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Re: Potions

@LadyRedIII You can use one potion for a given effect. So for instance if you don't have an effect from an exstimulo potion, you can use one while fighting. However, you cannot use another even of a different type of exstimulo until yours has worn off. Other potions have immediate effects like the health potion. That you can take as many as you want while you are not at full health. Baruffio and trace detection have timers and you cannot use another until the time runs out. What potions that you will want to use will vary on the circumstances. If you need more of a certain foundable which keeps fleeing on you, you may want to use a dawdle draft and/or exstimulo potion. During fortresses, using health potions is helpful, but so is knowing when you can die as you will be revived after a period of time. Exstimulo potions are extremely helpful in the wizard tower for opponents you are not good at fighting as it will help you defeat it much quicker, saving health and energy. Which type of exstimulo you choose you will have to decide based on how many hits it will likely take to defeat it, your current stock of the potion, and how long it will take you to brew more. Sometimes you can afford to use a potion simply to **** quicker and save energy. Other times you may not want to do that as you won't be able to replenish your supply as quick as you are using it. There is a balance that you will have to find.

You may have noticed I did not talk about invigoration drafts. As an Auror your active skills take 1 focus, so they are not difficult to have the energy to cast without potions. The value of invigoration drafts for Auror's is in the ability to give focus to others. If a magizoologist uses a strong Invigoration draft, all 3 focus go to them and only they can spend it. If an Auror uses a strong invigoration draft, they can give 2 focus to a professor and 1 to the magizoologist based on the needs of that battle. Auror's provide a lot more flexibility to groups with invigoration drafts in this way as there is less waste. However, if you are in the tower without a group the invigoration draft will not benefit you.

Ginnungagap

Suggestion: Selling Runestones for Coins

I would like to suggest that we be able to sell Runestones. One coin for one Runestone seems very reasonable to me.

I have so many Dark Arts Runestones left over from the Halloween event that I doubt I will never use them all. In the past I have used up my Brilliant Runestones doing low level Fortress challenges to get book fragments, but lately I have been using Dark Arts instead. As a result, in addition to still having over a hundred Darks Arts Runestones (mostly 1 and 2,) I also have 49 left over Stronger United Runestones and anticipate having a similar number of Christmas Calamity ones as well. While I am torn about the suggestion some have made about selling seeds, ingredients, and water, since those are freely picked up on the map, Runestones are earned and it seems like it would be fair to be able to earn a few coins from selling excess.

Thanks for reading!

CeruleanGirl

Re: When the foundables disappear.. 😭😓

It is bad when it disappears after 19 tries and 3 potions. Bad game balance from Niantic. If you spend that much time in potions and they don't help, why bother?

CyberTrout

Re: Only 14 Restricted Section Books From Standing United Brilliant Event

Having just 14 books as this event half's reward (and the usual 15 the next week) really does hurt!

As others have already said, I also thought that the Halloween event single book was an extra/bonus reward that was meant to help us upgrade one of the four-book-a-node charms or hexes, since many of us would have had three books left at that point and not had the charms/hexes fully upgraded. I had three books left over, assumed that we'd get the usual 15+15 from the next event, and was happy at the time precisely because this let me upgrade the proficiency charm one more time.

And then I went ahead planning eagerly what I'd do with the next event's books - as a professor, I still needed about 117 green books at that point (I still have seven 15 book nodes to buy + some more upgrades but those are not important for me any longer) and was really looking forward to finally unlocking Strength in Numbers the first event week and Restricted Section the next. Now I can't buy anything for this week's rewards, and will only be able to get one 15 book skill the next week.

I realise that in the long run, we'll get there anyway. But we're already having to wait for months longer than Magizoologists and Aurors to get all the green book skills we need, and unless we get some more "bonus" (which aren't really bonus, as it turns out) books between the Brilliant events, it might mean having to wait yet another month to get that skill tree upgrade...

I do wish we'd known that the Halloween book was (apparently) not meant to be a nice bonus and a way to use up the three leftover books, since as a mostly solo player, I wouldn't have bothered with that proficiency charm upgrade then. Too late now, of course.

FluffyKribu

Only 14 Restricted Section Books From Standing United Brilliant Event

A lot of players were surprised and frustrated to see that the next Brilliant Event only gives out 14 Restricted Section Books. This is quite disappointing for newer/casual players, but also for long-time players who chose Professor as we all need 15 RSB's for each of the bigger skill tree nodes.

