On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Keith Mann wrote:
> > From: kim@...
> >
> > I woudln't be surprised if they coded it so
> > that the best weapon at a certain str/dex/sta was not the best
> > weapon at a different str/dex/sta.
>
> Interesting idea. Does anyone have any data? I'm especially curious about
> the effects of strength bonuses. If strength "x" gives "y" points of bonus
> damage "z" percent of the time, regardless of weapon, then 2*dmg+1/delay
> becomes (2*dmg+1+(x*z/100))/delay...
Most of the data I've seen on the effect of strength is that
it increases your max damage without changing your average by
a noticable amount. That could be because of too small a
sample size, or because Verant coded it wrong.
--
John H. Kim
kim@...