Question about the little noticed mechanic of attack and defense buffs

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Spicegirls's picture
Spicegirls

Buffs have been around for quite some time as abilities trojans and alpha wolvers can perform and for bosses to become invicible. They have also been implemented into the game as discovered here.

Since the soon to be implmented "pets" will be able to give buffs, how much do they actually do? I would imagine it would be similar to UVs perhaps an attack buff would be damage increase medium. Also would the defense buff just increase your existing defense or also boost the defenses you do not have? If the buffs are similar to UVs would they be subject to the current caps?

Traevelliath's picture
Traevelliath

Someone is getting a bit ahead of themselves... I think we should wait for at least more than 3 pictures to start running calculations and predicting doom/salvation.

If you're really desperate, there are some youtube videos of shenanigans GM's have done. I know one of which includes a GM dropping a Mug consumable item (like a pill) that gives the player a boost in damage. I don't remember where the video is, but if you search, you should be able to find it and calculate from the damage numbers how much the damage buff is.

Flowchart's picture
Flowchart
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The OP already linked to that, lol.

Little-Juances's picture
Little-Juances

"They have also been implemented into the game as discovered here."
Thats only one way to get them...

The ultimate energy revive blast gives the same buff for around 9 seconds. So get some energy or wait until test server opens again and try it.
http://media.spiralknights.com/wiki-images/d/d1/2011-11-12_00006.jpg
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Energy_Revive_Blast

Traevelliath's picture
Traevelliath

@Flowchart: /derp

Woops :P

Spicegirls's picture
Spicegirls
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The question was largely intended for Nick.
What I meant to ask for players is if someone has done any testing with trojans and alpha wolvers. You can somewhat extrapolate the data knowing that 1 bar of health is 40 damage and then comparing it to weapon damage data.