07-30-2003, 11:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-01-2003, 06:44 AM by MadScientist.)
After getting my hands on the new skills.txt and the real formulas how the damage of elemental skills is calculated I decided to write a little c-porgram to find the optimal distributions for skill points over the actual skill, the synergy skill(s) and (if applicable) the mastery skill for a given number of skill points to achieve the maximum average damage. I also wrote another routine that calculates where to put your next skill point starting from an initial configuration.
It seems that putting points in synergy skills does not really pay off unless the level of the original skill is very high and where masteries are concerned only the first point is very important and maxing the original skill is most often the primary objective as well.
For your amusement the result for the sorceress' Chain Lightning (if you are interested in more results just post)
[edit] deleted that - use my calculator [/edit]
The Mad Scientist
It seems that putting points in synergy skills does not really pay off unless the level of the original skill is very high and where masteries are concerned only the first point is very important and maxing the original skill is most often the primary objective as well.
For your amusement the result for the sorceress' Chain Lightning (if you are interested in more results just post)
[edit] deleted that - use my calculator [/edit]
The Mad Scientist