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I'm sure this is old news for most people, but I was away from the game for awhile and before anyone knew what this thing was.
I was looking for a good sword to replace my lvl 55 degen with the acc bonus to do some farming for goldsmithing material. The Rune blade looked great. It had the best base damage of any not insanely priced sword, and the latent effect looked really sweet although I figured that would only trigger if I was low on hp.
So I head to Movopolas and start farming the moblin ingots. The sword seemed to be doing FANTASTIC. Ordinarily I'd hit for about 60 against the Moblin Ashman, but I was breaking 100 every time. I figured it was a combination of gearing up for soloing which I hadn't done before (some ogre stuff, ruby rings, amament mantle) and eating a mithkabob and the increased dmg of the base stat on the sword.
I head over to one of the groups of 3 moblins + Freelance. Normally, these battles are slow, but very safe. I normally end up with about 200 or so less mp and no less hp after taking 4 of them on at once.
I finish them off and convert and head for the other group. While fighting, I notice I have alot less mp then I normally do. Then I notice my mp is going DOWN (this is horrifying for a rdm, like a reversal of the laws of nature or something, the precuser to the end of times). The moblins crit more than usual on me and I end up low on mp and convert is 5 min away. I ended up having to run as a 73 rdm against these stupid moblins, attracting a train of what must've been 30 of them by the time I got out (I didn't stop to look, I barely made it out alive! Pro/Phalanx/stoneskin were all gone, refresh was off, I was in TROUBLE)
I had no way to account for this loss of mp. I figure maybe there was an update with mithkabobs or it was some weird combination of mithkabob/bio/ogre gear. The mith wore out so I ate a marrion glace instead. I rested then converted and all seemed well. Mp was going up as it should.
I then go to try those moblins again. As soon as the fight starts, my mp starts dropping again! Again, I have to run (although choosing to in less desperate circumstances this time).
It had to be one of the new gear I purchaced, so I tried a battle with the old sword. No mp drain, everything was perfectly safe. I later checked on Alla and discovered that the hidden trait of mp drain was already known. It's 4mp/tick drain, if you have mp, and when in battle. The dmg of this thing is awesome, but damn, you can't solo very long without mp, and this thing not only negates refresh but adds a 1/tick drain, so you basically have to spend 40 mp on refresh just to tred water mp wise.
I will be selling this thing asap!
I was looking for a good sword to replace my lvl 55 degen with the acc bonus to do some farming for goldsmithing material. The Rune blade looked great. It had the best base damage of any not insanely priced sword, and the latent effect looked really sweet although I figured that would only trigger if I was low on hp.
So I head to Movopolas and start farming the moblin ingots. The sword seemed to be doing FANTASTIC. Ordinarily I'd hit for about 60 against the Moblin Ashman, but I was breaking 100 every time. I figured it was a combination of gearing up for soloing which I hadn't done before (some ogre stuff, ruby rings, amament mantle) and eating a mithkabob and the increased dmg of the base stat on the sword.
I head over to one of the groups of 3 moblins + Freelance. Normally, these battles are slow, but very safe. I normally end up with about 200 or so less mp and no less hp after taking 4 of them on at once.
I finish them off and convert and head for the other group. While fighting, I notice I have alot less mp then I normally do. Then I notice my mp is going DOWN (this is horrifying for a rdm, like a reversal of the laws of nature or something, the precuser to the end of times). The moblins crit more than usual on me and I end up low on mp and convert is 5 min away. I ended up having to run as a 73 rdm against these stupid moblins, attracting a train of what must've been 30 of them by the time I got out (I didn't stop to look, I barely made it out alive! Pro/Phalanx/stoneskin were all gone, refresh was off, I was in TROUBLE)
I had no way to account for this loss of mp. I figure maybe there was an update with mithkabobs or it was some weird combination of mithkabob/bio/ogre gear. The mith wore out so I ate a marrion glace instead. I rested then converted and all seemed well. Mp was going up as it should.
I then go to try those moblins again. As soon as the fight starts, my mp starts dropping again! Again, I have to run (although choosing to in less desperate circumstances this time).
It had to be one of the new gear I purchaced, so I tried a battle with the old sword. No mp drain, everything was perfectly safe. I later checked on Alla and discovered that the hidden trait of mp drain was already known. It's 4mp/tick drain, if you have mp, and when in battle. The dmg of this thing is awesome, but damn, you can't solo very long without mp, and this thing not only negates refresh but adds a 1/tick drain, so you basically have to spend 40 mp on refresh just to tred water mp wise.
I will be selling this thing asap!
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/Nin 75/Blu 75/rdm 55/blm 40/war 37/thf 37
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