I tried 6 times to solidify a shard and each time it dissolved.
I used as much as 6 casts of dazzle at 24 mana each on a yavash shard.
I also tried 3 casts of shadows at 40 mana each on a katamba shard.

Any chance we could get this activated again? It would be nice to be able to drop beams on friends without having to shift the beams around and create astral guides.

That's the gwethsmashers was turned back on a few days ago.

I was charging the shard with twice at 12 mana each while waiting for dazzle to prep and did 3 charges at 12 mana each when waiting for shadows to prep.

<<That's the gwethsmashers was turned back on a few days ago.

He does have the capability of doing more than one thing.

He in fact did fix crystal shard creation, although there were a couple of hiccoughs along the way. I suggest finding the thread and reading it.

My guess is you simply aren't putting enough mana into it relative to the amount you are casting at it.

IIRC when you charge the shard you add mana to its temporary pool. When you cast a spell at it you remove that amount of mana from the shard's temporary pool and convert it to its permanent pool. The temporary pool is also constantly draining at a not-so-slow rate. Once you have converted enough temporary pool into permanent pool then the shard solidifies. If your temporary pool ever drops below a certain threshold (this is not necessarily zero, although it's not far from it if not) then the shard collapses. A good rule of thumb if you find you aren't successful is to charge twice the amount of each cast you put in which should more than account for the loss from the drain over time.

Anyone with an enchanting script for the beacons? I using genie if it matters. This script worked good, i just had to add another spell prep and charge shard.

I will have to run a few tests and see what the best ratio is for me since I can't cast dazzle at 60 mana and can't snap cast shadows that high either.