Quote Originally Posted by VZX View Post
You are assuming everyone that spam Shoha has Masamune



And what part you don't understand of "2.3k~2.4 when 2 hits landed" and "with just cruor buff" ?
Did I say 2 hits landed is ALL I had in 2 hours session? Did I say it was AVERAGE?
Not only this, and not only has VZX provided countless hours of research and information into weapon skills and how damage is actually calculated, but stating this:


"YOUR STR IS AUTO-CAPPED BY THE TIME YOU PUT ON CRUOR BUFFS"

You've automatically proven yourself incapable of understanding the WS dmg formula. I wonder what Shoha's mod is.

Oh wait, it's STR. Upwards of nearly 100%.

Crap, what's that damage formula again... directly from ffxiclopedia:

Damage = ( D + fSTR + WSC) * fTP * PDIF

Where
D: Base damage of your weapon (e.g., Espadon = 43)
fSTR: function of difference between your STR and target's VIT
WSC: Secondary attribute like STR 30% (30% of your STR) * alpha
fTP : TP Multiplier (See individual Weapon Skill)
PDIF: function of (your Physical ATK/target’s Physical DEF)
WSC = integer(any secondary attributes) * @ (which is .85 at 99? I forgot already)

so let's take a 110 dmg gkt for the hell of it. weapon rank is 12. (110/9 = 12 + remainder 2)

fSTR caps at 20 in this case (weapon rank+8). so (str-vit+4)/4 = 20, (str-vit+4)=80, str-vit = 76. you need a difference of 76 str vs the mob's vit to cap fSTR in the first place. Cruor buffs don't always cap you anyway, but that's still not my point.

so where were we?

(110 + 20 + WSC) * fTP * PDIF

And this is where the point of this whole exercise is. WSC. What's WSC? A flat bonus from certain attributes for every weapon skill. And guess what?

It doesn't cap.

So not only is he getting an extra almost 40 ATK for all that STR on an atma in the first place (remember that patch a long time ago in a land far away for 2hd weapon jobs? oh yeah), he's also getting an extra 40 STR that's used as a secondary mod for a almost 100% STR ws.

Going through the rest of this exercise is pointless; if you don't see it and you don't understand it, have fun continuing to be terrible at this game. I need to get back to my job.