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Ability Min/Maxing for DPS
elexra
Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 5 Arc User
Giving some thought to assigning Ability scores for maximizing damage output, but I'm not certain which primary/secondary combination provides the highest total potential damage and wanted to get the community's thoughts.
For example, take a TR: Dex contributes to critical chance while Str contributes to damage bonus. Assuming a +2 racial bonus for Dex (I know Half Orc can get +2 to both Dex and Str, but let's put that aside for now), which would be the best starting scores for Dex and Str:
20 13 --> +10% critical chance, +3% damage bonus
19 14 --> +9% critical chance, +4% damage bonus
18 16 --> +8% critical chance, +6% damage bonus
I've kept Cha out of the equation, but understand that it affects Combat Advantage dmg.
My understanding is that Critical Damage is 175% of "regular" damage. If this is correct, then it seems that the bonus damage from the higher Str more than offsets the extra crit chance and results in higher overall DPS. Is this correct?
Same logic could be applied to CW with Int and Cha.
Thoughts or feedback on this would be appreciated.
For example, take a TR: Dex contributes to critical chance while Str contributes to damage bonus. Assuming a +2 racial bonus for Dex (I know Half Orc can get +2 to both Dex and Str, but let's put that aside for now), which would be the best starting scores for Dex and Str:
20 13 --> +10% critical chance, +3% damage bonus
19 14 --> +9% critical chance, +4% damage bonus
18 16 --> +8% critical chance, +6% damage bonus
I've kept Cha out of the equation, but understand that it affects Combat Advantage dmg.
My understanding is that Critical Damage is 175% of "regular" damage. If this is correct, then it seems that the bonus damage from the higher Str more than offsets the extra crit chance and results in higher overall DPS. Is this correct?
Same logic could be applied to CW with Int and Cha.
Thoughts or feedback on this would be appreciated.
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If crit doubles damage then 1% crit = 1% damage and it's trivial to figure out (8% & 6% would be the best combo).
However, if crit is only 50% increase then 1% crit = 50% damage (8% & 6% is still the best).
That math is simple enough. Imagine a scenario with 100 hits for 100 damage each.
0% crit and 0% damage = 10,000 damage
1% crit (1 hit does 100 *extra* damage) and 0% damage = 10,100 damage (1% damage increase)
1% crit and 1% damage (every hit now does 101) = 10,100 damage (1% damage increase)
Then again, there is also crit "severity" to consider so I'm not sure we know enough variables to calulate it out yet. Also some talents for certain classes increase the damage gain from strength. So a lot of unknowns at this point.
Agree that there are too many unknowns at this point.