What is a aps player/character/toon?

Ibitechu - Dreamweaver
Ibitechu - Dreamweaver Posts: 17 Arc User
edited February 2011 in Dungeons & Tactics
Hi,

I have seen people on the world chat and normal chat talking about how they need or are a # aps player.

What does this mean and how do i calculate what aps I am(can it be calculated in kitty form?)?
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  • Mirrani - Heavens Tear
    Mirrani - Heavens Tear Posts: 19 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    basically a player that spends gold and doesn't know how to play their class properly just buys -int gear and auto attacks then boasts about how great they are while they shove cheetos and mountain dew down their throat and blast linkin park b:surrender
    i cant find my signature b:cry
  • Ibitechu - Dreamweaver
    Ibitechu - Dreamweaver Posts: 17 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    So when someone is looking for a 4 or 5 aps class, they are looking for someone who has spent money and are willing to play while stuffing there face with junk food?

    Whats my name :3

    b:laugh
  • Mirrani - Heavens Tear
    Mirrani - Heavens Tear Posts: 19 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    lol attack per second you can see yours by looking at your attack rate on character screen you need gear with -interval on it the more the better including the 50mil cape the 10mil bracers the lvl 100 nirvana pants im not sure the cost and you need fist/claws or daggers as your weapons you wont have 4 or 5 aps unless you use demon spark or are in range of clerics heavens wrath skill which increases damage and attack/channeling rates....essentially barbs got screwed with aps unless you wanna restat to fists at 100 q.q
    i cant find my signature b:cry
  • Vitenka - Dreamweaver
    Vitenka - Dreamweaver Posts: 4,125 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    It means a sin, or a particular build of a BM.
  • SQUISHKASS - Sanctuary
    SQUISHKASS - Sanctuary Posts: 269 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    Almost any class (except cleric, wiz, psy & in some weird cases those too <.<) with a decent amount of -interval gear & fists or daggers.
  • sangodoc
    sangodoc Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2011
    APS = Attacks Per Second

    A high APS is gained by using a weapon with a high attack speed and as much -interval gear as possible. The game caps at 5 APS, even if your gear and skills/buffs should let you go higher.

    APS is calculated by dividing 1 by your weapon's Attack Speed, then subtracting any -interval bonuses you have, rounding to the nearest multiple of 0.05, and then dividing 1 by that result.

    So, for example, if you have a weapon with an Attack Speed of 1.27, 1/1.27=0.787.... With -interval bonuses totaling .4, then 0.787...-0.4=0.387..., rounds to 0.4, 1/0.4=2.5 APS. If you have a Demon Eruption, then that increases attack speed by 25% (for most melee classes and archer), so to include that, multiply the unrounded result by 0.75, and then round that. So 0.387...*0.75=0.290..., rounds to 0.3, and 1/0.3=3.333... APS when triple-sparking. (Please correct me if I made a mistake there, but I'm pretty sure the math is right.)
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