>>A base cast of ad or reg requires at least 12s rt in order to not fail. Please rethink the mechanics.

The new magic system was designed to scale much, much higher than the previous one. We want there to be room to grow, and esoteric spells are among the most difficult spells on offer (all the Empath cyclics are esoteric). 500 ranks is not really that far into the teaching range for an esoteric spell, so it's not surprising that you're far from achieving maximum success with them.

I know it can be rough going from being able to freely and easily cast every spell that empaths had, to the current status quo, but we believe it's best for the health of the game.

>>Also, is there any chance cyclicals could overcast each other?

This one is really more of a core magic thing, and might be better addressed in the main magic folders.

Melete

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>>Wow... you can be a viable battle empath? Just no PVP....(unless shocked i suppose) HMMmmmmmMMmmmm...

Empaths are quite decent at PvP too. The lack of an ability to directly attack certainly hinders, but they're not helpless by any means.

>It isn't that Empaths lack an ability to directly attack, there is just a price to pay. In 3.0 that price has been significantly reduced.

As I understand it, with the 3.0 shock mechanics, it's no longer a death-sentence either. You can remove shock with some reasonable mechanics, rather than 'takes 40000 people 4000 hours to heal you and then you're still scared forever you terrible pitiful thing we should all hate' like in 2.0

So, empaths can, conceptually, attack, and still function reasonably well, up to a certain shock-point?

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