02-29-2008, 06:31 PM
Since the advent of weapon calculators, I've had increasing difficulty finding basic information about how to calculate attack speeds. To be clear at the outset, I don't want a link to a calculator, I want to know how the calculators work.
I'd like an equation that, when I plug in the weapon speed, equipment IAS, skill IAS, and the base number of animation frames for a particular weapon type, returns the the number of frames an attack with that weapon will require. I've seen the formula 120*IAS(120+IAS) - WS + SIAS, but without knowing exactly how the effective IAS so calculated modifies the frames, I don't see how to use it. Also, are the tables of the base frames by class and weapon type still up on the web somewhere?
If such a thing doesn't exist, how do the calculators work? A massive look-up table? If so, is there anywhere I can just access the look-up table directly without having to repeatedly vary the parameters in a calculator?
I'd like an equation that, when I plug in the weapon speed, equipment IAS, skill IAS, and the base number of animation frames for a particular weapon type, returns the the number of frames an attack with that weapon will require. I've seen the formula 120*IAS(120+IAS) - WS + SIAS, but without knowing exactly how the effective IAS so calculated modifies the frames, I don't see how to use it. Also, are the tables of the base frames by class and weapon type still up on the web somewhere?
If such a thing doesn't exist, how do the calculators work? A massive look-up table? If so, is there anywhere I can just access the look-up table directly without having to repeatedly vary the parameters in a calculator?