[Pre-BB] MapleStory Formula Compilation

LazyBui, someone (I forget who) suggested that the maximum allowed defense is 2000. That would explain why Anego calculates at 2000 and why our new boss with 8000 defense doesn't reduce our damage to 4-digit numbers. To (somewhat) test this, I went to Bodyguard A, who has 3600 defense, and I saw no difference in my damage than I see with Anego. Whenever Bodyguard B is fixed, I can test my damage on Grandpa to be sure. Anyway, the point of this paragraph is that you probably shouldn't test damage with monsters that have more than 2k defense.

Next, crits. I'm positive that the crit +% multiplier is applied after defense, not before. In fact, I think we concluded that defense is applied to your base range before any % modifiers are done. So if you can only hit 1's with non-crits, then there's no way you can hit any higher than 1 with crits.

Lastly, why did you test with a Nightlord? Are you trying to make this hard on yourself? They have the most unstable range in the game. You should use a Bowmaster or a Marksman for the 90% Mastery. Also, since all % multipliers are applied after defense, it would probably save you some time to just not add any points to crit and not cast SE, so you don't have to deal with crits and can just compare your visible damage to the damage range on your stat screen, since Strafe is at 100% per arrow.