10k MP looks ridiculous on low level

[Nihility]

I have no idea why even 10.000 and not just 100%. It would also be easier to have a Spell cost 4% MP instead of 400 - Its just unnecessarily complicated.

it's not complicated at all, larger numbers leave more room for tuning costs and regen
with a number like 1000 or 10000 you could have a regen tick be 300 303 310 330 333 etc whatever ends up striking the right balance
with a number like 100 you can't really have regen ticks of 3 3.03 3.1 3.33
technically you could but you couldn't visually represent it without it being four 0's like it already is

casting costs would be more severe
like 300 vs 3 relatively speaking changing 3 to a 2 or 4 is a drastic change compared to making a 300 into a 280 or 320 or whatnot

[Arrius]

I have no idea why even 10.000 and not just 100%. It would also be easier to have a Spell cost 4% MP instead of 400 - Its just unnecessarily complicated.

In a certain way, it is like that.
If you check on the group window and look for the MP numbers, the first two digits are smaller than the others. And you can go for the latter three ones as a % indicator.

[MrKusakabe]

Someone brought up "it's easier for the developers to tune the MP cost" - Except it was always the same. I can not back it up with evidence, but I it felt like internally, it was level-dependent anyways, so the multiplyer (internally) have been tuned by developers. And a multiplyer in x.xx format is nothing but a percentage anyways.

(e.g. Base mana cost * internal mana cost = Mana cost)

The basic mana cost was in the game anyways before and the internal mana cost multiplyer per level is now the fixed percentage. And MP was not really a massive problem in the first place, was it?

At least when I compared the screenshots of my hotbars and the new ones, when I did the math, it was exactly 1:1. Or either it was a funny coincidence.

I would not have a problem with the HP being in a percent as well. DooM II-style!

[Kaedan]

Think of it at 100.00%, not 10k. In fact, in the party window, they stylize it as just that. They emphasize the 100 and make the last two 00 smaller.

[MerleSirlos]

Also, for numbers above 10k, japanese uses 10k as the reference point, not 1k like we do in Europe/US.
They have specific words for 10(じゅう (juu)), 100 (ひゃく (hyaku)), 1'000(せん (sen)) and 10'000(まん (man)).
so for 100'000 or 100k (which is 100*1'000), they use じゅうまん (juuman), basically 10*10'000.
they then get a new word for 100'000'000 (いちおく (ichioku) = 10'000*10'000) compared to us getting million at 1'000*1'000

(as to why 10k instead of 1000)
And as mentioned by others, the style in party list helps read it as 100.00 instead, giving it some sense for both.

[ErryK]

I think the dev team should get rid of MP as they did with TP.


I run out of it sometimes, specially when doing damage (DPS) which drains the MP really quick.

Learn to manage your MP... maybe?

[Typhoria]

It's probably easier for it to be 10000 due to server ticks and MP Regen.

For example look at current Piety. If the stat interval calculated by TheoryJerks is correct, it takes 33 additional Piety for 1 MP/Tick at 80 which is 0.001%. This is important because the value gained is an integer. Their code might not include saving floating values for each server tick.

If MP was 1000, 0.001% would be .1 MP/Tick. It would be 330 Piety for 1 MP/Tick. Even if they changed the interval value of Piety to match the equivalent % regained, the value of Piety reflected on gear would either be extremely high or extremely low.

That being said, the new Piety is pretty garbage. Considering the healing + damage power sacrificed to have a relevant amount.

[Aladire]

It is easier because your mp does not change as you level up now. So, if you tune the spell to work a way at say level 10, then you dont need to retune the mana cost for level 80.

Also, guys, it is not 10,000. It is 100.00% The last 2 0's are smaller because they represent being decimals of a percent. So, if you are at 100.00, then you have currently 100% of your mana. It is that simple.