The cost of my Bolt Escape is 251 with full light armor on and NO absolute reductions in magicka cost. Within the 4 second cooldown, my BE costs me 406 magicka, that's a 62% increase. I'm pretty sure ZOS devs can't do math. The base cost for my Bolt Escape without Light Armor is 305 magicka, full light armor should reduce the cost by 21% which means my Bolt Escape should cost 248 magicka, so why does the tooltip say it costs 251. Also with the absolute reductions, using a 16 reduction glyph, my Bolt Escape cost goes from 251 to 240 magicka cost, and if I use a second glyph with 18 reduction, it goes down to 230 magicka cost. Can someone give me a reason as to why none of the numbers make sense other than the ZOS devs being idiots?

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

ishilpatelb14_ESO wrote: »

The cost of my Bolt Escape is 251 with full light armor on and NO absolute reductions in magicka cost. Within the 4 second cooldown, my BE costs me 406 magicka, that's a 62% increase. I'm pretty sure ZOS devs can't do math. The base cost for my Bolt Escape without Light Armor is 305 magicka, full light armor should reduce the cost by 21% which means my Bolt Escape should cost 248 magicka, so why does the tooltip say it costs 251. Also with the absolute reductions, using a 16 reduction glyph, my Bolt Escape cost goes from 251 to 240 magicka cost, and if I use a second glyph with 18 reduction, it goes down to 230 magicka cost. Can someone give me a reason as to why none of the numbers make sense other than the ZOS devs being idiots?

Because nothing is done until it has a soft cap?

softcap in cost reduction?

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

crislevin wrote: »

vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »

ishilpatelb14_ESO wrote: »

The cost of my Bolt Escape is 251 with full light armor on and NO absolute reductions in magicka cost. Within the 4 second cooldown, my BE costs me 406 magicka, that's a 62% increase. I'm pretty sure ZOS devs can't do math. The base cost for my Bolt Escape without Light Armor is 305 magicka, full light armor should reduce the cost by 21% which means my Bolt Escape should cost 248 magicka, so why does the tooltip say it costs 251. Also with the absolute reductions, using a 16 reduction glyph, my Bolt Escape cost goes from 251 to 240 magicka cost, and if I use a second glyph with 18 reduction, it goes down to 230 magicka cost. Can someone give me a reason as to why none of the numbers make sense other than the ZOS devs being idiots?

Because nothing is done until it has a soft cap?

softcap in cost reduction?

Why not, there are caps on everything else? Heck even enchants on equipment that say grant 44 magicka only do that on certain pieces, and can only go so high on others. Everything in this game is limited in one way or another be it a soft cap or a hard cap.

Im fine with it, just make it applicable to every class, and document it properly.

ishilpatelb14_ESO wrote: »

The cost of my Bolt Escape is 251 with full light armor on and NO absolute reductions in magicka cost. Within the 4 second cooldown, my BE costs me 406 magicka, that's a 62% increase. I'm pretty sure ZOS devs can't do math. The base cost for my Bolt Escape without Light Armor is 305 magicka, full light armor should reduce the cost by 21% which means my Bolt Escape should cost 248 magicka, so why does the tooltip say it costs 251. Also with the absolute reductions, using a 16 reduction glyph, my Bolt Escape cost goes from 251 to 240 magicka cost, and if I use a second glyph with 18 reduction, it goes down to 230 magicka cost. Can someone give me a reason as to why none of the numbers make sense other than the ZOS devs being idiots?

Hm...

Don't forget the "base cost" you see in your skills window already has the cost reduction from passive skills like Expert Mage and Unholy Knowledge applied to it.

But the 62% increase does seem odd.