Susi Musi.2964 Posted August 27 Posted August 27 (edited) Hello Friends! I need you to help me understand skill differences and damage calculations. While the first part is a bit about lamenting why Eternity's Requiem is just way worse than Spearmarshal's Support (Warrior spear 4) and Solar Storm* (Guardian spear 4) in a PvP point of view, I would like to get a confirmation whether or not I have deciphering Eternity's Requiem damage correctly and is it bugged or not. *conditional: Illuminated First part: Comparison While I know raw damage data is not everything (one should factor in boons and usability, etc.), we can still make a skill comparison between the three skills mentioned in the title. (And of course I know that not every skill is the same and is fine like that, but when one skill is clearly inferior to others, i think a change is warranted.) According the raw data, Eternity's Requiem is lagging behind in every aspect (dmg, range, activation time, cd, bonus effect and I did not even mention its energy cost) or should i say Spearmarshal's Support and even Solar Storm is way overtuned compared to ER. (Yes i know i only calculated with only 5 hit, but the max 9 hit is just a myth in PvP in my opinion.) Eternity's Requiem Spearmarshal's Support Solar Storm Activation time 1 ½ ¾ CD 20 15 15 range - 900 900 radius 360 120 180 damage coefficient damage coefficient damage coefficient 1st 363 0,90 312 0,85 2nd 200 0,50 312 0,85 3rd 110 0,27 312 0,85 4th 60 0,15 5th 40 0,10 total dmg 773 1,92 (1,82**) 896 2,45 936 2,55 bonus effect whirl finisher? +25% dmg healing+condi cleanse 1120 3,06 966 heal -2 condi tracking target ** according to wiki note, the coefficient is 1,82 I hope a proper tuning is coming soon. Second part: Potential bug I have checked Eternity's Requiem damage on PvP golem and it was as follows (all crit): damage 1st 1875 2nd 1125 3rd 375 4th 187 5th 187 total 3687 If the damage calculated like this: A) 1st hit: 100% 2nd hit: 100%-45%=55% 3rd hit: 100%-2*45%=10%--->11% (the minimum damage is 11%, so after 3rd hit it should always be 11%) 4th hit: 11% 5th hit: 11% If the damage calculated like this: B) 1st hit: 100% 2nd hit: 100%-(100%*0,45)=55% 3rd hit: 55%-(55%*0,45)=30,25% 4th hit: 30,25%-(30,25%*0,45)=16,34% 5th hit: 16,34%-(16,34%*0,45)=9,15%--->11% (the minimum damage is 11%, so after 3rd hit it should always be 11%) C) So far it seem like something else, hence the potential bug. Anyway, thanks for sticking with me and I am curious to hear your thoughts about these. 🙂 Cheers! Edited August 27 by Susi Musi.2964 1 1
H K.4057 Posted August 27 Posted August 27 You can't compare abilities from different professions 1 to 1 in a vacuum. I'm not saying there aren't major balance issues, but plucking out specific abilities to compare numbers is simply not useful.
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