2010-12-22, 04:15 AM
Hm...I don't think this has been brought up before...and I did a search and didn't see anything on this...but I thought this was pretty cool! Mods, please close this thread if this indeed has been brought up before. =o
I was observing my damage range tonight. In 4th job, it seems that the 70% mastery from weapon mastery and base mastery are only relevant when no charges are applied. However, once I put on any charge, the mastery jumps to about 90%!
I believe the original/common conception of Paladin's 94% mastery was that it was only during ACB's usage. However, from observing my damage range tonight, and reading the description of ACB...it seems that the 94% mastery (4% extra from CO) applies to ANY attack as long as ANY charge is put on.
This means that in Paladin damage calculations, unless the monster is all elementally resistant, we should basically calculate average damage for any attack using a 94% mastery range...and should not use a Hero's damage range using the same equips.
Some numbers...(not going to specify the equips used)
No charges: 7980~11400
With any single (or duo) charge: 10716~11400
Of course, I also did some testing with Blast as well. The non-critical hits seem to verify this finding.
I was observing my damage range tonight. In 4th job, it seems that the 70% mastery from weapon mastery and base mastery are only relevant when no charges are applied. However, once I put on any charge, the mastery jumps to about 90%!
I believe the original/common conception of Paladin's 94% mastery was that it was only during ACB's usage. However, from observing my damage range tonight, and reading the description of ACB...it seems that the 94% mastery (4% extra from CO) applies to ANY attack as long as ANY charge is put on.
This means that in Paladin damage calculations, unless the monster is all elementally resistant, we should basically calculate average damage for any attack using a 94% mastery range...and should not use a Hero's damage range using the same equips.
Some numbers...(not going to specify the equips used)
No charges: 7980~11400
With any single (or duo) charge: 10716~11400
Of course, I also did some testing with Blast as well. The non-critical hits seem to verify this finding.