Updated Critical Attack Bonus

[Kirschy]

I didn't see a thread for this, so I thought I'd post it here. With the new update they adjusted the cap on Critical Attack Bonus from 50% to 100%. I have my test below:

First test was done outside Abyssea.
Ranger's new Dead Aim trait (+40%) + Brave Grip(3%) + Cavaros Mantle (+3%) + Loki's Body (5%) gives a total of 51%.

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6718/rngcrit1.png

273 * 1.25(Crit) = 341 Damage
341 * 1.51(Crit Bonus) = 514 Damage
514 * 1.24(Pierce Bonus) = 642 Damage *Matches*

My second test was done in Abyssea with Crit+ atma.
RR(+30%) + SS(+30%) which gives a total of 111% Critical Attack Bonus

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/2741/rngcrit2.png

273 * 1.25 = 341 Damage
341 * 2 = 682 Damage *Matches*

This testing shows that despite +111% Critical Attack Bonus, my ranged critical hits were only gaining 100% boost.

[Raksha]

/approves.

Thanks kirschy!

[Atomic_Skull]

I didn't see a thread for this, so I thought I'd post it here. With the new update they adjusted the cap on Critical Attack Bonus from 50% to 100%. I have my test below:

First test was done outside Abyssea.
Ranger's new Dead Aim trait (+40%) + Brave Grip(3%) + Cavaros Mantle (+3%) + Loki's Body (5%) gives a total of 51%.

RR+Dead Aim was only doing about double the damage of normal hits last night. I had no idea that Dead Aim was +40%, did they nerf RR with ranged attacks?

[Kirschy]

RR+Dead Aim was only doing about double the damage of normal hits last night. I had no idea that Dead Aim was +40%, did they nerf RR with ranged attacks?

It's still a 30% increase~

[Arcon]

Any idea if this applies to regular melee hits too? Could test this myself tomorrow. This would mean that, with my gear at least, RR, GH, SS is arguably a better DD combo than RR, GH, Apoc.

Here are the calculations for my THF (taking average values for one-handed pDIF):

Apoc:
TA rate: 34%
DA rate: 8% (5.3% after TA reduction)
=> 73% bonus damage
Crit rate: ~80% (this may require new testing now)
Crit damage: 138%
=> 143%*138% => 97% bonus damage
Total damage: 341% (assuming 0% to all of the above for the reference value)

SS:
TA rate: 19%
DA rate: 8% (6.5% after TA reduction)
=> 44% bonus damage
Crit rate: ~80% (this may require new testing now)
Crit damage: 168%
=> 143%*168% => 140% bonus damage
Total damage: 346% (assuming 0% to all of the above for the reference value)

And only after I finished these calculations I realized the TP gain from Apocalypse probably throws this off, although certain WS would gain a far greater boost from SS than Apoc (namely Evisceration), but it's almost 3AM and I've had a few, can't be bothered to calculate that now. Wouldn't even be surprised if the math was wrong, if you find errors, feel free to keep them.

[Kirschy]

The new cap for Crit Damage Bonus seems to apply to normal melee attacks too.

As for the new best atma to use, I'm waiting on more testing /w the crit rate changes. (There's a rumor floating around that the ddex relationship has a higher cap too!)