Re: Arcane Nexus -- Bugged?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Nope. The way it works is this:

Each round, it tallies all the non-astral, non-blood gems used in rituals and forging, and then add a small number, the ambient energy. I think it is an openended d6, but I may be wrong here.

This figure, X, is the figure that is displayed in the text: "The Arcane Nexus has absorbed magic power equal to X astral gems".

You are then awarded X/4 astral gems to your pool.

The division by four makes some sense. The Astral Nexus description says it absorbs half the energy of the gems used, and non-astral gems are converted to astral gems at a cost of two for one, which nicely yields the total factor of four non-astral gems used for each astral gem gained.

Okay, that sounded more authoritative than the number of experiments I have run warrant. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Even so, it seems to be pretty damn close to the truth. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ March 21, 2004, 22:31: Message edited by: Peter Ebbesen ]

Re: Arcane Nexus -- Bugged?
 

It returns a portion of the gems used, but ALL of the gems it SAYS it absorbs, is what I assume you mean?

Re: Arcane Nexus -- Bugged?
 

so, in theory, if All the gems being used were astral, ctennyson would get the results he did, w/out it being a bug.

sounds like a bug most likely, though.

Re: Arcane Nexus -- Bugged?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Eh, Riches from Beneath gives you gold?? I thought it was only resources. Can anyone confirm/deny? Merci.

Re: Arcane Nexus -- Bugged?
 

Well, remember the message said, "The Arcane Nexus has absorbed 304 gems" or some such.

That generally denotes you are getting 304 gems in your treasury. At least, it does when I have cast the spell above ground.

Re: Arcane Nexus -- Bugged?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">No it doesn't. It means you get about 304/4 (rounded down, I believe) in your treasury.

Re: Arcane Nexus -- Bugged?
 

Ok, in that case, I was shorted a good 60+ gems that turn.

Re: Arcane Nexus -- Bugged?
 

Try this.

With your Nexus up, cast a non-Arcane/Blood spell, and see how many gems it gives you for it.

To repeat, cast a spell, record how many gems you used, and see how many gems you've gotten for it.

I bet (if it's not Astral/Blood) you'll get X/4 gems added in.

Wyatt

Re: Arcane Nexus -- Bugged?
 

So, you are saying that the Messages given out at the start of the turns is bugged?

Re: Arcane Nexus -- Bugged?
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">No, he's just pointing out that there's an experiment you can do to make absolutely certain that the spell isn't working as it's supposed to. Read Peter's description of how it works.