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Originally Posted by Lune
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Dude do you not understand that you haven't provided any useful math? That is why people are accusing you of napkin math, because you are completely missing the full picture logically.
Yes, x INT will translate to x mana, which will translate to x HP with lifetaps. Now calculate the relative burden of spending that time casting and not attacking, and then compare that to the amount of HP saved by the increased DPS, killing the mob more quickly and decreasing the damage it does to you by some amount. This is what I mean when I say you are drawing the wrong conclusions from your "facts". Most of us are extremely experienced with EQ and have a good deal of instinct when it comes to the game mechanics.
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You do not seem to be very experienced in P99's game mechanics if you think there is a burden to casting a single life tap spell on a mob that is feared or running at low life. Max mana/hp is only used once, and will not be replenished until you meditate back to full hp and mana. You are only getting enough mana for 1-2 good life taps with the +20 INT, depending on your level.
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Originally Posted by Lune
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I don't have to calculate the average weight of a fine steel weapon x the # of slots in an inventory of Shralok Packs to tell you any nerd is going to be encumbered because it has happened to me on characters.
(Although the answer is 6.55 average x 50 slots (to generously allot 16 slots for food and other items across 8, 8 slot shralok packs) = 327.5 - 25% WR = 245.6 weight, or an encumbered OGRE in raiding gear... not including worn equipment. I banged it out because I can't resist dunking on someone who doesn't reason in good faith).
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I have also lugged around plenty of FS weapons. You are not doing the math correctly, probably because you are too eager to "dunk" on people, instead of having a civil conversation. I think you missed my post where I mentioned other cheap WR bags.
Let's use your 6.5 stone average per FS weapon:
1. Evil Eye Bag is 70% WR. 8 slots would weigh (8 x 6.5) x 0.3 = 15.6 + 3 (bag weight) = 18.6 stone
2. Light Burlap Sack is 65% WR. 8 slots would weigh (8 x 6.5) x 0.35 = 18.2 + 3 (bag weight) = 21.2 stone
3. Large Soiled Bag (for Bandages, food, etc) weighs 1 stone total for the next 10 slots.
5. Shralok Pack is 25% WR. 8 slots would weigh (8 x 6.5) x 0.75 = 39 + 0.4 (bag weight) = 39.4 stone x 5 = 197 stone.
Total = 237.8 stone. You could further reduce the weight with a few other cheap/easy to get bags like
https://wiki.project1999.com/Box_of_Nil_Space and
https://wiki.project1999.com/Wenglawks_Manly_Purse .
The nice thing about having high STR is you can carry a lot more weight over capacity before you slow down. The formula is based on how much weight you are over capacity compared to your STR. That is why it is easier to slow down on a character with low STR. A character with 60 STR is already 50% over their max carry capacity at 90/60 stone. To get to 50% over capacity with 180 STR, you would need to be carrying 270 stone.
https://wiki.project1999.com/Magelo_Blue:TestIksarSK - This magelo I made has an Iksar SK with 182 STR with Siphon Strength. They have 66 stone worth of equipment, so they would go up to 303 stone. They wouldn't be able to carry 7 bags worth of FS, but they could carry 5-6. Personally I usually have 3+ bags of gear. I never have 7 fully open bags for vendor loot. SK's need bandages, food, water, jaspers, bone chips, and keys at minimum. This isn't even including resistance gear.
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Originally Posted by Lune
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Just like I can tell you most knights never make it to 60, much less to full BiS gear (not just from personal experience, but from statistics someone gathered on the matter), because they are pretty weak classes for most applications and can be frustrating to play. And that's aside from the poor comparative utility of INT / max mana which I'm done repeating.
You don't have to provide actual numbers to know killing a mob faster is going to be more useful than having a slightly larger mana pool under 90% of circumstances when leveling. Want to prove that wisdom wrong? Good, provide actual math.
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You do need to provide actual numbers when making claims about numbers. If the extra STR doesn't provide enough DPS to kill mobs fast enough to matter, then your whole argument falls flat.