Talk:Astral Flow

I notice the duration of this ability is listed as 3 minutes. Though, going by the recast timer of my 2hr, it seems to be nearly 4 minutes, roughly 3 minutes and 54-56 seconds. Can anyone else confirm? Storme 11:11, November 1, 2009 (UTC)

I used Astral Flow today and it did run out at 3 minutes on the dot with a third Inferno usage. But I am positive I was correct on the timing the other day. If I notice it again, I'll be back to comment further. Storme 15:46, November 5, 2009 (UTC)

I am not a SMN but I have a doubt on the duration. As you say you can use 3 Inferno, but BP has a recast of 1 minute, and you can only use BP 1 sec after you used Astral Flow (due to system-fixed delay), that means the duration must be greater then 3 mins??? If it is really 3 mins in duration, many SMN would not be able to lanch it 3 times even there is no mp issue, however, it is not the case we usually see.--Timfung 17:04, January 16, 2010 (UTC)

The duraiton is 3 minutes, unquestionably. You can BP 4 times in 3 minutes if you have a couple seconds of BP delay minus. 2-hour > BP > 50 seconds > BP > 50 seconds > BP 50 seconds > BP > 2-hour over. Tahngarthortalk-contribs 17:30, January 16, 2010 (UTC)

  • Use the Recast plugin or the plugin that shows the time elapsed/remaining on your buff icons to see this clearly.

Much like with almost* any other enhancing magic, being in a conversation with an NPC or an event (Basically any time the game freezes you in place, excluding status effects, of course.) the time remaining for the buff will be suspended, along with per-tick effects such as refresh. Theoretically, if one could generate quick MP, one could use an Astral Flow Blood Pact many more than 3 times per Astral Flow. --Dragonspight 04:34, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

  • Boost is the main exception to this statement. Talking to an NPC that would normally cause this phenomenon will instead remove your boost effect. :< --Dragonspight 04:34, March 28, 2010 (UTC)
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