Game Mechanics: Flowing Thought not working?

[Haynar]

The guide I was given for classic FT was this.

FT of different #'s stack. Same do not.

So if you have 5 different FT1 items, you net 1.

FT1 + FT2 = 3
FT2 + FT3 = 5
FT1 + FT1 + FT2 + FT2 = 3 (not 6)

If you have no drink and are thirsty, you don't regen mana.

H

[Daldaen]

I believe the consensus was FT takes the highest and it should work without drink.

Ele has a good post on it somewhere, I'd have to look.

If you could stack FT though, that would make gearing a caster a tad more exciting during Velious.

[Man0warr]

It's not supposed to stack initially, just the highest value. At some point it switched to different FT stacking, then any FT stacking up to 15 total - then FT was removed entirely and just shown as +# Mana Regeration on gear.

FT doesn't seem to be working at all at the moment though.

[Erati]

Originally Posted by Haynar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The guide I was given for classic FT was this.

FT of different #'s stack. Same do not.

So if you have 5 different FT1 items, you net 1.

FT1 + FT2 = 3
FT2 + FT3 = 5
FT1 + FT1 + FT2 + FT2 = 3 (not 6)

If you have no drink and are thirsty, you don't regen mana.

H

this is how it worked except you DID regen mana without drink, that was the point: constant ticking or 'flowing' mana no matter you sitting standing or no drink.

Anyone know when it was changed to stack timeline wise? Was there a patch note?

on our server right now it will be very rare for people to achieve up to FT3 let alone FT6 ( Tunare earring, Tormax boots, any FT1 item )so I think if it would be possible it should be made to stack with the different versions as that was intended with this mechanic

the problem was when it was implemented there were not many instances of 'different' types of flowing thought so the stacking was added as more items came into the game - we have several items that 'could' stack here so it should be implemented for the vision of the mechanic as that would give it the longest life of the server and provide a good balance for caster gear milestones to try to reach

[Treats]

Flowing Thought DOES NOT stack no matter what #

This is hardcoded in the Trilogy client

[Turp]

Damn That doesn't sound right!

Please fix.

if FT is not working. and that Fungi + Aura of battle do not stack! that is classic stuff that needs fixed. why no response on this yet. This very crucial.

If the flowing thoughts that are different number could stack that would be awesome and work as Verant wanted but just had so much work didn't fix till end of 2001.

Fungi / aura / etc not stacking ? can we get a fix on these please if this is the case as many have tested and say yes.

Thanks for the Great Work and keep us updated Dev is possible

[Symbioticforks]

bump

[-Catherin-]

Originally Posted by Haynar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The guide I was given for classic FT was this.

FT of different #'s stack. Same do not.

Flowing Thought went through several changes. That form you posted is a later incarnation.

Flowing Thought began as the highest flowing thought only taking effect. It was then changed so that different types of flowing thought would stack but not multiples of the same type. It was then changed so that all types of flowing thought would stack but you could only achieve a total flowing thought of 15.

The only incarnation of this we should see in velious is the first one. I'm not good at Classic quest but im sure someone like Dald can prove it

[Uuruk]

I just installed my Autofire and voice changing program and my FT is still not working.

Any help?

[-Catherin-]

^The stalk is strong with this one^


Make an RnF about me if you are still butthurt two years later. Its been a long time since I've had my own thread.