Mana tempest Mana consumption bug

Hey,
i noticed my Mana tempest cost per second is rapidly increasing once it hits above 40 Mana/sec without further casting any spells.

The cost increases as expected per cast while the mana/sec is below 40. But once it exceeds 40 it continues to increase without any additional casting.

demonstration: https://streamable.com/c5cd5d



Edit: the unexpected behavior seems to start at cost of 30 Mana/sec and not like previously speculated at 40 mana/sec.
Different Support gems do not seem to influence this behavior (Tested Gems: Inspiration, Energy Barrier and Premeditation)

I noticed the same. I thought it was bugged after the second Spell cast, but seems its a cost-treshhold, like you said. Thanks for testing it :D

I encountered the same bug. Casting once in mana tempest changed my mana cost per second from 15 to 60. and then without casting again, it sped up to 600 per second.

supports used were inspiration / premeditation

I also tested with no supports and see the same behaviour.

It does seem odd that it just starts to cascade in cost without the player doing anything extra, so it's probably unintended with this current self-cascading effect.

+1, also noticed mana tempest behaving inconsistency below/above ~30 mana per second in cost. It does seem to be almost exactly 30 - mana cost is stable at 29.43 mana per second, then exponentially rises at next cast (+1.2 mana per second using a low level spell).

I just wanted to say that its still bugged. Mana Tempest is kind of a huge deal when playing lightning on sorc.

It's because you've gone over your mana regen rate. As the skill states, mana storm constantly drains your mana and it seems that maintaining mana tempest itself is counted as casting a spell, so once you're over your mana regen rate the cost increases until you're empty. Which clearly isn't the intended behavior according to the skill description as it states that you casting a spell causes it to drain faster.

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It's because you've gone over your mana regen rate. As the skill states, mana storm constantly drains your mana and it seems that maintaining mana tempest itself is counted as casting a spell, so once you're over your mana regen rate the cost increases until you're empty. Which clearly isn't the intended behavior according to the skill description as it states that you casting a spell causes it to drain faster.

I dont think thats the problem. Casting one spell doesnt put mana tempest cost above my mana regeneration. Its jsut that as soon as mana cost reaches 30 mana/s it starts increasing on its own on a fast pace. Anything below can be sustained infinitely and mana cost will not increase.

OPs video showcases this pretty well, actually.

Just like @nub0rnkek stated, your Manaregen does not impact the behavior of manatempests rising cost. It was showing the same behavior while i was at <50 Manareg/s as it is now at >300 Manareg/s


The video sadly is no longer availabe, streamable deletes it after 2 Days.
I therefore uploaded it to a new site to download if interested:

https://gofile.to/Ye06/path-of-exile-2-2024-12-09-12-14-25.mp4

Bump. Tested after 0.1.0e and mana tempest still has this inconsistent behavior.