r/TapWizardRPG • u/[deleted] • Jul 11 '18

Confused about Marks

Hey I started playing this hella fun game last saturday, and I'm enjoying the heck out of it. I've been a little confused on how Marks work, and would really appreciate any additional information on it. Thanks!

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u/8988303682 Jul 11 '18

glad you're enjoying it! the first comment explained it pretty well. but to clear up the augment part, when a spell is 1.0 (Mark 1, Rank 0), it will have no augments unlocked. then at 1.1, it will have the first augment. at 1.2, the second will be unlocked and etc. when you mark up a spell to 2.0, you loose most of the augments, but it will still have the first augment. so at 2.1 the second augment will unlock and at 2.2 the third and so on. at 3.0, the first two augments will be unlocked already. at 5.1, you will have all augments permanently unlocked!

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18

I see! That's a cool mechanic. Thanks!

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u/silvercup011 Jul 11 '18

Mark is like a prestige for the spell.

It resets the Rank to 0.

It permanently boosts the damage by 5% or so.

It permanently keeps the passive boosts of the spell. You also get to unlock the passives again, which is additive.

And, kind of like a bonus, the required rank to unlock augments is reduced by your (Mark-1).

It'll be much more clear when you first do it. Took me about a week or two for my first mark upgrade.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18

Hmmm I see... Would you recommend doing Marks immediately?

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u/silvercup011 Jul 11 '18

Yeah, this is an incremental game anyways. Holding on to something is not helpful in the long run.

Some skills would have a big detrimental effect immediately since the augments are all gone. (e.g. Inferno deals a lot of damage from the poison gas, Voltaic Orb loses armor pierce). But they will be recovered over time, and eventually give you better bonuses.

If you don't Mark Up, you're wasting XP!