2009-05-13, 10:37 PM
While I was hanging out with Loose this evening, I asked him to show me his Energy Orb damage to figure out the exact mob reduction. During this, I noticed two things.
First off, the mob reduction appears to be between 0.6~0.7
Seeing his Orb minimum be 5676, I noted a 3687. Damage reduction would put his Orb minimum to be 5526 at the weakest against a Captain. Thusly, 3687 / 5526 = 0.66720955483170466883821932681868
Or approximately 0.67. Current estimation is this 0.67 modifier each successive mob;
Calculated from a damage range of
1229~2180
With DEF Reduction from min~max of
150~95;
First Orb: 3567~6445
Second Orb
(0.70 mod): 2430.9~4483
(0.65 mod): 2246.55~4156
(0.60 mod): 2062.2~3829
Two visible 4ks were hit, thusly guaranteed that it's within experimental range (will get into detail as to why this is important in a bit). As you can see, with a 0.60 modifier, that would not be possible. Thus, we've guaranteed that it has improved from the assumed 0.5 modifier like Chain Lightning had.
Thusly, Level 1 Does 300% + 200%
Level 30 does 900% + 600% + 400%, etc.
After continual testing, there appears to be a reduction of 2/3, noting a
4319 on a second hit. 2308~4360 being the possible range in this scenario.
The second interesting thing we would like to note from our findings is the Phantom Orb. Much like the Phantom Arrow of Arrow Rain and Eruption, what the user sees as his orbs shoot out is not necessarily what occurs.
It's not the easiest thing to screenshot, but here is an example. It's much more noteworthy when seen in person.
This leads to misleading results when observing your own damage, and why noting two 4ks earlier was important to rule out it being a possible first orb striking in a different order.
First off, the mob reduction appears to be between 0.6~0.7
Seeing his Orb minimum be 5676, I noted a 3687. Damage reduction would put his Orb minimum to be 5526 at the weakest against a Captain. Thusly, 3687 / 5526 = 0.66720955483170466883821932681868
Or approximately 0.67. Current estimation is this 0.67 modifier each successive mob;
Calculated from a damage range of
1229~2180
With DEF Reduction from min~max of
150~95;
First Orb: 3567~6445
Second Orb
(0.70 mod): 2430.9~4483
(0.65 mod): 2246.55~4156
(0.60 mod): 2062.2~3829
Two visible 4ks were hit, thusly guaranteed that it's within experimental range (will get into detail as to why this is important in a bit). As you can see, with a 0.60 modifier, that would not be possible. Thus, we've guaranteed that it has improved from the assumed 0.5 modifier like Chain Lightning had.
Thusly, Level 1 Does 300% + 200%
Level 30 does 900% + 600% + 400%, etc.
After continual testing, there appears to be a reduction of 2/3, noting a
4319 on a second hit. 2308~4360 being the possible range in this scenario.
The second interesting thing we would like to note from our findings is the Phantom Orb. Much like the Phantom Arrow of Arrow Rain and Eruption, what the user sees as his orbs shoot out is not necessarily what occurs.
It's not the easiest thing to screenshot, but here is an example. It's much more noteworthy when seen in person.
Spoiler
As you can see, the monster in front is taking 4816. The monster above is taking 9478. Not normal right? Despite Loose targeting the monster taking 4816, and seeing it attack that one first, I noted on my screen that the Orb flies out from Loose and into the monster above him first to do 9478, then bounces onto the 4816. Most likely, this is based on spawn order, and would be quite the fireworks show with higher mob hits.![[Image: maple0309.jpg]](http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/658/maple0309.jpg)
This leads to misleading results when observing your own damage, and why noting two 4ks earlier was important to rule out it being a possible first orb striking in a different order.