2012-03-02, 10:34 PM
Alrighty, I went to Master Skelegons(Skelosaurus in GMS) for about 30-45 minutes (5 levels above me, so a 10% miss rate), and here's what I've noticed:
Display wise:
- If the bottom hit is a critical, the middle hit is also a critical, and always seems to share the same number.
- The above doesn't seem to apply for the middle hit -> top hit.
- If the bottom hit is NOT a critical, the middle hit is uneffected display wise. It could be a critical on it's own, it could miss, and it could be a normal hit. The middle hit is only effected when the bottom hit is a critical.
- The top hit seems to be completely independent in terms of criticals. I never once saw the same number three times.
Damage wise:
- After numerous attempts to get double misses when the bottom hit is a critical (thus effecting the middle display wise), it doesn't seem to ever happen.
- Although I don't know if they are doing the same damage, if the bottom hit is a critical, the middle hit is also a critical. I barely miss a 1-hit with 2 Criticals and 1 Miss with Blast on my Paladin (As in the Health bar is almost completely empty). When the bottom hit was a critical, and the top hit was a miss, never once was the monster above a nearly empty Health bar, implying that both hits are indeed criticals. If they do the same damage...that's something I do not know.
I've also noticed a weird occurrence where if the bottom hit is a Miss, the top hit is also a Miss. I just double checked this for another 5-10 minutes to see if I'm just imaging things. Every time in that period that a Miss occurred with the bottom hit, the top hit was also a Miss. Although possible, I do not believe this is mere coincidence. I only have a 10% miss rate, after all. It should be noted that this is not a display issue here, either. When I missed with the bottom hit (And therefore missed with the top), I truly only did the damage of one hit.
It seems that the only time the damage is purely random for all three hits, is when the bottom hit is a normal non-critical.
I'm curious to see how this will change with the Advance patch, as Blast gets increased to four hits.
Sorry if this is a tad off topic.
Display wise:
- If the bottom hit is a critical, the middle hit is also a critical, and always seems to share the same number.
- The above doesn't seem to apply for the middle hit -> top hit.
- If the bottom hit is NOT a critical, the middle hit is uneffected display wise. It could be a critical on it's own, it could miss, and it could be a normal hit. The middle hit is only effected when the bottom hit is a critical.
- The top hit seems to be completely independent in terms of criticals. I never once saw the same number three times.
Damage wise:
- After numerous attempts to get double misses when the bottom hit is a critical (thus effecting the middle display wise), it doesn't seem to ever happen.
- Although I don't know if they are doing the same damage, if the bottom hit is a critical, the middle hit is also a critical. I barely miss a 1-hit with 2 Criticals and 1 Miss with Blast on my Paladin (As in the Health bar is almost completely empty). When the bottom hit was a critical, and the top hit was a miss, never once was the monster above a nearly empty Health bar, implying that both hits are indeed criticals. If they do the same damage...that's something I do not know.
I've also noticed a weird occurrence where if the bottom hit is a Miss, the top hit is also a Miss. I just double checked this for another 5-10 minutes to see if I'm just imaging things. Every time in that period that a Miss occurred with the bottom hit, the top hit was also a Miss. Although possible, I do not believe this is mere coincidence. I only have a 10% miss rate, after all. It should be noted that this is not a display issue here, either. When I missed with the bottom hit (And therefore missed with the top), I truly only did the damage of one hit.
It seems that the only time the damage is purely random for all three hits, is when the bottom hit is a normal non-critical.
I'm curious to see how this will change with the Advance patch, as Blast gets increased to four hits.
Sorry if this is a tad off topic.