Quote Originally Posted by Malusion View Post
You have to count how much potency increases with DA, not the total. Dark Arts adds 350 potency to C&S, and 140 to SE. Trying to count the potency before DA that they do as part of the amount gained doesn't really work.

Edit: As a side note just to echo your other point, Blood Price mana gained is indeed not based on damage taken, it gives a flat amount of MP back per hit regardless of how much the hit is for.
But shouldn't the mp you gain from non DA cns be counted as that cns's contribution to damage? Like, 150 potency + 800 something worth of mana vs 450 + (-1800mp)? I mean, I guess it's hard to quantify when you cant immediately replace that 800 mp to a dark arts (being 1800mp cost and all). But then again, blood price mp gain seems high enough for it to not matter (in the long run of a nonstop 10 min battle too? haven't tried)...but what about in grit stance as mt when incoming mp varies and therefore mp has varying, uh, 'values'?

That said, 150 cns's mp gain seems to be just enough for an unleash, with 3 targets will give you 150 + 300 potency at near 0 mp cost while da cns gives you 450 potency for the cost of 1800 mp (Am I wrong?). But then again, it's 1gcd and 1ogcd vs 2 ogcd. Based on time the latter has the 1st beat, based on mp efficiency the former has the latter beat. Same goes for single target cns issue. The DA cns is better for immediate damage and if mp isnt at a premium but it is...right? Where am I even going?