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Tue, 04/02/2013 - 22:18
Dimbreath's picture
Dimbreath

(Inb4 "you're a noob" posts)

So, let's make it simple, everything that does damage haves some math behind it, right? What's the Damage Formula that Spiral Knights uses? For example I'd like to know how much damage would my "level 8 Divine Avenger do to a Jelly Cube at Depth 13 without any Unique Variant or any other bonus".

Formulas plz?

Wiki says the damages at maximum level, but i'd like to know how much damage it does at a specific level.

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 00:28
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Hexzyle's picture
Hexzyle
@Blastcore

I'm working on it, among other things

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 08:03
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Bopp's picture
Bopp
many people working on it

Many people have worked on this problem since the game launched (and maybe before then). We have had many threads on this topic, but we still don't know the exact algorithm.

People have studied the effects of damage type (vulnerable, neutral, resistant) and damage bonuses (+0, +1, ..., +6), and we have extensive data, for example here and here. For example, we know that each level of damage bonus increases damage by about 5%. But there are some instances in which it increases damage by 7% or 8%, and it seems to depend on damage type. So the damage calculation is surprisingly subtle. See here for more detail on damage type.

For your specific problem, look up Divine Avenger on the wiki. Look at the largest numbers for Stratum 3, which represent depth 12. Also look at the smallest numbers for Stratum 4; they represent depth 14. Your depth 13 numbers should be in between those. You can also do direct tests at a Tier-2 guild training hall.

Heat is a very temporary problem; once you play with a weapon for a little while, it gets fully heated and stays that way forever. So all damage numbers on the wiki are collected at heat level 10. Do not hold your breath, waiting for people to analyze how heat affects damage in any thorough way.

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 09:21
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Little-Juances's picture
Little-Juances

For the specific problem you have you don't need to know the formula anyayws. Just someone to go on and do it.
Or you could take the minimun and maximun then get an average for the depths in between.
The difference isn't so big, any margin of error would be acceptable.

Wed, 04/03/2013 - 15:23
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Zeddy's picture
Zeddy

"Or you could take the minimun and maximun then get an average for the depths in between. The difference isn't so big, any margin of error would be acceptable."

Damage scales linearly between the same depths in a stratum, so this is entirely true.

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