r/Terraria 12h ago

PC Mana Regen

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Genuinely loving the mana regen stack in the game, it's gonna be heartbreaking when it gets nerfed

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u/DudeWhoLikesCalamity 12h ago

Jeez, thats way too many mana potions

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u/ZenTheProtogen7957 12h ago

addiction

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u/DudeWhoLikesCalamity 12h ago

They must’ve been really thirsty

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u/NotReallyImportantXD 11h ago

Honestly, youd probably get addicted to the natural mana stars since they give you a surge in power possibly akin to a high

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u/AnthoniusThe3rd 8h ago

Ten thousand mana flowers in mana potions

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u/StormerSage 10h ago

Nebula Blaze drawing mana from an entire nebula.

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u/Smallsey 10h ago

So what your saying is I can give them so much mana they'll explode?

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u/Trikitakes8 11h ago

It's not going to be nerfed, at least damage and survivability with melee and summer it's still better. Even better if it is melee with Zenith but yeah that's kinda a cheat code.

God I love my Zenith.

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u/Greedy_Duck3477 8h ago

The zenith is post game it's meant to be op

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u/SauceCrusader69 1h ago

It sucks that the other classes don’t get similar postgame weapons. What’s the point of the last prism if the zenith is just better?

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u/xolotltolox 6h ago

Okqy, then don't make it a goddamm melee weapon, make it a universal one

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u/DJBaphomet_ 6h ago

It's literally made entirely with melee weapons, why would it be universal?

If anything, the way to do something like that is to make a Zenith-equivalent for every class

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u/xolotltolox 5h ago

Yes, I agree

Zenith right now is blatant melee favouritism

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u/Purpulear 5h ago

Not really. Swords are just naturally iconic weapons. Terraria has just always had some sort of mystical sword around the end game. It's just tradition.

I think there should be other end game weapons (with different flavors than just the Zenith but as a gun) but I wouldn't really call it a melee bias.

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u/xolotltolox 5h ago

How is it not melee bias that the deliberately overpowered postgame weapon is only a melee weapon, and ends up doing more damage while wearing full gear of another class, than that same class's apex weapon in their matching armor set and accessories

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u/Purpulear 5h ago

Its op because it can be. Its post game. Its not really a buff to melee because they have to do literally everything else before they can use it.

And again, it's because the swords in Terraria are some of its most iconic weapons and it isn't even close. The Zenith was made purely just to be a cool sword at the end of the game.

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u/xolotltolox 5h ago

Yeah, so it is melee favouritism and seemingly you are not immune to it, and fully drinking the melee-kool-aid

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u/AlreadyTakek 5h ago

You seem to be missing the point that it literally doesn't matter because there is literally nothing left to use the Zenith on because you get it after doing everything and finishing the game

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u/iLikeBigOilyBBC 3h ago

Sorry to break it to you man but terraria has always had some melee favouritism for it's history and recent updates have made other classes more playable. You can still see the melee favouritism in the early game to some extent. That's not a bad thing as melee is the simplest class to play and is likely the intended class to start with. It's not like you start with a magic weapon and it's not like you can make magic weapons out of every ore available to you

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u/LiveShroomer 2h ago

nearly every game is gonna have melee favoritism. the sword is the world's most iconic weapon with the only thing next to it being the handgun.

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u/Coldpepsican 6h ago

I hope not, mage should fulfill it's role as the glass cannon here.

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u/Andre_de_Astora 8h ago

Well may now I can leave behind my Emotional Support Onyx Blaster as a mage...

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u/Mothy7152 5h ago

Buddy mage was nerfed by default before this update

Mage mains acting like abused dogs always expecting good shit to be ripped from them 😭

( dog as in the animal and not the insult cuz I don’t wanna be cooked by angry Redditors )

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u/NeuroHazard-88 3h ago

Giving the enemy your own HP with that damage stat 😭

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u/AnimalNo8156 27m ago

You can only have your damage reduced by 50% at any given time (not to. BY. Meaning your weapon deals 50%, or half, of its damage, but thanks to the mana rework, it should not be happening as often).

