Energy shield shortout

[donothegod]

Energy shield shortout

Occasionally it seems like my energy shield just poofs away for no reason. I know it can't be the time limit cause the limit is like two hours. What's goin on?

 

[Ankeli]

Re: Energy shield shortout

Occasionally it seems like my energy shield just poofs away for no reason. I know it can't be the time limit cause the limit is like two hours. What's goin on?

It gets removed for 2 reasons, and 2 reasons only.

1) It expires due to time running out. This is unlikely though, since like you said, the time is pretty long with minor investments (5+ minutes)

2) You take enough damage for it to poof fast.

Do you have any more than 1 hard point in telekinesis? If you don't, you'll take twice the damage to your mana for every point of damage you'd otherwise take in your health pool. This can chew through it possibly in a single hit from a proper monster.

 

[sirpoopsalot]

Re: Energy shield shortout

0 mana = 0 Energy Shield

... so if your mana gets lowered to zero by a mana-burn pack, ES will (usually) poof.

I say "usually", because, from what I could tell with my limited experience using ES, if you have enough mana regeneration, sometimes/seldom the ES will stay active during/after a mana-burn attack... Most times manaburn will kill the shield though.

 

[donothegod]

Re: Energy shield shortout

Awe so it breaks when I run out of mana Boooooooo. Oh and btw I do have multiple hard points in telekinesis

It's not like it happens regularly just when it goes away all of a sudden my life goes *poof* and it scares me. Not that I die a whole lot either......

 

[McCain123]

Re: Energy shield shortout

0 mana = 0 Energy Shield

... so if your mana gets lowered to zero by a mana-burn pack, ES will (usually) poof.

I say "usually", because, from what I could tell with my limited experience using ES, if you have enough mana regeneration, sometimes/seldom the ES will stay active during/after a mana-burn attack... Most times manaburn will kill the shield though.

All true. Usually ( read : Always ) physical damage dealing manaburners will empty your mana pool in a single hit which causes your eshield to be removed, but if your mana regeneration kicks in at the same time your mana is emptied, your shield might stay.

 

[curby]

Re: Energy shield shortout

Yeah, my orb sorc actually has maxed Telekinesis and 10 hard points in EShield. There are two schools of thought to EShield:

1) Have your Life and Mana be drained at the same instant. This means that your Eshield skill level is lower, so you actually still take some damage to life, and at the same time your life is higher so Poison won't so easily put you in danger. The point here is to have your life and mana be drained at once so a full Rejuv will do twice the job. If only your mana is draining, you're effectively wasting half of the possibilities of a Rejuv. More for PvM.

2) Have your Mana drain more because it will regenerate faster, and use Mana pots as well as Rejuvs. More of PvP.

Either way, Telekinesis should be pretty high to prevent your mana from being drained too easily, and use damage to mana items (e.g. Nightsmoke) to prevent Mana drainers from ruining your day.