DPS'n advice

[nikgervae]

I've finally done up a spreadsheet to take all this into account, with a filter set up to focus on role, levels, etc. Let me know what you think!

I hope it's clear to people who are into this level of detail. The intent was not to just show Best Weapon, since ability use and stats are also major factors in weapon choice (and looks of course).

Embers Adrift

docs.google.com

 

[Zatherin]

Hit rating with shortbow on warden (mind you 50 shots so not perfect) i had 30 positional so i believe it adds up to 45 hit extra +25 with eagle eye
so as you see based on graph it seems a bit buffed and its against a white target dummy at 26

Feel free to check my math or post your own experience

Attack​	75 hit Frontal position no positional bonus	75 hit rear position with 45 on bow for rear positional	100 Hit frontal position no positional bonus	100 hit rear position with 45 on bow for rear positional
Miss​	0​	0​	0​	0​
Glance​	2​	0​	0​	0​
Hit​	28​	22​	22​	14​
Heavy​	16​	18​	20​	16​
Crit​	4​	10​	8​	19​
~Percents​
Miss​	0%​	0%​	0%​	0%​
Glance​	4%​	0%​	0%​	0%​
Hit​	56%​	44%​	44%​	28%​
Heavy​	32%​	36%​	40%​	32%​
Crit​	8%​	20%​	16%​	38%​

 

[Zatherin]

with 20 base hit frontal position

Miss	0
Glance	7
Hit	33
Heavy	6
Crit	4

 

[x1101011x]

I have long suspected that the game uses 6 HIT = 1 DMG for balancing purposes. When your data is converted into DMG multipliers, it seems like this holds true.

Observed DMG Multiplier = (MISS*0 + GLANCE*0.5 + HIT*1 + HEAVY*1.25 + CRIT*1.5)/(MISS + GLANCE + HIT + HEAVY + CRIT)
Predicted DMG Multiplier = 1 + hit/600

Hit rating with shortbow on warden (mind you 50 shots so not perfect) i had 30 positional so i believe it adds up to 45 hit extra +25 with eagle eye
so as you see based on graph it seems a bit buffed and its against a white target dummy at 26

Attack​	75 hit Frontal position no positional bonus	75 hit rear position with 45 on bow for rear positional	100 Hit frontal position no positional bonus	100 hit rear position with 45 on bow for rear positional
Miss​	0​	0​	0​	0​
Glance​	2​	0​	0​	0​
Hit​	28​	22​	22​	14​
Heavy​	16​	18​	20​	16​
Crit​	4​	10​	8​	19​
~Percents​
Miss​	0%​	0%​	0%​	0%​
Glance​	4%​	0%​	0%​	0%​
Hit​	56%​	44%​	44%​	28%​
Heavy​	32%​	36%​	40%​	32%​
Crit​	8%​	20%​	16%​	38%​

Observed vs Predicted DMG by Hit Rating​	20 hit​	75 hit​	100 hit​	120 hit​	145 hit​
Observed DMG Multiplier	1	1.1	1.18	1.19	1.25
Predicted DMG Multiplier	1.0333	1.125	1.1667	1.2	1.2417

 

[Yarpen Zig]

I've finally done up a spreadsheet to take all this into account, with a filter set up to focus on role, levels, etc. Let me know what you think!

I hope it's clear to people who are into this level of detail. The intent was not to just show Best Weapon, since ability use and stats are also major factors in weapon choice (and looks of course).

Embers Adrift

docs.google.com

I've been gone for a century so I'm just now seeing this spreadsheet. This is an incredible amount of detail. Very impressive!

 

[Yarpen Zig]

I've finally done up a spreadsheet to take all this into account, with a filter set up to focus on role, levels, etc. Let me know what you think!

I hope it's clear to people who are into this level of detail. The intent was not to just show Best Weapon, since ability use and stats are also major factors in weapon choice (and looks of course).

Embers Adrift

docs.google.com

As a Jug I am offended at the lack of 2H mauls on this list.

 

[nikgervae]

As a Jug I am offended at the lack of 2H mauls on this list.

There's 15 mauls on that list, and they are all 2H! My Juggernaut's only level 21, he hasn't come across most of the higher-level stuff yet.