The Chosen Ones

I hav no problem with mana, maybe just chapter 1 2 and 3, later chapter with the help of 2 items or 1 set item and u hav to control 3 characters, i think u never hav problem as well.

Heroes in dota when lvl up, they gain STR, AGI and INTEL => they gain mana per lvl. If u want Phodom, Fradz hav more mana when lvl up, Aero must does a lots of thing to balance it. With the help of items, potions, i think it's not a big issue.

I dont understand that sentence:"When you level the mana cost of spells automatically goes up. But when you level up a spell it actually reduces the mana cost since you are more proficient with that spell." but what i said is what i know abt DOTA 

I think current mana system is nice the way it is.

You can really have mana problems in the first chapters, okay. But that is normal, guys. In a RPG and games like that, where the char needs energy to cast skills, in the beginning the amount of energy is small, forcing the player to use it's skills well. As we know, when you get some nice itens, the mana problem ends, and trying to make a new system could imbalance the whole thing.

And the mana cost growing with the spells is fair, as the spell power increases with it. And in TCO, the damage calculation is , in its majority, calculed by stats and such, and these things increase when heroes level up.

Even in DotA, heroes like King Leoric can't really spam stuns in early game, or he will run oom...


Eeer... long talk. But these are my thoughts 

I dont understand that sentence:"When you level the mana cost of spells automatically goes up. But when you level up a spell it actually reduces the mana cost since you are more proficient with that spell." but what i said is what i know abt DOTA 

I think he said that the mana costs increases, but the proeficiency (skill effect, damage and stuff) increases together, and in reality the skill becomes cheaper than it was before... and it's kinda true.

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Well, it is quite a good idea really, but I think this should be implemented only on harder mode, thus they need to buy items that increase mana points and mana regeneration as well as to make sure that you grow the size of your mana pool or you will find yourself with insufficient mana to cast more spell, while that gold that is used to buy the item that increase mana point and regeneration could be used to buy item that is far more suitable for the hero, since those mode are for player that aiming for more challenge and harder difficulty as well.

What I see is that I'll make master abilities give 100 damage instead of 150. Also, 20x200 = 2000 spell damage isn't that much in the end. Best items can give about that much. What do you think?

Okay first off, mana cost of spells in dota does NOT go up when your hero levels up. Some spells get a lowered mana cost when you increase their levels, but most have a set mana cost, and some get increased cost in mana.

Second, 20x200 isn't 2000 >.< its 4000.

But, I'm up for the ability improvements, as for the mana system goes, I'll go either way.