Posted by Grallon on June 2, 2000 at 10:48:30:
In Reply to: Some math posted by Grallon on June 2, 2000 at 10:19:22:
> looking at a log of Ioanis, and a forum search for damage nouns.
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> lets round an Eradicate to 250.
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> That was on a Deathblow. At hero is 5x damage.
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> So a normal hit would have been 50.
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> Now, even being safe and calling the sword ave 25... A cloud giant with that set of clothes has much much much more than +25 dam.
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> So with that sword, with his +Dam which was what...mid 40-mid 60?...he should be hitting between 65 and 85 for a normal hit...minus half for the sanc...around 35-45 for a normal hit...x 5 for deathblow...puts you right near 250...so it works out.
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> The problem newbies have, with claws or hands, is that their hands/claws actually have an Average damage stat..that is what goes up as you rank.
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> Also, if a weapon's level is more than like two or three above your rank, that nice ave 30 weapon is only used as an ave 15 (example, you are only able to use a portion of the average if you are below the level of the weapon...not sure exactly what percentage you get)
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> hope this clears it up a bit.