Awesome for lowbie pures, and I may even find this useful on my 59 empath - fling a couple 1700's at something I know is almost out of health if I don't want to do a Harm or Bone Shatter to finish it off.

Good work and great concept. There really is no negative or downside to this existing.

I noticed that I can't one shot everything with this spell.

This is unacceptable and is going to result in everyone quitting the death of GS!!!111111

~ Methais

DAID

How is the CS calculated? My feeling is it calculates the CS for all spell circles known to the caster and selects the highest one. However, I didn't do much testing. There don't seem to be other arcane warding spells, so I'm not aware of an existing formulation to reference on gswiki.

RATHBONER

That's because you aren't a wizard ;). I think its using your professional circle CS which is likely to be your highest CS on the other pures, but not on a wizard. (I don't have a wizard that knows a 900s warding spell but Arcane Blast had a much lower CS than immolate or Elemental Blast on my test.)

Rathboner is correct. For Pures, it'll use their profession spell circle. For non-Pures, it'll act like casting a Sorcerer spell.

KRAKII

But... but... but...

But April First is tomorrow! WTH?!?!

I was almost tempted to announce it tomorrow. :P

GameMaster Estild

Well, technically, the spell was released via a torn spellbook page (scroll) found in the Elemental Confluence, so you could just track that down. :)

GameMaster Estild

I love this spell...even if I have no use for it. I think it's a great example of growth that continues to make this game great.

That being said...I think this spell has a lot of POTENTIAL!

Let's consider this...all pures have it! All pures benefit from some lore training. Let's keep this spell as is for cast BUT add an additional option...for growth!

When CHANNELED this spell takes into account your level/ranks in lore. With increased benefit comes cost...so when channeled it will cost mana to use...but considering every Pure Profession now has an arcane projectile, it would be neat to add profession 'zest' so everyone can channel a different flavor...hell sorcerers in demonology could feasibly channel a different arcane blast than sorcerers trained in necromancy.


Anyhow, awesome addition to my favorite game, just wish I had more reason to use it besides when that voice in my head yells, "FINISH HIM!"

<< That being said...I think this spell has a lot of POTENTIAL! >>

I was thinking how great it would be if this spell had an easy alchemy recipe available to all professions, except that the wands would have normal RT, instead of 5 seconds.

>inc 505
You intone a phrase of elemental power while raising your hands, invoking Hand of Tonis...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a grey orc.
You unleash a bolt of churning air at a grey orc!
AS: +192 vs DS: +87 with AvD: +44 + d100 roll: +88 = +237
... and hit for 72 points of damage!
Leg jerked violently. The grey orc is stunned.
The grey orc is knocked to the ground!
The grey orc is stunned!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.

>inc 1700
You gesture sharply and recite the esoteric command for Arcane Blast...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a grey orc.
You hurl a torrent of arcane energy at a grey orc!
AS: +192 vs DS: +26 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +78 = +269
... and hit for 42 points of damage!
Good blow to the abdomen!
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
Roundtime: 5 sec.

R>inc 1700
You gesture sharply and recite the esoteric command for Arcane Blast...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture at a grey orc.
You hurl a torrent of arcane energy at a grey orc!
AS: +192 vs DS: +23 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +76 = +270
... and hit for 43 points of damage!
Good blow to chest!
A grey orc gazes upward one last time and dies.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
Roundtime: 5 sec.

The spell is perfect for finishing off my level 19 character's bounty targets! Kudos. I think the hard RT is a nice tradeoff for the 0 mana cost.

"Out of Mana? Why wait? Arcane Blast satisfies!"

<<It is our hope that this new ability will allow our players to play their characters as a caster from the start instead of relying on physical weapons due to mana constraints. We've updated the sprite quest to inform new characters of this new ability.>>

I'm posting to request that 1700 have a TD pushdown added.

While the spell is great for mana concerns, I find it's still very difficult to ward creatures when starting out.

Maybe a TD pushdown similar to 1106?
(There is a TD pushdown for lower-level empaths. For each level under 35, the creature receives a -1 point penalty to their normal Spiritual TD.)

VANKRASN39

Does channel work for the AB bolt? If it does, can channel work for the CS version?

You cannot channel Arcane Blast (1700) (in any form). This is intended, as for a free attack, it's not meant to be enhanced in any way.

GameMaster Estild

Should 1700 bolt be changed to use evoke? It would immediately introduce noobs to INCANT options

>But there's no denying the possibility of option B.

yeah I thought about that, but if incant/evoke are worked into the sprite quest I think it would lessen the damage

VANKRASN39

Should 1700 bolt be changed to use evoke? It would immediately introduce noobs to INCANT options

Yes, it should.

Yes. Please CHANNEL to increase damage.

As a free, basic spell attack, it's intended that Arcane Blast (1700) cannot be enhanced in any way (lores, channeling, etc).

GameMaster Estild

Arcane Blast (1700) now uses EVOKE to cast the bolt version.

GameMaster Estild

>1% hindrance as an empath when trained for doubles is annoying.

Need my coffee. I'm actually in reinforced because I had a set. That makes more sense for 1%, too, if it's 'sorcerer base'.

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