[SVN] Wraith Form Mana Leech

[psz]

Behavior on Demise: When cast, a % of the damage will be mana damage and mana leech
Behavior on OSI: When, damage and a % of life will recharge the attacker's mana
Supporting Documentation (URLs): See Below
Changes needed: Needs Verification/Testing first
Code (optional): None ATM

Originally Posted by osd_daedalus

About the mana leech of wraith form:

Spells/Base/Spellhelper.cs at line 939 say:

        public static void DoLeech( int damageGiven, Mobile from, Mobile target )
        {
            TransformContext context = TransformationSpellHelper.GetContext( from );
            if ( context != null && context.Type == typeof( WraithFormSpell ) )
            {
                int wraithLeech = ( 5 + (int)( ( 15 * from.Skills.SpiritSpeak.Value ) / 100 ) ); // Wraith form gives 5-20% mana leech
                int manaLeech = AOS.Scale( damageGiven, wraithLeech );
                if ( manaLeech != 0 )
                {
                    // Mana leeched by the Wraith Form spell is actually stolen, not just leeched.
                    target.Mana -= manaLeech;
                    from.Mana += manaLeech;
                    from.PlaySound( 0x44D );
                    //from.SendMessage(String.Format("You Leeched {0} Mana", manaLeech));
                }
            }
        }

Pratically, mana leech is not "I take your mana and add a percent of it to me", but "I do damage and a % of life will recharge my mana".

It's funny, thinking about it, you also "steal" enemy mana also

As you read, it's implemented now like "I damage you, a % of the damage will be also your mana damage and my mana leech". So, what runs the mana leech is NOT the mana of enemy, but life.

Pratically, if the monster has 0 mana, you still leech mana because it's the life to be converted in it.

If we really want to "fix" this, we should code something like "if the enemy mana is < to the % of mana leeching/stealing, then get the mana the enemy has, put it to 0 and give him to the player".
Like, if monster has 100 mana and you do 100 damage with 20% HML, the monster lose 20 mana and you gain 20 mana (actual)

Maybe we could make something like "if monster has 10 mana and you do 100 damage with 20% ML... oh he has not 20 mana... bring the 10 mana to 0 and give the player 10 mana instead of 20".

As you read, it's always damage-related. If it was mana-related, you could do a 1 damage to a creature with 1000 mana and leech 200 mana, then 160 mana (800/100 x 20), and so on.

Maybe in that script, the "stealing mana" adding was not good idea.

In UOGuide I read in Wraith Form

and in HML:

Also Stratics talk always as Damage converted (HML weapon = chance to leech 40% of damage in mana)

So... what is in RunUO is correct

Let's do this: I signal to look in OSI to new Wraith Leech behaviours, before set it to Invalid. Ok?

[osd_daedalus]

You should test in OSI if a hit suffered by someone with Hit Mana Leech / Wraith Form damages mana.

If yes, it's OK and this bugreport is invalid
If not, the fix is easy.

I don't get if it was coded to "steal" mana for theory or because it was tested in OSI time ago. I don't know if a fix would be expansion-dependant.

[osd_daedalus]

Finally, after so much months, I tested it in OSI with a soul seeker (HML/HSL/HHL), in wraith form and both against a guy I have found there (and pwned me with a rising colossus that also purged my wraith form... ah, SA...)

I attacked him multiple times but he never lost mana. Stamina is lost but I believe it's for the melee damage rather the HSL effect. Then I went in wraith form (GM necro and SS) and tried both melee and painspike and various magery spells on him, like fireball, lightning...

In no one case he lost mana.

This let me think the HML just converts some damage in mana, but won't cause a true leech, with an associated mana damage to the target.

In this case, the part "target.Mana -= manaLeech;" is not valid.

[osd_daedalus]

and this is the fix.
The whole thing is so stupid IMHO I wanted just to comment the entire thing out, instead of delete it.

[Gisela]

Why would you comment it out? That's why why have version control

[osd_daedalus]

Originally Posted by Gisela

Why would you comment it out? That's why why have version control

it seemed so illogical a leech shouldn't work as a true "leech", I have thought many shard admins would prefer to keep the original way. Since many of them don't know either what is a version control (this thread makes me think it's really so), maybe a "uncomment here!" flag would help them...

[Esqarrouth]

its been like this since aos, but yes illogical.

i remember the good old days when i thought having a 57 dmg ai hitting %50 mana leech hammer pick would own all the mages

[Gisela]

Originally Posted by osd_daedalus

it seemed so illogical a leech shouldn't work as a true "leech", I have thought many shard admins would prefer to keep the original way. Since many of them don't know either what is a version control (this thread makes me think it's really so), maybe a "uncomment here!" flag would help them...

Hm, maybe it's time to start collecting options in a single config file. That way they can enable/disable stuff like that more easily.

e: by the way have I mentioned how awesome it is that you have commit access? You actually add log messages!

[giamba80]

Hello!

Me and daedalus test that at demise TC and seems that attacking with an hit mana leech weapon the target don't gain in mana
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[osd_daedalus]

Originally Posted by giamba80

Hello!

Me and daedalus test that at demise TC and seems that attacking with an hit mana leech weapon the target don't gain in mana
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don't lose in mana you wanted to say :P