MCL or Serenity 2? For the grind..

[Biggilus]

That's right, I'm gonna leave Thid fairly soon and was wondering, purely from a PvE experience, which would be more beneficial, MCL1 or Serenity 2? 25% power heal every 3 minutes isnt it? Not a clue what the maths is with these two for comparison though, anyone know the deal on it?

And yes I will be taking MCL2 when I get the chance but i intend to wipe my RPs at the next battleground so taking Serenity for now wouldn't mess any long term goals up.

MCL or Serenity 2 then?
ps im a Runey

 

[Bahumat]

i'd say mcl because serenity wont work in combat and your not really gonna get hit thus the only thing slowing you is power.

you can wait 10 seconds out of combat for mcl or have longer breaks and let serenity kick in and regen.

 

[Neffneff]

i would say mcl without a doubt.

 

[cHodAX]

Over the course of time Serenity 2 provides more benefit iirc but I can see the appeal of MCL, an insta power fix can really get you out of a bind if a pull goes badly and you end up running away low on power, pop MCL turn and nuke down. Still, I always go Serenity 2 on my casters whilst exping, it just seems faster and stacked with a power regen charge it really helps lower downtime.

 

[Bahumat]

Over the course of time Serenity 2 provides more benefit iirc but I can see the appeal of MCL, an insta power fix can really get you out of a bind if a pull goes badly and you end up running away low on power, pop MCL turn and nuke down. Still, I always go Serenity 2 on my casters whilst exping, it just seems faster and stacked with a power regen charge it really helps lower downtime.

but in combat serenity dont work iirc so you only get the benefit when your standing about waiting for it to regen.

 

[cHodAX]

but in combat serenity dont work iirc so you only get the benefit when your standing about waiting for it to regen.

Yep, thats why I always nuke till I am totally oop and then go afk to watch some porn for a min or so Effective way of leveling and I haven't gone blind yet so that is just an urban legend!

 

[Himse]

MCL.

Altho both cant be used in combat :<

 

[Cadiva]

MCL for me without a shadow of a doubt. It technically can't be used in combat but if you mash the button you can hit a window when you're not actively engaged and it will go off (if you're desperate and need the power that is, otherwise just wait).

I usually get MCL2 and Serenity 1 when I can.

 

[Reno]

MCL.

Altho both cant be used in combat :<

Not true, serenity is active in combat ( think back to the pre fop days, the 1 with higher serenity could maintain a higher focus shield indefinately with only some help of pots, others couldn't ). Mana regeneration in combat is much slower though, I think it's 10 or more times slower than normal standing regeneration.

Danita

 

[Celestino]

short answer: MCL

long asnwer:

combat effects regeneration rates not regeneration

u can see that if u go out on a lvl 1 toon, hit 1-2 mobs and u will get like 20-25% life per tick once in a while

So as serenity boosts power regen pretty much like the manareg spells from healers sorcs and mentalists it should work in combat and increase the power you get every regen tick.
But as Reno said regeneration is affected by combat in pretty much the opposite way as when sitting

Still i would call both ability pretty equal for overall powerbonus both can be better or worse depening on what u want to do

But the problem with serenity is the fact that whenever you have another power regen effect on you the lower one will be halved.
For example if a healer gives u pom3 u won't end up having manareg 5 but manareg 4

If u wanna do a lot of pve and have no healer available u can still get power regen pots or rog items with power regen charges on them or if u want it cheap a power regen proc weapon might be worth the meleeing as I think their durations were something around 10 min as well

So stick with MCL and get urself some other form of power regen buff

 

[Bugz]

Barrel + Serenity 2 IMO.

 

[Biggilus]

cheers people MCL it is then, power regen charges, alchemists business or drops which have charged on or TOA stuff? (im classic)