What -int + demon spark is 4.0 atk speed?

as for the gears, i think a demon bm needs the rest of the int gears except nirvana pants. not sure about it though, im sure better answers should be coming soon.

I'm posting down below, because my computer doesn't like these forums and editing for some reason. >>

I've been playing around with the matimatical side of this for a while. Not knowing how mathy this topic is supposed to be (I mean, its not on the archer forum b:chuckle), I'll start off more basic, and advanced furthur with the information I know.

I have created a concept, which I call a "spark cycle", which I use to calculate damage per second accuratly for high attack speed weapons. I define a "spark cycle" as the time it takes from the begining of a spark, to the beginging of the next spark, while only using normal attacks and sparking. Most of the time a spark cycle contains 60 attacks (60 attacks gives you 300 chi).

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To answer your first question, you need 4.00 aps to hit permaspark, or 2.86 + demon spark.

4.00attacks/second*15seconds*5chi/attack = 300 chi.

Of course if you're at 5.00 attacks/second, you will be in even better shape:

5.00attacks/second*15seconds*5chi/attack = 375 chi.

However, if you have 3.33 attacks/second, you can maintain an almost psuedo-permaspark (sp?) using some external sources of chi.

floor(3.33 attacks/second*15 seconds) * 5chi/attack = 245 chi

Which means you need to make up for 55 chi /18 seconds (the 15 seconds your spark lasts for, and the 3 seconds you spark for). I myself have 3.33 attacks/second, and can maintain my spark with cloud eruption almost permantly. (About 2/3 of the time I'm "perma sparking", and 1/3 of the sparks I need to attack the 11 times to gain my chi)

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You can calculate how long a spark cycle by calculating the amount of chi you gain during the spark time:

15s*5chi*sparkedaps = chi during spark time

Then calculating the amount of time you need to spend to get the remaing chi:

Remaining time = (300-chi during spark time)/unsparkedaps

Then adding all the times together:

Spark cycle duration = 15s+remaining time + 3s

Heres a table of the times for fists, and % of the time sparked:

Base speed        Sparked speed     Attack cycle Duration    Attacks Sparked %   average aps   %imunity
4.00 (Aggresive)    5.00                   18s                 100%                 4.16        16.67%     	
4.00 (Defensive)    5.00		   15s	               100%                 3.33        20.00%
3.33 (Aggresive)    5.00	           18s                 100%                 4.16        16.67%
3.33 (Defensive)    5.00                   15s                 100%                 3.33        20.00% 
2.86                4.00                   18s                 100%                 3.33        16.67%
2.50                3.33                   21.95s              79%                  2.73        13.67%
2.22                2.86                   26.15s              65%                  2.30        11.42%
2.00                2.50                   29.50s              56%                  2.03        10.17%
1.82                2.22                   32.85s              50%                  1.83         9.13%
1.67                2.00                   36.00s              45%                  1.67         8.33%
1.54                1.82                   39.45s              41%                  1.52         7.60%
1.43                1.67                   42.50s              38%                  1.41         7.05%

When you hit 5.00 attacks/second, you can do what I like to call "aggresive mode" or "defensive mode". In agressive mode, you spark when your spark runs out meaning you're dealing more damage, and in defensive mode you spark when ever you can, sacrificing damage for more time being imune to damage and to heal 20% more often. The damage imunity may not seem like much, but the extra buffer of safety could add up to have IH stacked on you, or let your genie/charm recharge. You can easily go in between the two extremes and spark more often when you're in a bit of trouble, and spark less often (but still maintain your spark) to deal more damage, and/or use your spark to cancel bigger attacks.


Also, you get 15s of demon-spark awesomness, not 12. I showed this here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQbQXlZJKOs