How powerful is the ELB in CB2 vs. the Compound? (in General)

Open question. I rented a x40 +10 ELB to compare to my X41 +20 compound - only 1 X different, so it's a reasonable comparison. It seems that the ELB is only 10-20% better, which would correspond almost exactly to the base 6 vs. 5 damage. So the only benefit would be the lower NW. But at 125k MPR, the $1.6 mil value on my compound doesn't put me over the melee (I'm using a 250k VB), and most of my compound value was at 75% insta, so at market value I'm getting a better bargain from the compound (Compounds go around NW, while we all know the usual base ELB going price thanks to Jon's auctions).

Thoughts? Comments?

Not quite, compounds are not even selling for 50% NW right now. Try selling it and see what happens. Also ELBs like CB1 get much better in time like fine wine. The more the game progresses, the more that extra base of 6 gets better and better. That and NW will really get important when hitting 25 million NW for one ranged weapon ;)

sure, right now it works fine/just as good..but check this out

elb x100 = 600 base damage
comp x 120 = 600 base damage

a x100 elb is already north of 25mill...id love to see a x120 compound. im sure it would be over double that...

as you get higher and higher, its not the damage thats going to be that great of an indicator, its going to be the price. its the same reason the ELS is so much better then the exe, even though the exe is more powerful, in the long run, the els is better.

...and thus the higher price. people DO think about the long run!

however, i should be picking up some cheap-as-free comps right now ; )

Ha...I have stocked up on a few compounds. Not by choice tho

SoulCalibur, the x on a weapon does not mean multiply. From Help:

Weapons

Weapons are displayed like this: A Short Sword [AxB] (+C)

A is the base damage for this type of weapon. B is the enchantment modifier; an unenchanted weapon will have a modifier of 1.

Note the word modifier. So a x5 ELB is not the same as a x6 Compound.

sat3d - why not? That's the part I don't get, since it seems to apply when I look at the damage - an X5 ELB does do about the same damage as an X6 compound.

Jonathan has a very difficult formula that includes ST the base damage and the enchantment multiplier (which isnt a true multiplier) and its so secret not even the server knows what formula it is :)

not to mention the base damage and multiplier of the ammo...

for ranged weapons indeed.

at higher NW's the ELB just gets much greater stats than the puny Compounds.