09-23-2003, 11:06 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-23-2003, 11:11 AM by whereagles.)
As far as I know, up to 1.09 cold mastery always worked as a percentage reduction.
Example: target has 150% resists, cold mastery is 80% piercing, so final resist is 150*(1-0.8)=30%. A straight reduction would make final resist 150-80=70%.
Also, in 1.09, in all cases percentage reduction came after straight reductions. For instance, 50% damage reduction and -20 damage (say, amulet of everlasting) would apply to a 170 damage blow as this: 170 (apply -DR) -> 170-20=150 (apply %DR) -> 150*0.5=75 final dam. If it were the other way around, you'd have 170*0.5=85 -> 85-20=65 final dam.
If 1.10 works the same way, you'd be looking at..
1. Apply lower resist and -target cold resist
2. Apply cold mastery
So.. you do 1000 damage to a monster of 180 cold resist, under 50% lower resist and 10% to target cold resist, and 50% cold mastery. Monster will have
1. 180-50-10=120%
2. 120*0.5=60% final cold resist
Your 1000 damage spell does 400 damage in the end to a monster who was initially immune. Suppose you didn't have a lower resist wand. Then it would be
1. 180-10=170%
2. 170*0.5=85% -> higher than 75%, monster remains immune
You'd be doing zero damage without the LR wand.
Of course, all this uses 1.09 algorithms. Someone could perhaps check if the algorithms remain. Jarulf did this for 1.09, so he prolly knows which .mpq to crack.
Example: target has 150% resists, cold mastery is 80% piercing, so final resist is 150*(1-0.8)=30%. A straight reduction would make final resist 150-80=70%.
Also, in 1.09, in all cases percentage reduction came after straight reductions. For instance, 50% damage reduction and -20 damage (say, amulet of everlasting) would apply to a 170 damage blow as this: 170 (apply -DR) -> 170-20=150 (apply %DR) -> 150*0.5=75 final dam. If it were the other way around, you'd have 170*0.5=85 -> 85-20=65 final dam.
If 1.10 works the same way, you'd be looking at..
1. Apply lower resist and -target cold resist
2. Apply cold mastery
So.. you do 1000 damage to a monster of 180 cold resist, under 50% lower resist and 10% to target cold resist, and 50% cold mastery. Monster will have
1. 180-50-10=120%
2. 120*0.5=60% final cold resist
Your 1000 damage spell does 400 damage in the end to a monster who was initially immune. Suppose you didn't have a lower resist wand. Then it would be
1. 180-10=170%
2. 170*0.5=85% -> higher than 75%, monster remains immune
You'd be doing zero damage without the LR wand.
Of course, all this uses 1.09 algorithms. Someone could perhaps check if the algorithms remain. Jarulf did this for 1.09, so he prolly knows which .mpq to crack.