08-12-2004, 05:54 PM
If you have several items with poison damage, the rates add and the durations average.
For 100 over 7 seconds plus 10 over 3 seconds:
Rate 1 = 100/7 damage/second = about 14.3
Rate 2 = 10/3 damage/second = about 3.3
Total rate = about 17.6 damage/second
Duration 1 = 7 seconds
Duration 2 = 3 seconds
Average duration = 5 seconds
17.6 damage/second times 5 means a total of 88 damage over 5 seconds.
For 100 over 7 seconds plus 10 over 13 seconds:
Rate 1 = 100/7 damage/second = about 14.3
Rate 2 = 10/13 damage/second = about .8
Total rate = about 15.1 damage/second
Duration 1 = 7 seconds
Duration 2 = 13 seconds
Average duration = 10 seconds
15.1 damage/second times 10 means a total of 151 damage over 10 seconds.
I haven't personally examined poison dagger. However, from what I've read, the rate still adds, and the duration still averages, except that you don't count poison dagger as one of the sources. That is, if you have three poison damage charms, you'd normally add up the durations and divide by three. If you're using poison dagger, you add up all the durations (including that of poison dagger), but you still only divide by three, not four.
For 100 over 7 seconds plus 10 over 3 seconds:
Rate 1 = 100/7 damage/second = about 14.3
Rate 2 = 10/3 damage/second = about 3.3
Total rate = about 17.6 damage/second
Duration 1 = 7 seconds
Duration 2 = 3 seconds
Average duration = 5 seconds
17.6 damage/second times 5 means a total of 88 damage over 5 seconds.
For 100 over 7 seconds plus 10 over 13 seconds:
Rate 1 = 100/7 damage/second = about 14.3
Rate 2 = 10/13 damage/second = about .8
Total rate = about 15.1 damage/second
Duration 1 = 7 seconds
Duration 2 = 13 seconds
Average duration = 10 seconds
15.1 damage/second times 10 means a total of 151 damage over 10 seconds.
I haven't personally examined poison dagger. However, from what I've read, the rate still adds, and the duration still averages, except that you don't count poison dagger as one of the sources. That is, if you have three poison damage charms, you'd normally add up the durations and divide by three. If you're using poison dagger, you add up all the durations (including that of poison dagger), but you still only divide by three, not four.