equivalent points of magic mastery? yeech.
Let's invent some new vocabulary. imho, it is sorely needed.
i've been throwing around the terms ATTACK FACTOR (AF) and DEFENSE FACTOR (DF) to describe the attack scenario.
 | one AF/DF = 1 equivalent point of mastery. these might be further broken down into AFg, AFs, AFl for magic, missile and melee, when necessary. | ||
| calculation is simple. di's AFg would be:
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| di's DFg would be:
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| AF/DF seems much less cumbersome than "equivalent points of magic mastery." | ||
| AF seems much more intuitive than describing MOBs in terms of "a 60 paragon tyrant" -- c'mon folks, MOBs don't have paragon skills! | ||
| this might allow us to someday reconstruct the to hit curves (anyone
remember 1 - 1 / (1 + EXP( 0.03 * (Att - Def))  now, we can sanely discuss ways to calculate f(AF,DF). but that's another post. | ||
| we can also make some sense of the relative powers of the new tyrant armor.
given that tyrant's boon, for example, provides a fixed boost of 20DF, and
equate that relative value to the likely AFs and DFs of the parties involved
likely being in the mid 500s. anyhow, one to chew on. -di |
| AF | DF | |
| Attributes | ||
| Mastery | 1 AF per skill level in specific discipline |
1 DF per skill level in specific discipline |
| Grandmastery | 2 AF per skill level in specific discipline |
2 DF per skill level in specific discipline |
| Paragon | 3 AF per skill level in specific discipline |
3 DF per skill level in specific discipline |
| Adept | 1 AF per skill level in specific discipline when using spec attacks |
1 DF per skill level in specific discipline vs. spec attacks |
| Player Level | 4 AFg / 4 AFs / 4 AFl per player level |
4 DFg / 4 DFs / 4 DFl per player level |
| Items | ||
| Magic Transcendence Linvak Soulbound Casting |
37.5 AFg | 37.5 DFg |
| Missile Transcendence Linvak Soulbound Missile |
37.5 AFs | 37.5 DFs |
| Melee Transcendence Linvak Soulbound Melee |
37.5 AFl | 37.5 DFl |
| Magic Virtuoso Omishan Soulbound Casting |
25 AFg | 25 DFg |
| Missile Virtuoso Omishan Soulbound Missile |
25 AFs | 25 DFs |
| Melee Virtuoso Omishan Soulbound Melee |
25 AFl | 25 DFl |
| Magic Prowess Osteth Soulbound Casting |
12.5 AFg | 12.5 DFg |
| Missile Prowess Osteth Soulbound Missile |
12.5 AFs | 12.5 DFs |
| Melee Prowess Osteth Soulbound Melee |
12.5 AFl | 12.5 DFl |
| Toadfang earring | 5 DFg / 5 DFs / 5 DFl | |
| Sclavus Talisman | +10% DFg | |
| Defense Jewelry | 0.5—10 DF in specific discipline |
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| Tyrant's Boon Tyrant Gloves |
20 AFg / 20 AFs / 20 AFl | |
| Tyrant's Protection Tyrant Upper Armor |
20 DFg / 20 DFs / 20 DFl | |
| Tyrant's Blessing Tyrant Lower Armor |
25 DFg / 25 DFs / 25 DFl | |
| Skills - Buffs | ||
| Protect The Flock | 5—50 DFg / DFs / DFl | |
| Clear Minds | 5—50 AFg / AFs / AFl | |
| Honed Control | 10—100 AFg / AFs / AFl | |
| Aura of Defense | 10—100 DFl | |
| Chorozite Dust | 10—100 DFg | |
| Skills - Debuffs | ||
| Ataxia | -5—50 AFg / AFs / AFl | |
| Maim | -5—50 AFg / AFs / AFl | |
| Eye Rake | -5—50 AFl | |
| Blind Rage | -5—50 AFl | |
