Formula Confusion

[diablo1ks]

>Hi

>I was curious of finding out about the charicters naked damage
(with all stats maxed on level 50). I used Jarulf's Guide (obviously) and after looking at bare hands/kick damage i moved on to look at (bow charicter damage) and (melee charicter damage). I understand most of the formulas on J.G but this one I couldn't understand.

>To calculate the damage of a rogue using a bow it gave this formula
>>>> (Str+Dex)·clvl/200 <<<<

>I understand it all except for what the dot is meant to be representing.

>I'm sure that it's simple and that I'm just missing something anyway please reply if you understand it ! ;)

[dfn]

>>>> (Str+Dex)·clvl/200 <<<<

It means "times."

So the above is equivalent to (Str+Dex)*(clvl/200), if the * represents multiplication :)

[Nystul]

The dot is just a multiplication operator. You take (Str+Dex) and mulitply it times clvl, then divide by 200.

[diablo1ks]

>Oh I knew it would be something simple !

>But if it is a multiply then why isn't a more obvious key used like ( * ) ?

>Anyway thanx for the help B)

[Yogi_Baar]

>But if it is a multiply then why isn't a more obvious key used like ( * ) ?

Well, that little dot is the formal mathematical notation for multiplication, isn't it? It is here, anyway.