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Diablo: IncGamers Forums - Statistics http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/ Items, skills and monster stat talk. en Thu, 23 May 2013 15:34:11 GMT vBulletin 240 http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/images/misc/rss.png Diablo: IncGamers Forums - Statistics http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/ Enchantress fire and lightning damage http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?846123-Enchantress-fire-and-lightning-damage&goto=newpost Tue, 21 May 2013 04:29:22 GMT Hi, I am trying to calculate the fire and lightning damage of a ranged enchantress. It is my understanding that masteries only apply once to ranged damage, while they apply twice to melee dmg. right? Lvl 31 enchant ( with warmth and fire mastery ) - 1608.5 avg dmg Lvl 15 holy shock ( dream... Hi, I am trying to calculate the fire and lightning damage of a ranged enchantress.

It is my understanding that masteries only apply once to ranged damage, while they apply twice to melee dmg. right?

Lvl 31 enchant ( with warmth and fire mastery ) - 1608.5 avg dmg

Lvl 15 holy shock ( dream ) with lvl 24 lightning mastery ( 326% ) - 1382.7 avg dmg

So they are roughly about the same order of damage.

However in game it doesn't feel that way. Fire dmg seems to be much more than lightning, and fire immunes take long to kill.

Partly it may be because fire dmg splashes ( demon machine ) and lightning damage doesn't, but I don't think that's the only thing.. What gives? ]]> Statistics zaphodbrx http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?846123-Enchantress-fire-and-lightning-damage Need help with formula behind experience penalties. http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?846041-Need-help-with-formula-behind-experience-penalties&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 16:11:23 GMT Hey all! I am trying to figure out how the experience penalty is calculated. I know that there are tables with these values on the wiki (http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Experience) but I want to know how they are calculated. This is what I have deducted so far from reading the wiki. I bet some... Hey all!

I am trying to figure out how the experience penalty is calculated.
I know that there are tables with these values on the wiki but I want to know how they are calculated.
This is what I have deducted so far from reading the wiki. I bet some of you out there have been digging in the source code and can help explain to me what really happens.

Perhaps there allready is a thread where this is explained, but if so, I couldn't find it.

First off we have the character level (clvl) and area/monster level (mlvl).
As far as i understand, the basic percentage of experience kept is done by taking the ratio between clvl and mlvl and with a maximum of 100% and a minimum of 5%.

Code:

if [clvl]/[mlvl] > 1 then

      [xpquotekept] = 1

elseif [clvl]/[mlvl] < 0.05 then

      [xpquotekept] = 0.05

else

      [xpquotekept] = [clvl]/[mlvl]

end if

Then the game checks to see if the character is below level 25 and in an area that differs at least 5 levels from the character.
If the level difference is equal to or greater than 10, the penalty is kept at 5 %.
I don't really see how that penalty is calculated though, and the penalty for positive and negative level difference differs. Any input here is apprechiated.

Code:

if [clvl] < 25 and abs([clvl] - [mlvl]) > 5 then

      if abs([clvl] - [mlvl]) > 10 then

            [xpquotekept] = 0.05

      else

            [xpquotekept] = 1 - ???

      end if

end if

Then the game checks to see if the character is level 70-85 and gives an additional penalty on the ratio we calculated earlier.
Each character level above 69 subtracts an additional 4,6875% of the ratio.

Code:

if [clvl] >= 70 and [clvl] <= 85 then

      [xpquotekept] = [xpquotekept] * (1 - ([clvl]-69)*0.046875)

end if

At level 85 the penalty lets the character keep 25% of the experience ratio, but I noticed that when the character is above level 85 it changed to a decrease of a quarter for each additional level.

Code:

if [clvl] > 85 then

      [xpquotekept] = [xpquotekept] * (1 - 0.25*(3/4)^([clvl]-85))

end if

And then the game gives the experience to the character.

Code:

[characterxp] = [characterxp] + [monsterxp] * [xpquotekept]

Then on top of all this there are of course rounding errors and such that have to be taken into consideration.

This is my interpretation of what happens. I hope someone can explain this in more detail to me.
Thank you for your time! ]]> Statistics ElSmisko http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?846041-Need-help-with-formula-behind-experience-penalties Toorc Icefist attack http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?845922-Toorc-Icefist-attack&goto=newpost Tue, 14 May 2013 00:43:34 GMT Hello again!

3rd post in a day, I feel like a kid with new toy :) There's so much knowledge among you guys to bask into!
So my question is, there is an attack from council members shown here. What kind of damage is that? I've been hit by it having max resistances to everything and it still hurts.

Also I was reading an old topic about upgrading the gibdin, that was hilarious! So many weird things you could do with those items. Maybe there lies hidden the way to spawn the elusive Reziarfg :evil2:

But they mentioned that Khalim's will can be upgraded. Does it still retain its attributes, especially no requirements? Can I upgrade it all the way and give it to a starter character to level up when there's no enchantress around? ]]> Statistics Rodrigo http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?845922-Toorc-Icefist-attack Automods on Low quality http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?845921-Automods-on-Low-quality&goto=newpost Mon, 13 May 2013 20:18:31 GMT Hello guys!

I recently found my first +3 BC Grand Matron Bow, with no sockets. I was hoping to make 3 sockets with the cube recipe, for a Melody rw, but unfortunately it got 5 =(

So now I'm thinking about using the chip gem + eld to upgrade a low quality bow, and use a Larzuk quest to add sockets, since ilvl 1 amazon bows can only have 3 sockets. But can they also have +3 BC auto mods? Do auto mods work like regular affixes regarding ilvl and qlvl?

Not that I'm actually swimming in a pool of cracked GMBs mind you :p or that they'll get +3 BC mods all the time, but still it might be softer to my nerves to waste a cracked GMB than a perfectly good +3 GMB ]]> Statistics Rodrigo http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?845921-Automods-on-Low-quality Few poison nova Qs http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?845912-Few-poison-nova-Qs&goto=newpost Mon, 13 May 2013 02:37:13 GMT Couple quick questions

First, can a lower level poison nova ( from merc Andariel's visage, say ) overwrite a high level poison nova ?

Second, does the damage per second from venom add on to poison nova? ]]> Statistics zaphodbrx http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?845912-Few-poison-nova-Qs