Can we get an update on melee weapons please? (in General)
QBRanger
June 3 2009 5:55 PM EDT
The melee weapons have all undergone a change in damage.
Right now it shows the base on the MH to be 84 while the ELS is 80. Yet is appears the ELS does more damage.
Can we get a more accurate base damage number on all the melee weapons, to better show how powerful they are?
QBOddBird
June 3 2009 6:01 PM EDT
The MH has always been this way, as has been the BoTH. It's been this way for years.
QBRanger
June 3 2009 6:01 PM EDT
I realize that, I would like to see a more accurate representation on the base damage.
Sickone
June 3 2009 6:02 PM EDT
I believe the "vampiric" weapons deal around 20% to 25% less damage than they should if they would be "normal" weapons...
Sickone
June 3 2009 6:03 PM EDT
...basically, the "leeched" damage is subtracted from the damage dealt.
QBRanger
June 3 2009 6:05 PM EDT
So the base on the MH should be about 70? and the Bth about 60?
Sickone
June 3 2009 6:08 PM EDT
Give or take a couple of points, sounds about right, yeah.
Fatil1ty
June 3 2009 6:10 PM EDT
I agree. Actual damage should be shown and leech or not should not be included in that number
Sickone
June 3 2009 6:10 PM EDT
Probably more like 76-77 and 65-66, to be more precise.
Lord Bob
June 3 2009 6:12 PM EDT
Also agreed. There should not be hidden penalties or bonuses on weapon damage. Just show it in the weapon's stats.
Sickone
June 3 2009 6:13 PM EDT
Reason for my previous statement being the fact weapons seem to deal base damage proportional to the "damage base" to the power of two, or close to that (well, seems to be roughly true for the "non-special" weapons anyway, guesstimatively speaking).
so an extra base give 2x damage?
Sickone
June 3 2009 7:47 PM EDT
No, double base four times the damage (or, if you prefer, +41% base, double damage... or +10% base, +21% damage)... or very close to that, anyway.
Sickone
June 3 2009 7:50 PM EDT
Probably not even to the power of two, but rather to the power of 1.5, but... too close to call without a lot more datapoints. That's why I said "guesstimated" :P
> I believe the "vampiric" weapons deal around 20% to 25% less damage than they should if they would be "normal" weapons
Right.
Flamey
June 4 2009 10:31 AM EDT
Oh wow, I didn't know this. Is this wiki'd somewhere?
Wow. Is this a recent change? I mean I like it, but it broadsided me! ;)
Sickone
June 4 2009 6:03 PM EDT
No, it has always been like that ever since I joined well over one year ago.
Bloody Hellfire...
That's news! ;)
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