PoB mistake? (Dying Sun)

main skill: cobra lash (fires 1 projectile)

placing "dying sun" flask ("skills fire 2 additional projectiles during effect") into mageblood is NOT changing dps (while it should triple it, no?).
this holds true whether I tell PoB to "activate this flask" or not.
(PoB does register the change in fire resistance, i.e. knows the flask is there)

I have (so far ;-) never known PoB to be mistaken with anything, so it makes me wonder if I'm overlooking something? what might it be?

thanks for thinking with me! :-)

puzzled

Mageblood only affects magic utility flasks as stated on the item. Dying sun is a unique utility flask.

ah, of course - how easy it is to overlook the obvious!

tyty :-)

appreciationmonster, max level


hm... on 2nd thought, the wiki description doesn't say anything about being unable to use non-magic flasks, so shouldn't I be able to 'manually' activate the dying sun? (I just tried, in 1st & last position, and again no change in dps, but PoB shows the change in fire resistance).

why might THAT be? and, am I unable to use dying sun / non-magic flasks at all on mageblood?

thanks again!

You can use any other flasks with Mageblood. Extra projectiles doesn't change any dps.

The only thing Mageblood does is make your first 2-4 leftmost magic utility flasks active forever. Anything beyond that can be used.

thanks once more :-), and...

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Extra projectiles doesn't change any dps.

huh? extra projectiles are sequential, no? (can hit same target)
so shouldn't going from 1 => 3 projectiles triple dps?

tag... ;-)

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helmutb#0787 wrote:

thanks once more :-), and...

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Extra projectiles doesn't change any dps.

huh? extra projectiles are sequential, no? (can hit same target)
so shouldn't going from 1 => 3 projectiles triple dps?

tag... ;-)

Nope. Extra projectiles are fired simultaneously (not sequentially) on the sides, and only 1 projectile can hit 1 target. Even if it DID shotgun, PoB wouldn't show that either: you would need to manually figure that out.

You can visualize how it works by using lesser multiple projectiles support in-game.

For nearly every projectile skill except Barrage, additional projectiles are for CLEAR (coverage) and not for DPS.

ok, thanks!