit tests at 42 & 43
i did a couple of more tests, just to verify what we've been seeing w/acumen at higher levels
 | acumen at 42 and 43 |
| four implements: drums (vig 51, 30, 25) and a scythe (vig -7) |
| starting vig: 1278 |
| casted life boon (base vig 340) |
| i recorded vigor remaining after casting the spell
on myself. verified by casting twice. |
| ESPRIT = 42 | ||||||
| Casting Life Boon (340 Base vig) | ||||||
| wep vig cost | start vig | end vig | total cast cost | -wep mod | esprit effect | |
| Drum | 51 | 1278 | 929 | 349 | 298 | -42 |
| Drum | 30 | 1278 | 950 | 328 | 298 | -42 |
| Drum | 25 | 1278 | 955 | 323 | 298 | -42 |
| Scythe | -7 | 1278 | 987 | 291 | 298 | -42 |
| ESPRIT = 43 | ||||||
| Casting Life Boon (340 Base vig) | ||||||
| wep vig cost | start vig | end vig | total cast cost | -wep mod | esprit effect | |
| Drum | 51 | 1278 | 930 | 348 | 297 | -43 |
| Drum | 30 | 1278 | 951 | 327 | 297 | -43 |
| Drum | 25 | 1278 | 956 | 322 | 297 | -43 |
| Scythe | -7 | 1278 | 988 | 290 | 297 | -43 |
i think i can safely say that
| acumen, at skill 42-43, provides a [skill+0] reduction in casting cost. |
| this is consistent across positive and negative casting cost weapons. |
| it would be interesting to see if the seeming discontinuities in vigor reduction (seeming discontinuities, because it is possible that these are integer rounding artifacts. though i question a design decision of making esprit reduction a formula on the order of (0.96 * skill) + 2 ... who so that when the effects are so small, there are ranges where a skill increase produces no visible ingame effect, and is likely to arouse the playerbase? |
| i doubt that i will do the research, since i would need to untrain both acumen and esprit. well, remotely possible on maybe a rainy day where i do icefire and MA back to back with another tonk. |
