Let Me ask you: why is this mutation good whilst Berserkitis is bad? Everything that was said about Wild Magic can be said about Berserkitis:
galehar wrote:It is a double edge mutation. Comes with a benefit and a drawback. The fact that you think the benefit is worthless or that it doesn't outweigh the drawback seems to be caused by your playstyle.
Exactly the same words. (See my reasoning later on.)
Bart wrote:Non-casters do not care (no benefit, no hurt - just useless).
Hybrids cry a lot.
Non-Vehumet, "pure" spellcasters get angry.
Pure casters, pure hunters, Ash worshipers do not care (no benefit, no hurt - just useless).
Hybrids cry more than pure fighters: they need more melee hits on average to kill their enemies (more chances for Berserkitis to proc) and/or they need even more food besides Berserk hunger cost (buffs/forms hunger cost and/or regeneration hunger cost (spell/ring/simple waiting) (this may be caused by longer fights (weaker offense) or more damage taken (weaker defenses))).
Galefury wrote:It's not always bad. It's usually not bad if you cast a lot of spells, because spellpower is usually really good for those kinds of characters.
It's not always bad. It's usually not bad if you can eat till engorged (by wearing gourmand amulet or being carnivore).
Galefury wrote:And if you only cast spells rarely you can probably afford slightly lower success rates.
And if you hit in melee rarely you can probably afford that additional food cost.
(Though I don't admit this Galefury's statement: success rates aren't
slightly lower when you cast spells rarely, i.e. you cast 1st-3rd level spells having minimum spell skills XP investment.)
Hereinafter: WM - Wild magic, B - Berserkitis.
Both WM and B can be dealt with at the cost of jewellery slot. (Wizardry negates WM drawback. Clarity suppresses B. Gourmand allows to ignore food part of B drawback.)
Both WM and B amplify some aspect of your offense (magic and melee respectively). B benefit isn't significant when you fight popcorn? WM benefit isn't significant also when you cast buffs or forms (you don't care how long your buff/form will last after fight is ended). Yes, there are prolonged fights. Also there are not-popcorn monsters.
You insist some classes (i.e. casters) can benefit from WM? I think there are races that can benefit from B: Felids, Trolls, Kobolds, Vampires, Spriggans (reasoning on Spriggans later on). Djinn can't get B but can get WM.
Suddenly got WM or B? You can choose to adapt your plans (if not too late). WM: pure fighter, pure caster (still need some XP investment in side magic schools for latter). B: pure caster, Ash.
If you don't want to or it is too late, you'll need to patch up their drawbacks. And there is qualitative difference between how you do it. I can't say WM and B can be compared in this aspect, ways of patching are too different. I just want to say that you
can patch up both.
How to patch up?
Aside from mentioned jewellery slot:
WM: clear and plain way - invest more XP into magic (it can be solid amount in case of bad aptitudes and/or high-level buffs (haste, phase shift) and/or lots of magic schools being used).
Do you think you can't deal with B drawbacks? You can:
Slow problem: You'll need even more emphasized tactics of splitting your enemies up and luring them into safe explored regions of map (but don't split them too much, you don't want to berserk at each enemy separately). (Spriggan reason: you're faster than normal speed enemies even when you're slowed, so this isn't a real problem.)
Hunger problem: Carnivore species doesn't have this problem (may be aside of extended). For others, as in WM case, you can spend some XP. A magical or ranged skill will help you to deal with popcorn not exposing you to a risk of wasting your nutrition on a random rat-like monster.
Also you can use so-called "very-hungry" diet to semi-negate B. You can't lose your temper when you're very hungry or below. So you should try to eat as late as possible (but without taking much risk of wasting permafood instead of a chunk). (And this is extremely useful tip for Spriggans with B. Spriggans with B casting cheap buffs will
never have food issues, believe Me.)
And in case you possess Jump ability (by being a Felid or finding a lucky item) you can always choose your next fight not to be a red film by jumping into action (thus making yourself exhausted).
Summarizing: I insist on making WM and B both good or both bad.
Upd. Yiuf's Corner? Really?
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