Question for WoWers.
Last night I was playing Warcraft with someone else I met whie playing, and we were doing some quests that would’ve generally been too hard for me as they were a level or two higher than me. Consequently, I ran out of mana while attacking something (I’m a mage gnome, at the time, level 20), so I ducked off somewhere and drank a “minor mana potion” and got right back to attacking.
After the area was cleared, I noticed my mana level was over 100 points higher, and I was fully rested, even after attacking for about 10 minutes. I went from level 20 to 21 in 40 minutes flat because of the extra XP from being fully rested.
Was it a bug? I know rested has nothing to do with mana and the potion won’t raise your mana level… and I can’t think of anything I might’ve done to increase my mana and stay fully rested the entire time.
(I tried to Google but I’m at work and all sites labeled “Games” are filtered and blocked)
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Did you check and see if there were any buffs you had acquired? Otherwise sorry I don’t know.
I would guess it was a buff. What class was your friend? They could have buffed you or maybe they had a talent that auto buffed group members.
It’s also possible that you received something externally. Like the Spirit of Zandalar (even though I doubt you were in BB at level 20–21.)
Buffs you could have had:
Druid: MoTW (30 mins)
Mage: AI (30 mins)
Pally: Kings (30 mins)
Lock: Fel Int (Aura effect)
Sometimes people will randomly buff you as they pass by your area. That happens a lot too and I would bet that was what happened.
@Sakata: I was playing with a 22 or 23 Paladin. He didn’t buff me, and neither did anyone else… I checked that first.
I spoke to an old friend who asked me if I used AI. I said “used? I thought it was passive” and he said that no, I should’ve been using AI at the same time I used my Frost Armor. I don’t remember hitting it, but I must have.
Can you tell this is my first character? lol
are you laughing at my newb-ness? lol
Are you saying your rested XP bar moved to full in 40 minutes? That’s not possible, unless it was one hell of a bug. Normally that takes a week or two if you log off in an Inn.
If you’re just saying that your Mana bar was full and 100 points higher, then that could be from Arcane Intellect. Also, if you leveled up, your mana would be higher and it also returns your health and mana to full when you ding another level. So if you leveled up and then looked at your mana bar, yes, it would have returned to full and would be larger because of you going up in level.
Damn, didn’t think about the level up factor. Nice catch, Stellar.
@Stellar: I don’t pay a whole lot of attention to my XP bar. I know it was blue when I logged on, and it was blue when I hit 20, and then it was blue when I hit 21, 40 minutes later. I never went to purple.
And no. When I hit 20, my mana went from 900 to 920something. Then when I noticed it before I hit 21, it was 1030 or 1040something.
Yea, at that level I believe you can have 3 full levels worth of rest XP. Please keep in mind that it’s been quite a log time (got my one year chip already) since I played WoW so I’m a bit rusty (and possibly wrong).
It’s the Arcane Intelligence buff. It’s not passive, and it increases your mana pool.
I noticed my mana level was over 100 points higher…
Rank 2 of Arcane Intellect increases the mana pool by 100. It is obtained at level 14, and the next rank is obtained at level 28.
Source: Me, and wowwiki
@squirbel I was wondering where you were. Now to find asmonet…
I check in every now and again :P
/wave
@stellarairman – Are you saying your rested XP bar moved to full in 40 minutes? That’s not possible, unless it was one hell of a bug. Normally that takes a week or two if you log off in an Inn.
I don’t know what version of World of Warcraft you are playing – but I can level from 1–14 in 2 hours flat, 14–22 in 8 hours… and so on and so on. I am not some super gamer – and I don’t make a living out of WoW. It REALLY isn’t that hard.
ya.
@squirbel, I was saying that the rested XP bar can not move that fast, I was not referring to actual leveling speed.
What server are you on? Not that it matters…
Yeah, I could always start a new toon, but you’d be way ahead of me.
When are you normally on?
after work, Saturday evenings, Sundays, Fridays if I don’t work
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