2013-07-02, 01:11 AM
hadriel Wrote:Given that you have DSE, as you said your average crit damage is 1.5x, at the limit of 90% crit, another 10% crit will give you an increase in DPS of about 3.45%. This is the absolute minimum increase in DPS (7.14% starting at 80% crit for a 20% crit rate increase), and this number will increase as your actual crit rate decreases. Assuming Linear Perspective still gives 40% crit rate, with DSE and Hyper Crit and Phantom Link you're standing at 75% crit, so a 10-20% increase in crit rate from here is about 3.64% - 7.27%.
Let's take the pre-nerfed Xenon numbers, but I note you missed out Hypers and Kanna contributions (didn't include Kanna here): 60+80+15+10+11+3+27+20 = 226%, or a damage factor of 3.26. An additional 5-10%Boss would bring that damage factor up to 3.31-3.36, so it's an increase of about 1.53-3.07% DPS. This number will go up after nerf because of a lower starting damage factor, so losing 40% from OOPArt and Multilaterals will bring the increase in DPS up to 1.75-3.50%. One should also note that with OOPArt and Multilateral I-VI alone pre-nerf, that's 140% already (or 160% with Hypers), so the diminishing return sets in strongly right from the onset, at 2.08-4.17% (1.92-3.85% with Hypers); after nerf those numbers are 2.50-5.00% (4.17-8.33% with Hypers). You have lost half of the effectiveness of that 5-10%Boss right from the start.
JoeTang has raised this point before: should you use your points in your Xenon energy gauge, or should you try to keep it maxed for the extra damage? You will often use Amaranth Generator and Extra Supply for the purposes of full recasting, so half the time you will be on full gauge, and half the time you will be on empty/charging up if we consider the rebuffing of OOPArt only and you having about 50%BD from Mechanic card and IA. A recharge rate of 60% per instance of you being attacked is pretty high (idk about multi-hit skills) so think about it. If the map has a rope, then casting delay becomes a moot point, but this is very situation-dependent. I can see the benefits of keeping your gauge maxed, but I have my reservations about just how much more or less those benefits are compared to swapping out the %BD IA for crit rate - I've not played a Xenon before so I cannot do those numbers.
Hadriel
Thanks a lot!
Im probably gonna aim for buff duration for now. Opatz has a cast time of about 1520 ms if Im not mistaken, Im not really aiming or obtaining more energy at most times, its rather for less rebuffing in general. One of the most annoying things I've noticed so far, is dying with both energy supply and generator on cooldown, meaning theres no possibility of rebuffing before those actually become ready (ofc this means 1st job skill, 2nd job skill and opatz). And knowing that RA bosses will bring a lot of deaths I could see buff duration being more helpful than criticals after nerf, right now criticals seem to be the best, since with just 20% buff duration Im at 54 sec opatz, which is pretty okey. However I want to achieve 100% criticals oneday, I just dont know how to get the last 20% without 10% potion and since we DIDNT get critical rings at level 50 its even harder to achieve for now.
Im really wondering how limgoon achieved 100%, knowing that his IA was unique rather than legendary with 20% and he wasnt using 10% critical potion. But then again, knowing how funded he is, its probably from some potential line and what not.