Posted by Not An Imm on November 14, 2000 at 11:02:34:
In Reply to: Weapon Level Question posted by Lill on November 14, 2000 at 10:13:17:
> If level affects how much of the weapons full damage you do, does that mean that a hero can't get full damage with say Armageddon since it is a level 55 weapon, or is there a buffer area (like 10 levels above) where you start gettings full use of a weapons potential, even though you are lower level than it? Thanks. > Lill Only imps would have the exact numbers you are looking for here, and I seriously doubt any of them would feel like making such coding information public knowledge. I can say from personal experience, though, that once you are a hero, the damage-difference in those ultra-powerful level 51+ weapons is negligible. I am under the impression (even though I never saw the code) that difference in level is the percentage of less damage you do. Ie, if you are level 10 and using a level 20 weapon, you do half damage, a level 30 weapon might do 1/3rd damage. But, to flame-proof my post, as I said, these are just my observations, and may or may not be accurate. Nobody can claim to be an authority on this matter except the ones who hold the code.
So, a level 51 using a level 55 weapon is still doing somewhere around 93% damage, and on a level 31 axe, is still better than the vast majority of weapons out there.