[1.2.361] Level 140 Items

Um... learn to math?

Let's say you have 1000 (for easier mathz) base of your primary statl.
Now let's say you reset 166 into your secondary stat just to equip these. That would put you at 834 STR or 83.4% of your original STR (you lost 16.6%).
We'll pretend that Dex is totally moot (which it isn't) which means that, due to the purely multiplicative nature of the damage formula, you lost 16.6% of your damage.

Now let's say you somehow have 200 w.att from all your equipment. We'll ignore the extra attack that the equips give and focus only on the set bonus, so we'll pretend that these have the same stats as your old stuff.
45/200 = 0.225. You're getting 22.5% stronger purely from the set bonus.

Now to throw these into the actual damage formula. Since you're a Dark Knight, I'll use the spear/polearm multiplier.
Pure STR
1.49 * 4 * 1000 * 200 / 100 = 11920

140 Equipper
1.49 * 4 * 834 * 245 / 100 = 12178

Overall, you're getting a 2.165% boost.
Again, this is making a couple of assumptions in favor of the dexless route.
It's assuming you have no equipment that gives Dex and that you have 200 W.Att.

YAY FOR UNJUSTIFIED CONCLUSIONS!!! MY FAVORITE!!!
Can you stop whining now?


This! For the love of Cygnus, this!

I've been saying this for a while. All they need to do is throw everyone a full AP Reset.
Will people still be pissed off? Definitely.
There are always people pissed at something in this game; screw them. Their anger will be worth it if it means this game is finally consistent.


Actually, we should.

I've said before that it should be 3 * primary + 2 * secondary.
Of course, this would mean that they need to remove the second secondary stats from Thieves, but 'tis all good otherwise.

Speaking of wild (but totally doable) ideas, they should divvy up the warrior weapons better.
- Make Spearmen (get this) spear-only.
- Make Fighters use 2H Weapons (including Blunt Weapons) and bump up the multiplier
- Make Pages use 1H weapons (including Axes)

Lots of us DEX-full warriors have said this all along that stat-less isn't as great as it's claimed to be. Yes it does offer a fast road to power, but keeping and sustaining that power comes at a terrible price, which often is poorer quality equipment (as DEF is now useful) and spending a fortune on DEX scrolls that are extremely rare, which can leave you weaker in the long run.

DEX does raise ATT and even with potential gear you can max out STR actually. Look at how many items can put things like:

Boss bonus damage
armor piercing
damage bonuses
and the variable 3 lined gear that can add upwards of 18% per a single item to your main stat... and how many of those can you wear at a single time?

Capes, Necklaces, Helmets, Gloves, Shoes, Longcoats, Topwear, Bottomwear, Shields, Weapons, and Belts even just 5 or 6 of those and you break 100% extra addition to your main stat and if you're high enough in level, you can possibly max out your main stat.

Because DEX raises the lower end of you attack range it makes damage more consistent and can actually allow you to do more damage with a shorter damage range than one of a longer damage range. Having damage limited to example: a 5,000 point range allows for more consistent and stable damage, if not more damage, than one crossing a 10,000 point range. Say that's an attack of 2,500 ~ 7,500 versus 1 ~ 10,000 even at the worst possible attack the shorter range is going to be higher, and even though the 10,000 damage is possible, it's highly unlikely you will actually get that damage on a consistent basis.

If anything Potential actually makes stat-full characters more powerful than their stat-less and low-stat cousins. Faster weapons and in these cases, better weapons, allowed by stat-full players and other stat-full gear like the Taru Cape and even those of the unreleased KMS gear, which eventually we will get, are going to have a better potential of damage allowance over those offered by stat-less offerings.

The math is there and it is sound.

Stat-less and low-stat players are screwed now in KMS and are going to be screwed in GMS fairly soon.