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magika boosters, when is spell damage applied?

Beardimus
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Just noticed on my 'Magika boosting' skills, that the damage tool tips don't update on other skills when they are slotted / triggered. As an example Bound Aegis adds a 8%, which shows in Magika pool but the damage of other skills doesnt change.

Is that normal? Or does the magika increase to damage process at a later stage? (on use?)
Xbox One | EU | EP
Beardimus : VR16 Dunmer MagSorc [RIP MagDW 2015-2018]
Emperor of Sotha Sil 02-2018 & Sheogorath 05-2019
1st Emperor of Ravenwatch
Alts - - for the Lolz
Archimus : Bosmer Thief / Archer / Werewolf
Orcimus : Fat drunk Orc battlefield 1st aider
Scalimus - Argonian Sorc Healer / Pet master

Fighting small scale with : The SAXON Guild
Fighting with [PvP] : The Undaunted Wolves
Trading Guilds : TradersOfNirn | FourSquareTraders

Xbox One | NA | EP
Bëardimus : L43 Dunmer Magsorc / BG
Heals-With-Pets : VR16 Argonian Sorc PvP / BG Healer
Nordimus : VR16 Stamsorc
Beardimus le 13iem : L30 Dunmer Magsorc Icereach

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  • Beardimus
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    Sorry I meant the ability's damage, so say Overload etc. I know spell damage is set stat so wouldn't expect that to change but the ability / skill damage I would think so - like if you switch to dual wield etc you see it update.
    Xbox One | EU | EP
    Beardimus : VR16 Dunmer MagSorc [RIP MagDW 2015-2018]
    Emperor of Sotha Sil 02-2018 & Sheogorath 05-2019
    1st Emperor of Ravenwatch
    Alts - - for the Lolz
    Archimus : Bosmer Thief / Archer / Werewolf
    Orcimus : Fat drunk Orc battlefield 1st aider
    Scalimus - Argonian Sorc Healer / Pet master

    Fighting small scale with : The SAXON Guild
    Fighting with [PvP] : The Undaunted Wolves
    Trading Guilds : TradersOfNirn | FourSquareTraders

    Xbox One | NA | EP
    Bëardimus : L43 Dunmer Magsorc / BG
    Heals-With-Pets : VR16 Argonian Sorc PvP / BG Healer
    Nordimus : VR16 Stamsorc
    Beardimus le 13iem : L30 Dunmer Magsorc Icereach
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  • psychotic13
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    Check the damage of an ability (crystal frags for example) before you activate the bound aegis, and then active it and see if the damage of the ability has increased.
  • Beardimus
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    That's what I mean, the amounts aren't changing. So say a skill is 10,000 damage, it's 10k if I slot Aegis, unslot it, toggle it - no change to damage. Same with Inner Light.

    If I switch weopons say Dual Wield then the damage goes up. But slotting / unsporting or toggling Mag Boosting skills does nadda.

    Anyone else on Xbox Eu seen that?
    Xbox One | EU | EP
    Beardimus : VR16 Dunmer MagSorc [RIP MagDW 2015-2018]
    Emperor of Sotha Sil 02-2018 & Sheogorath 05-2019
    1st Emperor of Ravenwatch
    Alts - - for the Lolz
    Archimus : Bosmer Thief / Archer / Werewolf
    Orcimus : Fat drunk Orc battlefield 1st aider
    Scalimus - Argonian Sorc Healer / Pet master

    Fighting small scale with : The SAXON Guild
    Fighting with [PvP] : The Undaunted Wolves
    Trading Guilds : TradersOfNirn | FourSquareTraders

    Xbox One | NA | EP
    Bëardimus : L43 Dunmer Magsorc / BG
    Heals-With-Pets : VR16 Argonian Sorc PvP / BG Healer
    Nordimus : VR16 Stamsorc
    Beardimus le 13iem : L30 Dunmer Magsorc Icereach
  • Reorx_Holybeard
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    Beardimus wrote: »
    That's what I mean, the amounts aren't changing. So say a skill is 10,000 damage, it's 10k if I slot Aegis, unslot it, toggle it - no change to damage. Same with Inner Light.

    If I switch weopons say Dual Wield then the damage goes up. But slotting / unsporting or toggling Mag Boosting skills does nadda.

    Anyone else on Xbox Eu seen that?

    It seems to work fine for me on PC...perhaps its a specific XBox issue?

    There's a common saying: Don't Trust Tooltips! I can't remember a time when there hasn't been one bug or another with tooltips. They fix one issue but another one pops up. On PC it is relatively easy to test actual skill damage through add-ons. Perhaps with the addition of combat text you can do a similar test.
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  • psychotic13
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    Beardimus wrote: »
    That's what I mean, the amounts aren't changing. So say a skill is 10,000 damage, it's 10k if I slot Aegis, unslot it, toggle it - no change to damage. Same with Inner Light.

    If I switch weopons say Dual Wield then the damage goes up. But slotting / unsporting or toggling Mag Boosting skills does nadda.

    Anyone else on Xbox Eu seen that?

    Hmm, I'm on Xbox I'll have a check later see if it does the same thing for me.

    Inner light you only have to have it on your bar for the bonus though, it doesn't have to be activated.
  • Beardimus
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    Thanks @psychotic13 yep agree on IL but still nadda on spell damage. May Pool boost yes but no knock on effect to the tool tip output.

    And agreed @Reorx_Holybeard for someone that's trying to learn his build rather than just copy one off the net it's SO frustrating, I want to compare easily between this and that. But yep I need to find somewhere quiet I can DPS test I guess.
    Xbox One | EU | EP
    Beardimus : VR16 Dunmer MagSorc [RIP MagDW 2015-2018]
    Emperor of Sotha Sil 02-2018 & Sheogorath 05-2019
    1st Emperor of Ravenwatch
    Alts - - for the Lolz
    Archimus : Bosmer Thief / Archer / Werewolf
    Orcimus : Fat drunk Orc battlefield 1st aider
    Scalimus - Argonian Sorc Healer / Pet master

    Fighting small scale with : The SAXON Guild
    Fighting with [PvP] : The Undaunted Wolves
    Trading Guilds : TradersOfNirn | FourSquareTraders

    Xbox One | NA | EP
    Bëardimus : L43 Dunmer Magsorc / BG
    Heals-With-Pets : VR16 Argonian Sorc PvP / BG Healer
    Nordimus : VR16 Stamsorc
    Beardimus le 13iem : L30 Dunmer Magsorc Icereach
  • psychotic13
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    Beardimus wrote: »
    Thanks @psychotic13 yep agree on IL but still nadda on spell damage. May Pool boost yes but no knock on effect to the tool tip output.

    And agreed @Reorx_Holybeard for someone that's trying to learn his build rather than just copy one off the net it's SO frustrating, I want to compare easily between this and that. But yep I need to find somewhere quiet I can DPS test I guess.

    You keep saying spell damage, and I'm not sure if you mean the Abilitys specific damage, or the actual spell damage on your character sheet?
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