A Wiki Mystery (No, Not the Fun Kraddock Kind)
 

So I was hanging out the NG camp in Seb today, and while I was there I traded buffs and heals with a few people that happened by. None of them were Shaman though.

Now here's the mystery part: at some point I noticed that I had the Primal Essence buff. The reason that's a mystery (to me at least) is that according to the wiki Primal Essence is a Luclin-era spell, and the only way to get it on P99 is by proccing a Hammer of the Dragonborn ... which is a Shaman-only weapon from VP that I don't have.

So, can anyone solve this (lame) mystery and explain to me how I got Primal Essence?



P.S. Oh, and thanks to the mysterious stranger who buffed me: sorry I wasn't observant enough to notice when you did it.

It is a click, not a proc. Someone probably clicked it for ya.

Option 4: Perhaps wiki is wrong (or P99 behavior) and you do not need to equip it to cast and some non-shaman casted from inventory? Could see that being a thing if it was going to rot anyways, someone tried it out and never reported it.

https://i.imgur.com/To5Fm57.jpg?fb

Mystery solved: I need to learn to read (or maybe the wiki needs to make it clearer whether an effect is a proc or a click ...)

Either way, thanks Baylan295 and Rygar. And yeah Rygar I think a Shaman must have done it when I wasn't looking, because I don't remember seeing any Shaman.

Says "must equip, casting time 8.0". That means clicky.

Max Mana > Mana Regen > AC > HP Regen > Max HP

Max HP is the worst stat in this game. 200 HP ain't going to do nothing vs a 100 hp hitter.

You can cast it on people. It’s a neat toy.

Yeah I know, I'm dumb. But still it would be nice if the wiki literally said "Right-click" or "Proc" somewhere, because when the casting time is 0 it can be hard to tell. Unfortunately it seems to be custom text on each item, so I can't just fix it in one place. Maybe I will in a future wiki project ...

I now have two reasons to go to VP :D Before I thought the snare spear was the only good Shaman item there.

When it's a proc it almost always says "Combat, casting time: instant". I can't think of anything I've seen that was a proc that didn't say that.

Right, there is a formula to it. But if you don't already know that formula from having looked at lots of wiki pages in the past, there's nothing obvious there that says "this is a proc" or "this is an instant-cast right click". You have to go look at a proccing weapon and at a right-click weapon to see the verbiage each one uses.

I'm not saying this is a huge deal, I'm just saying that it'd be nice if a complete wiki n00b (or a stupid wiki master like myself) could look at an item page and be able to tell whether its effect is a proc or a click as easily as they can tell how much of a bonus to strength the item gives.