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The following is a Damage Calculator for PvP and PvE based on CL level differenc, Accuracy vs Defense, and Armor Calculations. Follow the steps below to determine damage.

PVE Formula

PVP Formula (no CL calculations in PVP)

Elemental Damage (both PvP and Pve)

Final Damage = Standard Damage + Elemental Damage * [1-(0.011 * ER - 0.0000005 * ER^2)*0.01]

Variables:

Known Variable Modifiers

Message Edited by Staveeno on 09-16-2005 05:18 PM

Excellent job Stav, keep up the good work.

Ok, It looks like the accuracy mod if flawed, I'm working on a solution, I found the problem when I used a weapon that the boost in accuracy would have put the damage outside the damage range of the weapon. Apparently accuracy is also scaled by damage range to keep everything in check, More bad news because if you have a weapon with a small range (i.e. Lightsaber) Then accuracy mods don't do much of anything. I will update when I have a new formula

Message Edited by Le0r0n on 07-14-200508:44 PM

Message Edited by Le0r0n on 07-14-2005 08:44 PM

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RenegadeQuestor wrote:

I tried this out several times with a few different weapons and the "Final Damage" was usually a thousand + over my Max Damage. The Accuracy mod is used to determine how often I hit, not how hard I hit

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Make sure you are using the default attacks to test. Special attacks have damage modifiers that you have to apply after this formula is calculated.

Also. you will need to look at your combat queue and make sure it is in verbose mode so you see the base damage. It should say something like:

You hit target with attack for XXX pts of damage (XXX Type of damage). Target Absorbed XXX amount of damage out of a Possible XXX of damage

Where it says "Possible" damage, That is the base damage that this formula calculates. you are probably just looking at the damage done after armor. Also, you will need to adjust for the PVP penalty if testing in PVP

Message Edited by Staveeno on 06-20-2005 11:29 AM

well, I've done more testing, Looks like the formula is still accurate to within 4 pts of damage. It is exact until you get to that accuracy bonus and then it get's off somewhat.

This whole concept is extremely hard to understand, I wish I could throw up my excel spreadsheet somewhere, It allows you to plug in your numbers and get the damage for all special attacks out there based on skill level, etc. It is much easier to understand looking at it graphically.

Very intersting.

Can you not upload your spreadsheet somewhere and post a link to it?

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BadgerSmaker wrote:

Very intersting.

Can you not upload your spreadsheet somewhere and post a link to it?

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I'm need a place to upload it to and I would. I'm also still collecting special attack multipliers so that I can add those into the sheet as well.

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Puttley wrote:

dunno if you ought to take this into account too with your calculator (i've not tested it but i lifted it from the Rifleman forums from the Correspondat - Ackehece)

it improves aim by +240

it should show an icon if the warmup worked (it can fail)

if your accuracy is already +250 over that of the target's defenceit will not do any extra damage (but your miss rate should lower)

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Hmmm, not sure about that, I have 391 base accuracy on my rifle and if I take more food or remove the accuracy SEA's, it effects my damage. And mobs have 0 defense. I will check again but I haven't seen any situations where my calculator hasn't worked right, On all 4 of my toons it is accurate within 4 pts of damage.

Accuracy and Accuracy Interval is capped somewhere and that is whatthe .00066255 number is based off of. I don't know the caps though so Ihave to come up with a best guess decimal number. .00066255 is pretty close. The real formula that .00066255 comes from is the one below.