2010-12-25, 11:39 PM
Dusk Wrote:I uploaded a preliminary version so you guys can see what I'm working on.
http://www.mediafire.com/?bxyeq7l8c2cdu85
There's a lot of things that are still incomplete, so don't read too much into it. I mostly just got the main attacks working so there's something to look at. No summons are working, and I don't know if Mana Reflection/Dark Flare are worth including; I made the format a while ago and I just left them in for now.
Things to note / that need looking into:
- What passives/buffs affect summons? I'm fairly sure Amp works on Magician summons, but I know Infinity doesn't. What about mastery?
- Test ignore defense mechanics on bosses.
- F/P DPS is greatly over-reported at the moment because the time it takes to cast the skills that stack DoT is currently ignored. I'm not totally sure how to do this.
- Haven't really done Battle Mage or Mechanic stuff yet. I still don't know exactly how Mechanic skills work.
- Haven't added Transform/Super Transform for Buccs yet.
I was under the impression that Amp didn't work with summons. I don't recall Amp affecting Ifrit on Tespia, but I rarely used it due to the timer at level 10 and it being pomegranate, so I could be wrong.
As for DoTs, I would go with a round average. It takes 1320ms to cast Poison Mist. It lasts 40 seconds, so you recast it every 40 seconds. Thus, after 40000-1320 = time you have to cast Paralyze; at 720ms per Paralyze, you cast 54 Paralyze, and then 1 Poison Mist. Add 40s of Mist DoT, and 40.2s of continuous Paralyze DoT, and divide by 40.2s to get average overall DPS. For the application of Fire Demon, I would just give a set interval to cast it (twice every Mist?) as opposed to trying to fit it in every 15s since that creates a large system of equations that I don't feel like solving right now. Also, I believe you can fit two Teleports per Poison Mist without cutting into cast time which gives it a slight more oomph for its otherwise garbage burst.
You can also add Final Blow to Arans now. Brings their net %DPS up by ~80%/s, not a whole lot but an improvement. Base 810ms, 660ms Boostered +800%.
Corsairs are balanced <3

