Mental Alacrity increasing Energy cost for AAR?

Grim Dawn Classes, Skills and Builds
1

Is the increased casting speed affecting the mana cost? I just put two points into MA and my mana cost per second went from 553.7 to 561.3.

I just went to the Spirit Guide in Devil’s Crossing and removed MA entirely from my build and my Energy cost per second dropped down to 529.5. It looks like MA has an adverse effect on AAR. Is this intended or is it bugged? MA was only level 5 for me and my recharge was at .3 seconds before and after I removed MA from my build, so the casting speed has no effect.

Edit: I just checked and it seems MA has zero effect on Devastation as well. I was at 704 Energy to cast before and after 5 points in MA and there is no noticeable difference with the actual casting of the spell.

2

Beam skills calculate their energy usage based on tick rate which is increased by casting speed. The reduced energy cost doesn’t affect the tooltip. It does however reduce the effective cost of the skills you use.

3

So MA should increase my DPS while also increasing my casting cost?

4

On beam skills it will increase the tooltip cost. The actual casting cost is lower though.

5

Sure, higher casting speed - more energy cost.

6

So MA actually is very good for AAR Sorcerers, but the tooltip display for the skill is bugged. I wonder if crate can fix the tooltip to accurately display energy cost for AAR.

7

Been bugged for years, or whatever the issue is, probably not a bug but a missing feature, who knows. If a fix is coming, it would be great but…