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  1. 02-06-2015 10:20 AM #1
    Exodus-E
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    16 mobs at once?
    That's kind of an arbitrary number for a multi-kill limit...wonder if there's some kind of logic behind it.
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  2. 02-07-2015 12:03 AM #2
    Magis
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    Quote Originally Posted by Exodus-E View Post
    16 mobs at once?
    That's kind of an arbitrary number for a multi-kill limit...wonder if there's some kind of logic behind it.
    Doesn't sound too arbitrary, it's a power of two which most data maxes out at.
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  3. 02-07-2015 01:03 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Magis View Post
    Doesn't sound too arbitrary, it's a power of two which most data maxes out at.
    That was my thought as well. I'd have been more surprised if the cap WASN'T a power of two. Powers of two are Magical in Computer Science!
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  4. 02-07-2015 01:15 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by LineageRazor View Post
    That was my thought as well. I'd have been more surprised if the cap WASN'T a power of two. Powers of two are Magical in Computer Science!
    Don't forget power of two minus one.
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  5. 02-07-2015 01:55 AM #5
    Magis
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nekodar View Post
    Don't forget power of two minus one.
    Of course, 0 based numbering ftw!
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  6. 02-07-2015 06:00 AM #6
    LineageRazor
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nekodar View Post
    Don't forget power of two minus one.
    Quote Originally Posted by Magis View Post
    Of course, 0 based numbering ftw!
    Well, naturally. Gotta collect all 255 missles for total completion!
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  7. 02-07-2015 10:28 AM #7
    Nekodar
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    Quote Originally Posted by LineageRazor View Post
    Well, naturally. Gotta collect all 255 missles for total completion!
    I only ever managed to get 250... failed to find the last upgrade to 255
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