That's not quite correct. My earlier post explains that there are many
variables to take into account when tracking damage and that there
often *is* a damage reduction for a warrior that adds a second melee
to their group. It's just not necessarily due to mysterious code. :)

Kit's idea also doesn't necessarily invalidate the suggestion that
there may be some sort of code to reduce the damage a warrior does
when grouped with another melee. It neatly explains the reduction
assuming that adding a second melee will provide more melee damage
thus reducing the amount of hits the warrior gets on each creature
while the creature is in a weakened state (and overall) but there
aren't enough facts to find out what percent of time the creature is
in a weakened state and what percent of extra damage the second melee
provides to find out if the 15% difference in warrior damage is fully
accounted for.

I'm not very good at math so I won't bother making guesses at what
kind of information needs to be collected to get sufficient facts to
prove or disprove Kit's theory. However, I think the concepts are very
interesting since there definitely is something going on with warrior
damage when grouped with a second melee. And it has some implications
to bards when choosing a song mix to buff melee types. By knowing what
causes the reduction, perhaps bards can minimize the reduction or take
advantage of the cause of the increased damage when a warrior is the
only melee?

Aanluil Lumiaria
Erollisi Marr

----- Original Message -----
From: "Legba Work" <mattdeba@...>
To: <eqbards@egroups.com>
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [eqbards] Group composition effect on Damage?

> Nice analysis Aanluil, thoug you're basically saying the increased
damage
> taken/reduced damage done is an illusion or due to the situation
changing.
>
> The former says there is no difference and the latter invalidates
the study
> since the situation has altered.