Haste and You... A guide to the misinformed.

[Gokku]

necro bumping this so it stays fresh

[Leonlionheart]

Can we petition this to be stickied?

[Gokku]

Bump of Sticky please

[Vold]

Bump of Sticky please

Stop eff'n bumping dead threads. People who have sense already use haste. People that don't care DO NOT care. Let this die already.

[Gokku]

the thread has 33000+ views people use it , its good info if anything should be bumped it should be this thread

[Karbuncle]

I think this thread frankly should not die.

Even if we manage to make only 1 person a day see this thread and go "Now i understand why haste is important!" Then we've accomplished something amidst the idiocy and bickering.

Theres nothing more we can ask.

[SpankWustler]

Then we've accomplished something amidst the idiocy and bickering.

As a B-list super-villain whose goal is to cause idiocy and bickering, this saddens me.

It saddens me more that I put my spandex body suit on backwards this morning, so my terrifying alias "Mind Melter" is hidden by my polka-dotted cape and the seat is riding up in ways viler than my most insidious plot.

Putting your pants on the right way is almost as important as wearing pants with Haste on them during your TP phase!

[Eric]

I love haste. I have some with my breakfast. I use it while studying, showering, and talking on the phone. Sometimes I even put it into my mixed drinks. If I'm feeling really adventurous I use it when I go to parties.

Haste is amazing. It's completely changed my life.

[Soranika]

I'm confused.... Maybe cause I've played games in the FF franchise for years to know that Haste = awesome so I never under rate it, but I don't get how some would actually think that haste gave a damage bonus.

[SpankWustler]

I'm confused.... Maybe cause I've played games in the FF franchise for years to know that Haste = awesome so I never under rate it, but I don't get how some would actually think that haste gave a damage bonus.

You maybe have misread something, so I'll summarize in clearer language:

Attacking at twice the normal rate (this happens at 50% Haste) results in twice as much damage. You can weapon skill twice as frequently as well.

Attacking at five times the normal rate (this happens at 80% Haste) results in five times as much damage. You can weapon skill five times as frequently as well.

As you can see, the increase is not linear. Because of how the equation works, Haste becomes significantly more awesome as the value increases.

Even though it's difficult to eyeball the effect of small amounts of Haste, since it has no effect on the damage of each individual hit, it is often the most helpful buff for any brave soul hitting a thing with a thing.

Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf lived happily ever after, even though some old dude on FOX News called their marriage an abomination.

~THE END~