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Calculating

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Survivor
Feb 28, 2013
2
hello everyone. (just in advance, i´m not English so i´m sorry for any typos)
I noticed that the damage calculation in the game was not correct (when using +% and the enemy -%) So i made a little test on it, here is my outcome
was in westerya and fighting green Man (rank 5 nature monster)
i had de-buffed him with +20% damage +30%damage and +70%damage (feint i think it was)
he had on him -80% to death school
i had +40% attack to death school + 14% from gear
okay i cast my vampire spell (4 pip Death school spell that does 350 damage)
and everything kicks in.
his shield -80% to my spell
my 40%+20%+30%+70%+14% = 174% +that he is nature and i gain bonus on that (not sure how much)
okay so my 174% - his 80% = 94 bonus for me
But my spell did only 350 damage.
Dont know if anyone else is having that issue but i have noticed this trough my 35 levels so i thought i would post this if this was a bug or not or just some calculation error or what??? hope i get answer soon on this :)

Paige level 35 death school wizard

Geographer
Feb 19, 2010
935
Robbi82 on Mar 12, 2013 wrote:
hello everyone. (just in advance, i´m not English so i´m sorry for any typos)
I noticed that the damage calculation in the game was not correct (when using +% and the enemy -%) So i made a little test on it, here is my outcome
was in westerya and fighting green Man (rank 5 nature monster)
i had de-buffed him with +20% damage +30%damage and +70%damage (feint i think it was)
he had on him -80% to death school
i had +40% attack to death school + 14% from gear
okay i cast my vampire spell (4 pip Death school spell that does 350 damage)
and everything kicks in.
his shield -80% to my spell
my 40%+20%+30%+70%+14% = 174% +that he is nature and i gain bonus on that (not sure how much)
okay so my 174% - his 80% = 94 bonus for me
But my spell did only 350 damage.
Dont know if anyone else is having that issue but i have noticed this trough my 35 levels so i thought i would post this if this was a bug or not or just some calculation error or what??? hope i get answer soon on this :)

Paige level 35 death school wizard
Ok lets add it up and see.
First it depends on what was cast first because that will affect the outcome like if the shield was placed before or after the traps/blades. But in the order you mentioned it should go like this;
350 base+ 25% bonus from life= 438
438+40%=614
614+20%=737
737+30%=958
958+70%=1629
1629+14%=1857
1857-80%=371

So this looks about right give or take a point for something i missed and also i rounded on everything so it will be shy a few points.
No glitch there you must of not calculated correctly.

Archon
Oct 24, 2010
4952
Robbi82 on Mar 12, 2013 wrote:
hello everyone. (just in advance, i´m not English so i´m sorry for any typos)
I noticed that the damage calculation in the game was not correct (when using +% and the enemy -%) So i made a little test on it, here is my outcome
was in westerya and fighting green Man (rank 5 nature monster)
i had de-buffed him with +20% damage +30%damage and +70%damage (feint i think it was)
he had on him -80% to death school
i had +40% attack to death school + 14% from gear
okay i cast my vampire spell (4 pip Death school spell that does 350 damage)
and everything kicks in.
his shield -80% to my spell
my 40%+20%+30%+70%+14% = 174% +that he is nature and i gain bonus on that (not sure how much)
okay so my 174% - his 80% = 94 bonus for me
But my spell did only 350 damage.
Dont know if anyone else is having that issue but i have noticed this trough my 35 levels so i thought i would post this if this was a bug or not or just some calculation error or what??? hope i get answer soon on this :)

Paige level 35 death school wizard
Please see Professor Drake's explanation on the message boards. This has been clarified.
Calculations are not incorrect in the game.

Explorer
Feb 22, 2011
78
Robbi82 on Mar 12, 2013 wrote:
hello everyone. (just in advance, i´m not English so i´m sorry for any typos)
I noticed that the damage calculation in the game was not correct (when using +% and the enemy -%) So i made a little test on it, here is my outcome
was in westerya and fighting green Man (rank 5 nature monster)
i had de-buffed him with +20% damage +30%damage and +70%damage (feint i think it was)
he had on him -80% to death school
i had +40% attack to death school + 14% from gear
okay i cast my vampire spell (4 pip Death school spell that does 350 damage)
and everything kicks in.
his shield -80% to my spell
my 40%+20%+30%+70%+14% = 174% +that he is nature and i gain bonus on that (not sure how much)
okay so my 174% - his 80% = 94 bonus for me
But my spell did only 350 damage.
Dont know if anyone else is having that issue but i have noticed this trough my 35 levels so i thought i would post this if this was a bug or not or just some calculation error or what??? hope i get answer soon on this :)

Paige level 35 death school wizard
The buffs multiply, not add. :) So, you had:

curse: 20%, death trap: 30%, feint: 70%

He had death shield: 80% death resist

You used deathblade: 40%

Death spells boost 40% on a Green Man as a Life School creature.

Your gear is 14% death damage boost

So, the math should look like (for a 350 damage vampire spell):

350 * (1+20%) * (1+30%) * (1+70%) * (1-80%) * (1+40%) * (1+40%) * (1+14%) = 415 damage.

Survivor
Oct 22, 2011
17
It doesn't quite work that way. The ACTUAL DAMAGE is considered, not the percentage.

Here's a calculation to think of involving the damage of the spell:

350 + .14(350) = 399 (without blades)

399 + .40(399) = 558.6 (after blade is applied)

558.6 + .70(558.6) = 949.62 (after feint)

949.62 + .30(949.62) = 1234.506 (after death trap)

1234.506 + .20(1234.506) = 1481.4072 (after curse)

1481.4072 - .80(1481.4072) = 296.28144 (after hitting death shield)

296.28144 + .40(296.28144) = 415 (boost damage applied, rounded up)

So you see, the death shield actually makes you lose A LOT of your damage, so yeah, try NOT to hit them, or use poison to get by it.

Survivor
Feb 28, 2013
2
Ok thank you guys for this misunderstanding on my part and Thank you again for all the help :)