Stamina...Im confused...Follow

Could someone tell me wich stats do what, exaclty? I know like dex ups the rate combat and procs go, and str makes you do more damage...but im completly confused about stamina...

gbaji

wow - short but to the point!


int and wis is like left and right for me - i always get confused

The general consensus is that the ATK value gained by adding strength isn't the same as ATK added by other effects.

The problem is that some stats (like atk and ac) are made up of a collection of factors. They aren't compared directly against anything either. The values are just there to give you a general feel for the relative "amount" of something that you have.

In the case of AC, there are two major components involved, and they are applied separately. Avoidance affects your chance of being hit, and mitigation affects where in the range of damage you could have taken any particular his is more likely to fall (basically how much damage you take per hit on average). What affect gaining a point of AC has is extremely hard to determine because you may not know how much of each type you have, and different amounts of each type will work better or worse depending on the stats of the mob you are fighting.

ATK is also split and in a very similar way to AC. There's your "chance to hit", and "damage per hit". High values of the first help you overcome avoidance AC. High values of the second type help you overcome mitigation (with the "remainder" determining how much damage you actually do)

Pay attention to your atk value. It will change when you use weapons with different skills. It will *also* change when you equip multiple weapons (check values when dual wielding versus using a single weapon for example). Finally, it'll change when you add str.

Clearly, weilding two weapons doesn't actually increase your chance to hit with each swing. Clearly also, it doesn't increase your damage per hit. However, it does increase the total number of swings you'll get out of that weapon combo. While there's going to be a correlation between that gained atk value and DPS, it says nothing about how you compare against the opponent you're fighting. A 15th level warrior may have the same atk value when using DW as a 20th level paladin. Odds are the 20th level paladin will do more damage against a 20th level mob then the warrior will though (due to level difference if nothing else).

All values that add to atk are not equal. Not even close.

The effect of str on the damage calculation is very well known. I'll list it out if someone really wants to know (It's been awhile, so I'd have to dredge it out of my memory). However, it *only* affects your maximum damage, and then only to a small degree (depending on relative amount of str you're increasing). That's also not going to increase your average much. There's also another modal factor that plays a significant part in damage done at higher levels that almost completely eliminates the average increase to damage based on increasing the max damage value.


The effects have been parsed numerous times. The atk value increase you see when you buff your str is not above and beyond the small increase in damage you'll do over time. It's just a reflection of that increase. You don't hit more often because you increased your str. You just do a tiny bit more damage per hit.

This apparently is out of date.

In a recent thread I asked about ATK and was pointed at some analyses done recently which show ATK from STR being the same as raw ATK.


Also CHA is used to check Aggro on resist with the lull line of spells. With the increase in use of this spell line in LDoN this becomes more useful to know. The "minor effect" it has on charms is on the duration - not that minor if you are charming.

Gbaji you need to check out the recent analysis done by Coprolith over at the beastlord boards. All the parses are showing that the attack gained from strength is equal to pure attack. It also shows that there is a linear relationship between inceasing attack and increasing dps. This reltionship does deviate from a linear quality once you reach the higher attack values due to the effect of hitting the level of attack that can produce the max hit for a weapon. If you are interested in the research it is here http://www.beastlords.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=211

Charisma also affects the likelihood of Divine Intervention going off. DI is a cleric spell cast on tanks and others vulnerable to taking large amounts of damage, as it has a *chance* of going off when the tank's health is below 20 percent and restoring him to full health.

In this scenario it's the tank's charisma that matters, not the cleric's.

Thank you Dyzalot. That is one of the posts I was referring to. I personally have had a much changed opinion about str. I did some eyeballing to see what effect it has on my war. I fought for half of an ldon with no Str buffs then fought the other half at max str. Unbuffed I am at about 160. It seemed to me that I was dealing significantly more damage per hit, even if I wasn't hitting more often.