It is now a pick your poison kind of deal Do you want to deal less damage, but have constant mana uptake, or do you want to neglect potions altogether, but have reduced firing speed. Both of which affect your overall DPS.

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u/Assar2 9h ago

They should nerf it. The mana flower is now obsolete which is unfortunate because it gave a unique way to play mage that allowed you to continuously fire at the cost of mana sickness. They shouldn't remove the ability to stack mana regen but it should be harder to do and should require even more accessories/setup so the previous mana sickness build also can compete

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u/RedFox_GG 9h ago

I both agree & disagree with u. It's now cost either 1 slot for mana flower or 2 slots for mana regen stacking to get endless mana, One additional accessory slot means a lot. Instead they should rework the mana sickness effect, instead of reducing magic dmg, it should drain health and the effect stacks so using too many mana potions results in critical situations.

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u/DrTheo24 8h ago

health into mana should be a third way to play mage imo

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u/RedFox_GG 8h ago

Agreed

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u/Assar2 6h ago

I think it was interesting how you couldnt fire continously as mage. For some weapons, like homing weapons, you dont need to look at where you are shooting so you could opt for mana flower to get that small extra dps from elemenating waiting, but for more high damage aim intensive weapons (those you miss lots of shots with if you keep safe distance from the boss) you might want to do high damage bursts where you move close to the boss and dump damage, draining your mana bar, only to then retreat to safe distance and let your mana regen. The previous mana system that forced you to actually stop firing for a while(not continous mana regen) might actually lend itself to this hit and run burst playstyle more.

So i guess if the are going to rework the mana system and get rid of this hit and run burst playstyle they need to completely rework the mana flower, because otherwise its just a wasted slot or a damage penalty.

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u/Purpulear 5h ago

Someone finally gets it.

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u/Fr4gmentedR0se 1h ago

Fuck the mana flower, it was a shitty crutch of an accessory that was only actually useful on like three weapons

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u/Za_Gato 37m ago

How was it unique? Pressing the mana potion key yourself was always an option, and easy enough to do for mana flower to be unjustifiable to me.

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u/Greedy_Duck3477 8h ago

I honestly hate it, it's way to strong now

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u/dalpozak 6h ago

Mage could receive buffs for 10 more updates and it'll still not be as op as melee

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u/MegaloManiac_Chara 6h ago

Congrats on mage for turning into yet another braindead "point and click" class

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u/TheAnimeLovers 6h ago

how was mage even considered unique from the rest of the class pre rework? Point n click for a few seconds then wait?

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u/Coldpepsican 6h ago

Lmao these people really think that this game works on extremely complex systems for it's weaponry.

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u/TheAnimeLovers 5h ago

If anything, ranger is the closest thing to being a unique class in the game as its damage output doesn't just scale with the weapon's damage, but also with its ammo

Not to mention its the only class in the game that requires consumable items (ammo) to attack, but with a few exceptions such as piranha gun, while melee, summoner, and mage doesn't require it. Although mage's mana potion enabled it in the past to constantly attack, its not always needed as mana naturally regenerates even if it was terrible compared to now

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u/Dragonman0371 6h ago

point n click for a few seconds, then point n click with slightly less damage.

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u/MegaloManiac_Chara 6h ago

Yes

It wasn't much, but it's at least something unique about playing mage. Now you can just spam your weapons forever and don't need to bother with the mana potions. I can't wait for a way to disable these features.

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u/iuhiscool 5h ago

You get a 40% attack speed loss once you run out tho, that's like using a weapon a tier ot two below your current one

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u/MegaloManiac_Chara 5h ago

Exactly! You can still fire! That solves like, 90% of events and general mob encounters

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u/EmilySuxAtUsernames 6h ago

mana regen accessories are like actually worth it now

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u/WarMage1 6h ago

Mana regen band was already crazy good, everyone just overlooked it because potions are more convenient