acceleration turkey
04-05-2006, 22:10
i was wondering if anyone has ever found a problem with the stickied speed calculator. i just started a werewolf (playing from scratch on purpose with someone else) and was lucky enough to find a chieftan axe. i had been using a steel battle axe which was hitting 10 frames with feral rage.
steel is 25% ias
chieftan is 20% ias
same base item
i lost a frame with the chieftan, but then i gambled some 10% ias gloves to make up the speed. they now swing the same. i can hear the difference with and without the gloves using the chieftan.
but when i enter level 5 werewolf, a -10 base speed (negative of real value), 20% weapon ias, and 10% off weapon, the calc reports 11 frames, not 10. the new setup is clearly the same speed as the steel axe but the calc reports otherwise.
i care only because in the long term if i have to make something like obedience or some other low end runeword i need to know if its worth going for a faster base, thresher, which would produce a 7 frame fury, which i can deal with for from-scratch play. likewise i would want to know how much ias id need on common elite uniques like eth edge, reapers, and bonehew in order to reach a decent fury.
can i trust the calc? things like fury are really hard to "ear test" which is normally how i physically test frames (counting swings in 15 seconds). only the initial fury swing can be tested so throughly. in use, its harder to find the frames of the subsequent hits.
steel is 25% ias
chieftan is 20% ias
same base item
i lost a frame with the chieftan, but then i gambled some 10% ias gloves to make up the speed. they now swing the same. i can hear the difference with and without the gloves using the chieftan.
but when i enter level 5 werewolf, a -10 base speed (negative of real value), 20% weapon ias, and 10% off weapon, the calc reports 11 frames, not 10. the new setup is clearly the same speed as the steel axe but the calc reports otherwise.
i care only because in the long term if i have to make something like obedience or some other low end runeword i need to know if its worth going for a faster base, thresher, which would produce a 7 frame fury, which i can deal with for from-scratch play. likewise i would want to know how much ias id need on common elite uniques like eth edge, reapers, and bonehew in order to reach a decent fury.
can i trust the calc? things like fury are really hard to "ear test" which is normally how i physically test frames (counting swings in 15 seconds). only the initial fury swing can be tested so throughly. in use, its harder to find the frames of the subsequent hits.