Stats are more broken than we thought

[Cairdeas]

There's a reason archers use the starter arrows at 50. You can throw away millions of gil and not bat an eyelash, so it's not because of being cheap, it's because there's almost no difference between the arrows beyond the arrow graphic.

Which points to two things.

1. The Math for damage is too complex (and probably one of the reasons theres so much lag in the UI.)
and
2. The Stats are useless because of the math.

Luckily they already said they were going to redo the math for damage with the auto attack release.

[AlexiaKidd]

I have to figure out how to compress it, it's a 3 GB .avi file that's only like 3 mins long ;_;

I use Windows Live Movie Maker to convert my Fraps videos to a more reasonable size before uploading to youtube and it's free ^^

[Shiyo]

Teach me? ;D We're on the same server, you never respond when I wave to you though ;_;

[Richard]

I call complete troll on this thread. I've been an ARC since day one alpha, mained it all the way through BG's NM farming. I can tell you with 100% certainty that there has always been a damage difference when using different bows/arrows. While the difference is VERY minimal it is there. There was always an increase in damage when moving from Oak Composite Bow > Crab Bow > Crab Bow +1 > +2 > and now my +3. The largest difference when switching between R1 vs R30/40 arrows is the Acc. The damage difference is MAYBE 5-10 points at best.

We've known that BASE Stats have been 99% useless from the start of the game. Especially for ARC, DEX does not increase critical dmg/chance or R.Acc, and STR does not affect WS dmg. STR does however have an invisible modifier which can be pushed past the soft cap of 174 to increase your regular shots (minimally). Stats that DO actually show a noticeable increase in anything are straight up Attack and Accuracy.

I'm not sure if you or your linkshell ever farmed Uraeus pre-nerf but I can tell you without a doubt that his DEF/EVA and HP cap have been lowered since, which is probably why you're seeing (similar) numbers on him as well as the other high5 NMs. Pre-nerf you never would have been able to post here with any sort of conviction to this theory. Also a 1-2 kill testing sample MAYBE goes through 1/3 of a stack of 999 arrows. This testing sample is much to small to conclude anything. I urge you to check out Test Central: Log Parse Results = MAX Attribute+Gear Effects and learn a few things about Stats before you make retarded posts. These forums are trolled enough.

[Shiyo]

It might only be NM's, I notice a difference in damage on normal mobs(Level 28 mobs). Either way, a damage cap on NM's is pointless and stupid, making the only challenging(lol not really) fights unaffected by gear is kind of odd.

I'm not trolling, I was doing the exact same damage on Ureus and the goblin, is the game trolling me then? :/

[viion]

all of stat rings are useless too

the fake +7 stats ring which giving you nothing

this is a big joke

I rather have Mythril wristlet, giving me more max hp for real

MND ring works on Cure

[Mega]

im with post #2, who cares. blah blah blah. come back with a vid or bare minimum screenshots. its not hard

[AlexiaKidd]

Teach me? ;D We're on the same server, you never respond when I wave to you though ;_;

Who me? I'm sorry ; ; I know we are on the same server (Lindblum ftw) and I do keep an eye out for forum members but I haven't seen you yet I don't think. My sister also plays on our server and her name is Alicia Kidd, a lot of people get us confused as we are both Miqo'te but she mainly plays Mage and I go DD.

If you have seen me and /waved I apologise and will keep a shaper eye out in future ^^

[Shiyo]

It was you, you were with alicia kid though.

[Ilean]

Encode it to h264 using avidemux, then upload to youtube?

Ok I just frapsed both weapons on the goblin NM, anywhere I can upload this vid to?