[.91 Bug] Mana Blast and Sheild bug » Forum Post by Rhadagast

Not sure the "Mana Blast" bug is reported, so want to add that whenever I cast "Mana Blast" it fails to do anything, but still reduces my precious mana and takes all the time it "should" take.

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

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DerekPaxton

Join Date 03/2003

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I'm wondering if you are accidently canceling the cast by right clicking the target. The next patch will provide a warning if you right click (which typically cancels the spell) to keep players from accidently doing it on ones with a casting time.

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Quoting Derek Paxton,

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I'm wondering if you are accidently canceling the cast by right clicking the target. The next patch will provide a warning if you right click (which typically cancels the spell) to keep players from accidently doing it on ones with a casting time.

I did not!
(being abit stubborn atm, will go load my save to make absolutely sure!)

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

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Quoting Derek Paxton,

reply 2

I'm wondering if you are accidently canceling the cast by right clicking the target. The next patch will provide a warning if you right click (which typically cancels the spell) to keep players from accidently doing it on ones with a casting time.

You are right... EXCEPT I had all my 8 mana blast cancelled when the enemy countered 1 of them, so something is amiss....

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

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Ah yes I see what you mean, thanks for the reply Derek. So it is by design that while casting a unit can become "active" again? I suppose that allows some flexibility if battle conditions change and you want to move or something instead of cast the spell. I don't recall one of my units ever becoming active while preparing to cast fireball for instance, but perhaps it was just because their initiative was so high?

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Quoting Kongdej,

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Quoting Derek Paxton, reply 2

I'm wondering if you are accidentally canceling the cast by right clicking the target. The next patch will provide a warning if you right click (which typically cancels the spell) to keep players from accidentally doing it on ones with a casting time.

You are right... EXCEPT I had all my 8 mana blast cancelled when the enemy countered 1 of them, so something is amiss....

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

After now being able to use it 4 or 5 times, every unit has resisted for me as well, not sure if that is just bad luck though.

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Quoting Rhadagast,

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Quoting Kongdej, reply 4
You are right... EXCEPT I had all my 8 mana blast cancelled when the enemy countered 1 of them, so something is amiss....

After now being able to use it 4 or 5 times, every unit has resisted for me as well, not sure if that is just bad luck though.

Resisted? I was talking about 9 stopped mana blasts out from 1 counter-spell, not resisting, just being canceled.
Have a pretty late-game save lying around for random testing

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

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