Questions about ascended server

[Elemental_FIRE]

What does Energy Channeling do exactly? What I understand is that it will increase your max. But is it a permanent increase?

[Psi Kiya Trist]

What does Energy Channeling do exactly? What I understand is that it will increase your max. But is it a permanent increase?

no :-p

While at full energy, you can very slowly assimilate more - effectively although temporarily increasing your maximum energy levels. This measures the speed of that capacity (it is much slower than using Energy Flow to recover).

~_+Psi Kiya Trist+_~

[Elemental_FIRE]

Still confused with it though. It doesn't increase the stat that gives you energy after being maxed out.

[compmage]

It permanantly increases how much life force you get per turn after reaching max life force. What it doesn't do is permanantly increase you max life force.

[justbegladnow]

but it's a small increase, and you may not see it at first due to rounding.

[agapooka]

Once you reach the maximum NATURAL life force, you continue accumulating life force, but at a much slower race. This rate is defined by both your channeling skill and your natural life force maximum.

[Elemental_FIRE]

Thanks compmage. Your way of saying it makes the most sense. Everyone else is just quoting.

[compmage]

No problem, although I must point out that everyone else is more likely to be correct since I only ascended 4 days ago. If what they say differs from what I say, trust them more.

[Lord Dougy]

when ur life force is below ur max, the increase per turn is worked out by ur max lvl and ur lvl of energy flow. Once u reach ur maximum life force, the increase drops and is worked out by ur lvl of channelling.

If u go to Introspection, under "realm" and above "powerup" the table of results in the the top left well help explain it.

[Elemental_FIRE]

The reason I was confused with this was that it was 39. I upgraded the stat and it stayed 39. I think that compmage might be wrong cause I have been over the max for a bit now and still no change.

[Jean Gregoire Gabriel]

No - I think everyone is right, they're just saying different things in different ways.

Energy Channeling is the rate you get life force points after you have hit your life force max (Maximum Natural Energy Capacity). Increasing this power-up gives you a better modifier (although not much more than 1-2% per level) for this stat.

In this way, channeling gets you above your max life force points, although once they are spent, you recover your life force up to the old maximum life force. After which, you get more life force at your Energy Channeling rate.

If you want to increase your max life force points (for the quicker 'Flow' rate of recovery), then you need to work on the Maximum Natural Energy Capacity power-up.


J.G.G.
hope this helps

[agapooka]

Channeling: the slower rate at which you accumulate life force after having reached the natural limit.

It stays there, for days, if not forever, but it accumulates much more slowly.

About updating it not changing it much: upping the channeling skill level will increase your channeling rate by a certain percentage. This percentage is sometimes too small to notice. Example: 39*1.01=39.39. I believe that the values that we see are rounded, though every turn it will add 39.39 (example). However, your channeling and energy flow rate both go up when you upgrade your natural life force maximum.

Channeling skill is thus defined this way: (BS+NS)(100%+CS) where BS is the basic rate, NS is the additive to the rate defiend by the natural maximum life force level and CS is the percentage added by the channeling skill level.

[Elemental_FIRE]

Do personal stats improve rank?

[agapooka]

Not directly. They help you get mroe powerful, and subsequently you can upgrade physical stats more easily.

[Elemental_FIRE]

I was thinking of personal offence and defence.