Is this the way it's supposed to be? All the bonuses for quick Magicka recovery work fine outside battle, but they don't seem to do it while fighting, which it's pointless.

I just want to know if it's a bug or something, because if this's the way it's and will be, there's still time to change the way I (And many people) will play.

Do you have necromancer robes, or something similar? It might help recover magicka faster. Sorry if this is obvious.

I've heard that some people have a bug where their mana regen+ gear does not work in combat.

Put yourself in combat with and without your mana regen gear and see if there's a difference.

I'm a nord that's afraid of magicka and it increases pretty fast

I feel as though Beth should make it so that characters with more points overall in magic-based classes have faster mana regeneration in combat, those with more points in warrior-based skills overall have faster health regeneration in-combat, and those with more points overall in stealth-based skills have faster stamina regeneration in-combat.

It would add another level of depth that would help those who make 'pure' characters.

Are you holding down your spell? I doesn't regenerate when you do.

Right now I'm using items that increase the recovery speed, and they work OUTSIDE battle, I use Flames until the Magicka bar goes down, and the recovery speed is awesome, but, when you're fighting an enemy it seems like the bonuses are blocked or something, the speed is really slow.

This svcks for High Elfs, which will use mostly Spells because of their nature.

I'm not complaining, I just want a confirmation saying "This's the way it's, bonuses for recovery speed just work outside battle" so I can start using Weapons and ending my "Full Mage" career.

Magicka naturally has a much higher recovery rate outside of battle. The default recovery rate is decreased while fighting, but your bonuses still apply. Again, do the test I mentioned above.

I also did notice a slower regeneration, but so did in Oblivion as well. Not sure what it is, I always thought I got either a bad spell cast on me or because of my stamina was low.

-.-

Come on, I know how the game works..

Why don't you guys try it? Grab some of those +50% or +75% Magicka Recovery Clothes (Almost any Mage has them), put them on, take a look at how the bar fills up when you're not fighting anything (Of course, cast some spells so the bar does down first), then fight anything, use some spells (Don't kill the enemy) and you'll see the bar doesn't fill up at the same speed.

I'm sad now, that beautiful mask (100% Recovery Speed) won't have any effect in battle, just when I'm burning trees or rocks.

I have the same problem, during battles regen is sooo slow i spend all my time running around and away from the target until i get enough for just one more fireball. I have the apprentice robes and hood too, and the regen is so fast out of battle, and works fine when im expecting combat (dual cast stoneflesh and a conjuration and regen is so fast) but as soon as i get spotted, i usually end up duel weilding my dwarven daggers, and dying by the way.

I was just making sure..

It regenerates fine for me, I also have the Mask and the 100% Recovery top (Don't remember name).

So sorry I can't help

Ya same thing it regens fast outside of combat and slow as all hell while in combat. Figured that was the way they set it up. Kinda svcks because I feel like I can never find enough magicka potions.

Same thing happens to me.

yep out of combat only.

Finally, someone that knows what I'm talking about.

Thank you, Rye.

This's really sad for all Mages, let's face it.

Are you saying all those + x% to magicka regen only work outside combat?

Does nobody read my posts?

Take off ALL your mana regen gear. Make a note of your mana regen during combat and out of it.

It's supposed to be faster out of it.

Put on ALL your mana regen gear. Get into a fight. It should be faster, but it's not going to be fast as out of combat regeneration. Health regeneration works the same way, being much less in combat then while out of combat. Sheesh.

Mana regen in combat pretty much svcks. I shoot for items that simply give me more magic because most battles that I'm either don't last long enough for the regen just isn't fast enough. Basically I find the mana regen stuff useless. Give me more mana or % off cost of spells.

Pretty sure having heavy armor equipped slows mana regen to a crawl.

The bonuses still work in combat. It's just slowed down compared to outside of combat. I have +225% magicka regen with my gear on... tested it in combat with and without the gear. With the gear, I went from empty to full in 30 sec. Without the gear, after 30 sec I was only at about 1/3. It helps.

Why would they do this though? It doesn't make sense. Will test that tonight, appreciate the heads up.

One thing is for absolutely certain though, it's much slower (half as fast I reckon) when in combat

With enchantments, clothes and perks, my magicka regen is 263%, and it doesn't go anywhere near that fast when im in combat. Once theres no enemies, it resumes at full speed. I kinda just figured it was supposed to be like that..
If not it would be nice to have it fixed lol

I don't understand the logic to that though? What would be the benefit? It would mean you'd spend less time in between fights waiting for it to regenerate, but as far as a power enhancement that's not exactly great is it?

This is particularly true when you consider than stamina doesn't even go down when you swing a sword.

I think this is a stupid error.

I absolutely love this game, it's amazing, and I appreciate that bugs will occur (which they have, resulting in me having to go back quite some way) with something of this size, but this to me just feels like something Beth either get wrong (if they did it deliberately) or the worst bug of them all (if they didn't do it deliberately). It's a fundamental of the way mages play. Without the boosts magicka regeneration is too slow

I will try that tonight, one guy said in Yahoo answers that the speed recovery is reduced by 50% during battle, who knows if it's true.

I'm new to the forum, does Bethesda Staff Members read the forums? Do they give replies? I just want an official answer, I really hope it's a bug..