Elcor wrote:Tammuz wrote:I don't know all the details, but to shed what little i remember; for "Damage Quantification" the words just a give range in which the min/max damage brackets fall, so just becuase two weapons bot say "light to moderate damage" does not mean both pump out the same damage, one could have it's minimum damamge point at the bottom of the light damage range, and it's max at the bottom of the moderate damage range, while another weapon could have it's min at the top of the light range and its mac at the top of the moderate range. the second weapon is clearly the better weapon damage wise, but both will have exactly the same damage qualification; light to moderate damage
also the raw damage is affected by the endurance, and armour type & qauntity of the target, and the strength of the attacker, so what you consider to be the null point(how much) strength, endurance, and armour you factor in) will affect what you call raw damage; without qualifying the conditions you can't quantify the raw damage
what glyph considers the null point is not what you think.
OK. Let us call "raw damage" of the weapon the damage which a bot with 0 Str and this weapon deals to unarmored TF with 0 End. It can be measured in % of health of the TF being hit.
So, can it be said that "light" damage means, for example, between 1 and 5%, "medium" between 6 and 10% and so forth?
There is a flaw in that logic however...
Mainly, the 'raw' or base damage range needs to be a 0Str attacker, versus a 10Str, 10End target, with the best armor possible.
Why? Because, AFAIK, no weapon has
ever hit an enemy and done 0% damage. Attacks
always deal a minimum of 1% damage, even in the afforementioned worst case scenario.
Your damage range for each weapon then should be established by:
Minimum Possible Damage =
a) 0Str Attacker
b) 10End Target w/ 10 tons of the best armor
c) Crappiest possible RNG
Maximum Possible Damage =
a) 10Str Attacker
b) 0End Target w/ no armor
c) Best possible RNG
Now, parts (a) and (b) could be empirically determined by the stronger players on the board, who could configure their bots specifically for the exercise and pit them against each other in the arena. However, it would be time consuming and expensive - Installing 10 tons of 8Rnk Armor alone would be a deterrent, and you'd probably have to do several battles for each weapon you wanted to examine, especially if you wanted to tease out variable (c).
Furthermore, the numerous confounds would be problematic. In order for the players to duke it out, they'll need to be the same level. So the weaker of a given pair would have to invest stat points in something seemingly inane, something that might have an unforseeable impact.
For example, when studying the Minimum damage, the attacker will need to have from 0-10Fpr and 0-10Skl, while the target will have 10Str, 10End, and presumably 8Rnk. The attacker will have to put a lot of stats elsewhere to be of equal level. The reverse then is true when studying the Maximum damage; the Attacker will need 0-10Fpr, 0-10Skl, and 10Str, while the target must have 0End...
What if Strength decreases damage even without armor?
What if Firepower or Skill increases damage regardless of the weapon used?
Which armor is best?
It would be a difficult and time-consuming project, that would demand a great deal of sacrifice from the players participating.
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