As a global launch player, like many people I eventually got to the point in my profession that I had 3 RSB's left over and couldn't do anything with them. Then the Halloween event came around and we could earn 1 RSB. This was great, as it meant we could knock out one of the smaller skill upgrades. To further clarify, I didn't actually need those skills as I don't personally use the healing or defensive charms very much. I just assumed it would make sense to use up those 4 Books.

Now, however, it feels as if we should have somehow known to save that single RSB from Halloween in order to make up a round 15. This has basically turned the extra book from a reward into an unwitting punishment.

Is there any rhyme or reason to this reduction in Books? As it is, it just feels very frustrating and like an unnecessary and artificial hurdle. It would definitely be appreciated if this could be changed back to the standard 15!

ChelseaDagger13

Re: Adding Friends should NOT be a need to do achievement for Special Assignments

Yeah, but that's a silly point to try and make among people who are already here... interacting with others... on the forum.

I'm just trying to help a player get past this particular task using the easiest method available. As I stated in my original comment, I feel you, which means I agree with the sentiment that a person shouldn't have to make new friends if they don't want to.

This isn't a debate. I'm not attempting to score points on anyone, and I don't know why you would be. It's a little creepy and weird, honestly.

There's nothing helpful about restating an obvious point that's been stated here countless times. Most of us agree that the forced group play and tasks requiring us to make new friends are nice in theory, but not at all practical for all players. We get it. I just feel it's more productive to inform users of what they can do to get around these issues rather than shae my fist at the void. That's the role I choose to play in all aspects of daily life. We'll encounter certain problems, and often it's unfair that the problems even exist to begin with. Regardless, the problems do exist, and the best path forward is to choose the simplest and most effective solutions.

Also, it's a game. A silly mobile game that people can play for free. You're entitled to go ahead and express a disproportionate level of outrage and self-righteous indignation over this silly mobile game if you want to. That's your right. However, it is also my right to point and laugh at you for behaving in such a ridiculous way.

Acumen

Re: dec 2019 christmas calamity brilliant event

@MrSciGuy thank you for the infographic!!!!

Orange wizard 2019 is great. I don't twitter so it's great when someone shares the here!

Owlx

Suggestion: For Improved Professor Balance

First, let me state that I am very much an Auror not a Professor.

Professors can get somewhat balanced with the other professions once maxed out, yet there are still some odd gaps. My focus is specifically on the skill "On Sabbatical."

The good: +12 power is a lot!
The bad: The lore here makes no sense. How is Beauxbaton somehow effective in this way? Where does this come from?

You take a short sabbatical to Beauxbatons Academy of Magic to study with Madame Maxime. Her work is transformative and you increase the amount of damage you can inflict in combat against Impaired Foes.

The ugly: over 10% of a professor's potential power is locked behind Auror skills. Not only that, Auror's are required to cast both of their impairments even when one may be otherwise unnecessary.

My suggestion is now made possible by the addition of potion carry over. I would call it "Secrets of the Half-Blood Prince" and the effect is one additional cast be added to the potion a professor uses. This makes sense in the lore that the professor unlocks greater secrets of potion making and is thus able to produce more effective potions.

The balance is works like thus. Exstimulo increase damage output significantly. When using a potion Professors would manage to outpace damage from any other class by a significant amount due to that extra cast especially as their odds of a critical during the potion rises substantially. However, it isn't unbalanced vs other professions since this is locked behind a time wall to brew and is only in effect when a potion is used (obviously). Outside of the fortress this balances professors who are normally weaker against oddities. As potions carry over, they would be able to bank potions and basically guarantee 1 hit kills on oddities during a community event that is focused on them. Additionally they would be slightly better at being able to catch the foundables through dawdle drought and exstimulo. This makes sense in that magizoologists are focused on beasts and Aurors on combat. Professors should be a little better at dealing with the calamity.

Overall I think that this idea would not give Professors a boost making them way better than the other professions, but would instead cover some gaps while adhering to the lore.

What are your thoughts? I'd really appreciate input by all the other professions into how they would see a change such as this. I'm an Auror, but I think it makes a lot of sense.

Ginnungagap