Mithradates
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I'm having a problem right now in my PS3 Skyrim game. My magicka seems to be fluctuating up and down by 100 points.
Earlier this morning while playing, I noticed my magicka at 376 after I put on the Mage's Circlet given by Savos Aren.
Later, while in the wilderness east of Winterhold, I felt like my magicka was running out faster than it should during combat. That could be a matter of perception though, simply because the need for magicka is greater during combat and so much is happening in a short space of time. But I also noticed that when I dual-cast the "Ironflesh" spell, sometimes it seemed to take up a much larger proportion of my magicka than other times. So I checked my magicka, and found it at 276. This really confused me. So I kept checking it repeatedly, and every time I checked it thereafter, it was still 276. It drove me crazy because I was SURE I had seen it at 376, but I thought maybe I just misread it somehow and it was 276 all along.
Then just now, in Riften, I was looking at the perks screen and saw it at 386 (I've had one level-up in the interim, which I put into magicka). So now I'm just utterly confused, and I decided to do the math.
My character is wearing Apprentice Robes of Restoration, the Gauldur Amulet Fragment from Saarthal (+30 magicka), a pair of gloves which I enchanted to add +26 magicka, Mage's Circlet (+70 magicka), a ring which adds 40% to magicka regeneration, and an unenchanted pair of boots. So, all told, my items are supposed to add 126 magicka.
I'm playing a pure mage character, so most of my level-ups go into magicka, and I'm currently at level 28. I have 190 health and 120 stamina, which means I've put nine of my level-ups into health and two into stamina. Which means I've put sixteen level-ups into magicka, so my base magicka is 260. Add the boost that my items are supposed to give to my magicka, and it's 386. It adds up.
So then, why does my magicka keep dropping to 286? It seems that the enchantments on the Mage's Circlet and the Gauldur Amulet Fragment are failing, but the enchantment on the pair of gloves (which I enchanted myself, unlike the other items which came pre-enchanted) is still working. So, much of the time, I'm only getting a boost of 26 magicka, when I'm supposed to be getting 126. That seems, to me, a pretty serious problem that has a significant effect on gameplay.
Is this a known problem with the game? Is there anything that can be done about it?
Earlier this morning while playing, I noticed my magicka at 376 after I put on the Mage's Circlet given by Savos Aren.
Later, while in the wilderness east of Winterhold, I felt like my magicka was running out faster than it should during combat. That could be a matter of perception though, simply because the need for magicka is greater during combat and so much is happening in a short space of time. But I also noticed that when I dual-cast the "Ironflesh" spell, sometimes it seemed to take up a much larger proportion of my magicka than other times. So I checked my magicka, and found it at 276. This really confused me. So I kept checking it repeatedly, and every time I checked it thereafter, it was still 276. It drove me crazy because I was SURE I had seen it at 376, but I thought maybe I just misread it somehow and it was 276 all along.
Then just now, in Riften, I was looking at the perks screen and saw it at 386 (I've had one level-up in the interim, which I put into magicka). So now I'm just utterly confused, and I decided to do the math.
My character is wearing Apprentice Robes of Restoration, the Gauldur Amulet Fragment from Saarthal (+30 magicka), a pair of gloves which I enchanted to add +26 magicka, Mage's Circlet (+70 magicka), a ring which adds 40% to magicka regeneration, and an unenchanted pair of boots. So, all told, my items are supposed to add 126 magicka.
I'm playing a pure mage character, so most of my level-ups go into magicka, and I'm currently at level 28. I have 190 health and 120 stamina, which means I've put nine of my level-ups into health and two into stamina. Which means I've put sixteen level-ups into magicka, so my base magicka is 260. Add the boost that my items are supposed to give to my magicka, and it's 386. It adds up.
So then, why does my magicka keep dropping to 286? It seems that the enchantments on the Mage's Circlet and the Gauldur Amulet Fragment are failing, but the enchantment on the pair of gloves (which I enchanted myself, unlike the other items which came pre-enchanted) is still working. So, much of the time, I'm only getting a boost of 26 magicka, when I'm supposed to be getting 126. That seems, to me, a pretty serious problem that has a significant effect on gameplay.
Is this a known problem with the game? Is there anything that can be done about it?
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