Spiral Knights - Question about UV's

Question about UV's

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Mon, 04/25/2011 - 01:36

Diggidy

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Hey, searched around the forum and didn't find any satisfactory answers, so...

Can anyone tell me if a UV bonus completely replaces an item's natural bonus, or is simply added to it?

For example, if a Cold Iron Carver (natural bonus, dmg vs undead: High) gets a uv (dmg vs undead: Low), does the Carver end up with a Low, High, or Very High bonus? I would assume it must be Very High, but I'm not certain. More importantly...

What about if the UV contradicts an existing negative bonus?

For example, if a Chaos Cowl (natural bonus, -resist vs Shock: Med) gets a uv (resist vs Shock: High), does the Cowl end up with a -resist: Med, or a resist: Low, or High? I would definitely guess that the final result would be on the positive side, but I've no idea if it's Low or High.

I've also heard that complimentary bonuses from multiple items cannot exceed Maximum, so does that mean a single item cannot exceed Maximum bonus?

Any thoughts about or experience with the subject would be appreciated.

(Note: If any of the posted item bonuses are incorrect, forgive me. I tried to use the data that appeared in the wiki)

Edit: Original math ignored 'Very High'. Woops.

Mon, 04/25/2011 - 01:42

Pupu

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Solved

http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Bonus

Mon, 04/25/2011 - 02:09

Diggidy

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I see

Okay, but what about negative boosts? Am I to assume they are also cumulative?

Edit: I'd definitely like to hear more feedback from the players. The provided link, though helpful, isn't particularly specific or descriptive.

Mon, 04/25/2011 - 02:09

Pupu

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Yep

Yep
Think of them as bonuses that are substracting instead of adding.
Feel free to add this info to the wiki if you think the wording is not clear.

Mon, 04/25/2011 - 02:12

Diggidy

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Alright

So that would mean that an item with a negative bonus, no matter it's uv, can never achieve a Maximum rating in that category? Unless it is helped by another item with that bonus?

Mon, 04/25/2011 - 02:19

Pupu

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Pretty much. Also I think most items with negative bonuses are armors with negative offensive bonuses, and armors can only get defensive UVs.

Mon, 04/25/2011 - 02:30

Diggidy

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Actually

What started me asking about all this was a dilemma I had/have with a UV Magic Hood. It's got a bonus to shock resist, and I was curious if I should aim to upgrade it to a hood with a positive bonus that it could add to, or a negative bonus that it could reduce/replace.

It would go beyond Maximum if I upgrade to Gray Feather or Divine Veil, and it would obviously not reach Maximum if I upgrade to Chaos Cowl, though it would get the full use of the UV (assuming that what you've said about UV addition is correct).

Mon, 04/25/2011 - 02:38

Pupu

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But that's a little difference, elemental defense doesn't come in bonus form, but bar form.
The same addition/substraction principle applies to bars, but we don't have any hard numbers on where is the cap, or if the cap grants immunity, or what.
And bars have been known to be bad at representing the actual stat gain (see the Leviathan vs Cold Iron Vanquisher thread)

Mon, 04/25/2011 - 02:44

Diggidy

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Rats

I always assumed a 1:1 ratio between squares in the elemental resist bar and the numbers represented by Low, Med, High, ect. If that's not the case, then I guess I've no idea which upgrade gives the best results...

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