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Neverwinter Math

cactusjacktercactusjackter Member Posts: 287 Arc User
edited May 2015 in Player Feedback (Xbox One)
For example:

Leadership > Feed the Needy = 10m

Hero = +50% speed

Feed the Needy + Hero = 6m 39s

50% of 10 is not 6.4.

Makes me question if all the other percentages used in the game are also wrong.
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  • crazyvipacrazyvipa Member Posts: 8 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    cactusjackter wrote: »
    For example:

    Leadership > Feed the Needy = 10m

    Hero = +50% speed

    Feed the Needy + Hero = 6m 39s

    50% of 10 is not 6.4.

    Makes me question if all the other percentages used in the game are also wrong.

    That is awesome.
  • zephyriahzephyriah Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 2,980 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    xsayajinx is correct. The problem, for some, is an understanding of ratios. I will try to explain why he is correct.

    An example that is easy to understand. You take a trip to visit someone 60 miles away and travel 60 miles per hour. It will take 1 hour. 60/60 = 1

    Now, same trip 50% faster. 60 * 1.5 (150%) = 90 You will travel at 90 mile per hour. Does this cut the trip in half to 1/2 hour? No. 60/90= .666 or a 1/3 reduction.

    Same trip 100 % faster (2 purples) 60 * 2 (200%) = 120 So,now traveling 120 miles per hour. 60/120= 1/2 So, it cuts the time in half. Therefore, it is a 100% speed boost that cuts the time in half.

    Aside from the speeding tickets, HTH.
  • telprydaintelprydain Member Posts: 545 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    The key is in the wording: It's +50% of the default speed, not -50% of the total time.
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  • cactusjacktercactusjackter Member Posts: 287 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Yes, but if the default speed is fast enough to take 10 minutes, double speed would take 5 minutes.
  • thezer0fluxthezer0flux Member Posts: 412 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    cactusjackter wrote: »
    Yes, but if the default speed is fast enough to take 10 minutes, double speed would take 5 minutes.

    Yes, double speed would take half the time, but +50% speed (or 150% of base speed) isn't double speed. You would need a 100% speed increase (or 200% of base speed) to run at double speed and finish in half the time.
  • cactusjacktercactusjackter Member Posts: 287 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Good point. My Maths brain has been so little used since school 20 years ago that it simply can't work it out :D
  • thezer0fluxthezer0flux Member Posts: 412 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    It's an easy mistake to make. Our brains look for the simplest solution, and when we see "50%" we immediately think "that's half!"
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