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== Barspell Duration ==
== Barspell Duration ==
I've been adding in 'base duration' figures to each barspell but I'm stuggling to figure out exactly what the figure is supposed to be. So far I haven't found any details on historical wiki pages to suggest what it should be.
Found the formula which decides duration. Above 180 skill level increases the duration by 0.8 seconds per 1 level. All previous testing follows the formula and can be disregarded.
 
At some point in 2009 SE changed the duration to 10 minutes.
 
On Horizon as a 46 WHM and enhancing magic skill of 118, both bar-element and bar-status type spells are lasting for 2 minutes and 26 seconds. The random number leads me to believe that enhancing skill affects duration but how exactly, I can't say. In time I plan to level my mule to 5 (barstonra level) and test it out from 0 skill but for now I wanted to add this here to preserve my thoughs but in the hope that others with more information might comment also. ~ Pendulum {{spiffly}}
 
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Posting the results of the starts of my testing.
{|width="100%"
|align="left"; valign="top"|
{|class="ffxi-table"; width="100%"
! width="33%" |Level
! width="33%" |Enhancing Skill
! width="34%" |Duration
|- align="center"
| rowspan="4"| 5
| 0
| 2 mins 25 secs
|- align="center"
| 1
| 2 mins 25 secs
|- align="center"
| 2
| 2 mins 25 secs
|- align="center"
| 3
| 2 mins 25 secs
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2"| 46
| 120
| 2 mins 25 secs
|- align="center"
| 121
| 2 mins 25 secs
|- align="center"
|}
 
The level 5 character was done on a fresh mule, starting with 0 skill. The level 46 test was done on my main characters WHM, with skill level being innate and no boosts.
 
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{|width="100%"
|align="left"; valign="top"|
{|class="ffxi-table"; width="100%"
! width="25%" |Level
! width="25%" |Enhancing Skill
! width="25%" |Duration
! width="25%" |Barspell Merits
|- align="center"
| 75
| 230
| 3 mins 11 secs
| 4
|- align="center"
| 75
| 247
| 3 mins 24 secs
| 4
|}
 
This test was done by Beeliven. Thanks. The 230 skill test was done naked. This suggests one of '''three''' things is increasing barspell duration: merits, enhancing skill beyond a certain break-point or a combination of the two. There may be something unforseen at play as well.
 
If somebody reads this and has a 75 WHM with either uncapped enhancing skill or 0 merits in barspell, I'd appreciate it if you would do some testing and post it here or DM it to me on discord. ~ Pendulum
 
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Latest revision as of 22:20, 9 August 2023

Barspell Duration

Found the formula which decides duration. Above 180 skill level increases the duration by 0.8 seconds per 1 level. All previous testing follows the formula and can be disregarded.