04-01-2003, 09:45 AM
FenrisWulf,Apr 1 2003, 09:16 AM Wrote:Okay, I have a quick question, concerning ethereal weapons and ED from jewels.Since I just got unconfused, I will do my part and help unconfuse you!
When I was trying to figure a lot of this stuff out on my own (didn't know about this web page :D), I made this little test item: an ethereal superior Short Sword, socketed with a 25% ED Realgar Jewel. Going by the calculations on the Weapon Damage page (which match what I had assumed when starting my tests), I was looking at a damage of (((2-7) * (1.5)) + 1) * 1.25 + 1 max (superior bonus) = 5-15. What I got instead was:
Basically, I'm confused. Can anyone help explain this anomaly?
It seems that if the enhanced damage was not a part of the weapon prefix or suffix, the +1 stated in the guide does not get added when multiplying to get the final damage, even if you add a jewel or rune. So you formula will look actually like this:
[[(2-7) * (1.5)] * 1.25 + 1 max (superior bonus)] = 3-13
[] - rounded down
At least I think this is what happens... I seem to be very prone to confusion myself :unsure:
~lem