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Inner Light & Magicka Controller passive

Benzux
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With the recent change to Molten Whip, I was messing around on my Mag DK to see which skills would be best to have on my bars for an optimal rotation, and noticed something off about my Magicka bars. You see, before the update, I slotted Inner Light and Meteor on my Front bar, with FoO and Standard of Might on my back bar, so I could have the Magicka and Magicka recovery bonus from the "Magicka Controller" passive active on my front bar. Now, when I was changing around my skills, I noticed the following oddity when I slotted certain skills.

Inner Light and Meteor on Front bar (same setup as before the update - everything seems to be normal)
Max Magicka on front bar: 36500
Max Magicka on back bar: 34014
Only Inner Light on Front bar (Still seems to be normal)
Max Magicka on front bar: 35951
Max Magicka on back bar: 34014
No Mages Guild Abilities on either bar ("base" value without the Magicka Controller passive)
Max Magicka on front bar: 34030
Max Magicka on back bar: 34014

Normal so far, but when I start slotting Mages Guild abilities without Inner Light, things get interesting.

1 Mages Guild Ability that isn't Inner LIght on front bar (Tested with Fire Rune & Meteor)
Max Magicka on front bar: 34030
Max Magicka on back bar: 34563
1 Mages Guild Ability that isn't Inner Light on back bar (Tested with Fire Rune & Meteor)
Max Magicka on front bar: 34579
Max Magicka on back bar: 34014

See the issue? When I'm not slotting Inner Light, the Magicka Controller passive bonus to Maximum Magicka gets applied on the bar opposite to the one I actually have the ability on. When I tried slotting Inner Light on one bar, and a different Mages Guild ability on the other, the bonuses seemed to work like intended, with the bar that had Inner Light getting a large boost in Magicka, and the second bar getting a smaller boost from the Magicka Controller passive. I highly doubt this is intended, given that the passive "correctly" states the bonus I should be getting on that bar (e.g, with one ability slotted, it says "current bonus: 2%", but the bonus is applied on the other bar).
Before you ask, no, I did not have any sets on that gave me different amounts of Magicka on different bars. with a BSW staff on front bar, and a Maelstrom staff on back bar, the only difference stat-wise is Spell Crit (since BSW 4-piece bonus gives spell crit).
While not a massive bug, this is still quite significant, and I can't remember anything like this happening before.

EDIT: Did a little more testing with my Sorcerer, and found out that this bug only seems to happen while inside player housing. Haven't tested if it happens inside other "instances" (dungeons, trials etc.) yet. Makes it a little less significant if it only happens inside housing, but it would still affect things like DPS parses and duelling, presumably.
Edited by Benzux on June 5, 2019 11:38PM
BenzuxGamer - Xbox One since day 1 - CP 1800+
Guildmaster of the Sacrificial Warriors, one of the oldest and most member-orientated Guilds on the Xbox One EU Megaserver
"Casual" player from Finland who enjoys questing and dumb builds even after well over 1000 CP levels and 4000+ hours. A fan of Argonians, Goats and Elk. Also a massive Otaku (MAL Profile).
"Following the meta makes you a sheep. That's why I'm a goat: I go in the opposite direction and make use of the things the sheep cannot." - Me, 2019
Characters:
Ben-Zu - Argonian MagDK DPS - EP (Main)
Benzuth Telvanni - Dunmer MagSorc DPS - EP
Haknir Head-Crusher - Nord DK Tank/Stam DPS - EP
Delves-Deepest-Depths - Argonian StamBlade DPS - EP
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Bthuzdir Ynzavretz - Dwemer StamSorc DPS - AD (Dunmer in-game)
Fafnir the Dragon - Nord Stam DK DPS - EP
Bloodmage Thalnos - Breton MagBlade DPS - DC
Finnis Wolfheart - Bosmer Stam Warden DPS - EP
Gwyneth - Nord Warden Tank - EP
Kud-Wazei Xeroicas - Argonian Mag Templar DPS/Tank - EP
Barkskin Ben-Zhu - Argonian Warden Healer - EP (Alternate version of main)
Xal-Vakka Xeroicas - Argonian DK Healer - EP
Jaree-Shei the Wamasu - Argonian Sorcerer Tank - EP
Gwennen Ereloth - Snow Elf Mag Warden DPS - EP (Dunmer in-game)
Friedrich der Grosse - Imperial Nightblade Tank - EP
Warfarin - Altmer Nightblade Healer - EP
Lavinia Telvanni - Dunmer Arcanist MagDPS - EP
Studies-Dark-Secrets - Argonian Arcanist StamDPS - EP
  • Excaltic
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    NB Passive "Magicka Flood" has the same. It buffs the backbar!

    Well good to see it affects more, if not -every- skill. That means it's only a simple one sided fix for Zenimax.

    Should be fixable within a week! :)
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