Androdion 875 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 So the actual lines are (on balance.txt): IsRuneForHero = 400, (40% chance that a rune will drop for your class) IsUsableByHero = 700, (70% chance that gear drop will be usable by your class) Guess my memory isn't half bad after all! 1 Link to comment
Hooyaah 2,817 Posted April 5, 2019 Author Share Posted April 5, 2019 6 hours ago, Androdion said: So the actual lines are (on balance.txt): IsRuneForHero = 400, (40% chance that a rune will drop for your class) IsUsableByHero = 700, (70% chance that gear drop will be usable by your class) Guess my memory isn't half bad after all! If the lines above are changed in balance.txt to: IsRuneForHero = 1000, = 100% chance that a rune will drop for your class* IsUsableByHero = 1000, = 100% chance that gear drop will be usable by your class* * (margin of error +/- 1%) 1 Link to comment
Androdion 875 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Yeah, pretty much. But it still won't make the game drop ranged weapons if you're using that skill, it just won't drop gear that's specific to other classes (eg. SW's double-handed hammers, TG's batteries, etc.). It makes your life easier since more loot equals a better chance of having better loot for yourself, but it still won't make the game drop lightsabers all the time even if you're dual-wielding them and running a heavy WIL build. OK, so that was an example too long. Sorry, I need to sleep now. 1 Link to comment
Durmir 7 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) I am starting to feel sorry I am asking that many questions, but I have a couple of new ones... I don't know whether they belong here or in the dryad sub though, as they both are related to her... One is related to Twisted Torment: I have read some guides, and this CA, when used, is always modded to gold included. But if the wiki is correct, the damage output of the skill is so low, the gold mod will be barely noticeable. I intend therefore to skip it and save some precious skill points for something else. Am I missing something in regards to guides? Viperish Disease: I am quite happy to see this skill was fixed with the cm patch, as I remember it as a "1-cast-kills-the-whole-map" nasty kind of exploit. Now the question is: how is this skill balanced? The patch note says it was balanced, but I could not find how. If I intend to use this skill, what would it be for and how should I mod it? In the worst case scenario, intuitively it looks like relapse/headhunter/contaminate would make for a fantastic headhunting CA (provided it can kill, or at least help killing significantly enough), but if the damage is significant enough even on single targets, would bronze gangrene and gold gouge be better options? I.e: should I still use this skill for mass murdering mobs, headhunting or boss sniping? Cheers Edited April 5, 2019 by Durmir Typo Link to comment
dark471 20 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 All right, this is also a relatively simple question, and even perhaps a bit silly, especially coming from someone who's been playing the game for years. But hell, I ain't proud. he, he Say you have a sword whose description says "Modifier Sword Weapons" (in red). Does that mean that none of the bonuses of this sword apply to your character unless you take the skill Sword Weapons? This something I'm sure I should know by now, but I've been a rather "casual" player 'til recently but now it seems I need to know for sure all these little things. Link to comment
Hooyaah 2,817 Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 3 hours ago, dark471 said: All right, this is also a relatively simple question, and even perhaps a bit silly, especially coming from someone who's been playing the game for years. But hell, I ain't proud. he, he Say you have a sword whose description says "Modifier Sword Weapons" (in red). Does that mean that none of the bonuses of this sword apply to your character unless you take the skill Sword Weapons? This something I'm sure I should know by now, but I've been a rather "casual" player 'til recently but now it seems I need to know for sure all these little things. That is correct. None of the bonuses from "Modifiers Sword Weapons" will be bestowed upon a character for which the said skill has not been chosen. 1 Link to comment
dark471 20 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 KK, thanks for clearing that up for me. Now another question - and this one's a biggie. he, he How do I change my avatar? 1 Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 3 hours ago, dark471 said: All right, this is also a relatively simple question, and even perhaps a bit silly, especially coming from someone who's been playing the game for years. But hell, I ain't proud. he, he Say you have a sword whose description says "Modifier Sword Weapons" (in red). Does that mean that none of the bonuses of this sword apply to your character unless you take the skill Sword Weapons? This something I'm sure I should know by now, but I've been a rather "casual" player 'til recently but now it seems I need to know for sure all these little things. That just lets you know what skill controls the weapon. In other words, it tells you which weapon lore skill you would need to take to boost attack value and attack speed, and also which skill would unlock modifiers. So in this example: You'd still get all the modifiers, even though you don't have the skill (note that it's in red). The game's just letting you know if you want to boost your speed and attack you need that skill. Not every weapon has locked modifiers, you can always tell them because they're in red, like so: In this case, Chance to stun opponents and Combat Values (attack and defense) won't be granted unless you take the Hafted Weapons skill. But Chance for Freeze would still work. 1 Link to comment
dark471 20 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 All right then. Now I'm set on that - thanks. Link to comment
gogoblender 3,068 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 1 hour ago, dark471 said: KK, thanks for clearing that up for me. Now another question - and this one's a biggie. he, he How do I change my avatar? yay.. something I can answer... If you go into your profile... and click on your avatar.. .does it show you an option to upload an avatar? gogo 1 Link to comment
dark471 20 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Man, I'm batting 1000 today with you guys. he, he Thanks, gogo! Link to comment
Mare 79 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 1 hour ago, dark471 said: Man, I'm batting 1000 today with you guys. he, he Thanks, gogo! Good profile picture, man! comrade! 1 Link to comment
ameaeth 50 Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 (edited) Hi, very good topic! On 4/2/2019 at 1:21 PM, Androdion said: It's not, that info on the Wiki is dead wrong. I've just tested it out of curiosity and these are the values I get for CA level/reflect chance. This is valid with CM 1.60, no idea about vanilla. 1 - 25,2% 40 - 39,4% 132,6 - 58% 142,6 - 59,5% Regarding this, it'd be really really convenient for character planning and min/maxing if we'd have this kind of information for all CA's values. I know this would be a huge project but with enought support of volunteers willing to take one or more skills to check, I believe we'd gather the data in no time. All we need is a standardized approach that everyone follows, I.e. same game version, CMP, etc. Edit: Mechanics question: Does Ancient Magic have an effect on physical damage of Spell Combat Arts? Edited November 9, 2019 by ameaeth Link to comment
ameaeth 50 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Hi, Quick question, does Ancient Magic have an effect on physical damage of Spell Combat Arts? Link to comment
Androdion 875 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 I have no idea what the code says but Ancient Magic does "+% damage" to spell based CAs, so going by logic I'd say it affects all the damage channels present in a spell based CA. 1 Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Ancient Magic should apply to all five damage channels, so long as the source is a spell-based combat art, yes. 1 Link to comment
ameaeth 50 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Another short question, is 'execution speed' from aspect lore skills the same as cast/attack speed (depending on weapons or spell based)? Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 14 minutes ago, ameaeth said: Another short question, is 'execution speed' from aspect lore skills the same as cast/attack speed (depending on weapons or spell based)? Yes indeed. 1 Link to comment
ameaeth 50 Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 Thanks Flix! Another thing I noticed is a change in the sacred 2 wiki for Magic Coup - Steal Mana and Jolting Touch - Voltage. If I remember correctly those two before got 5% + 0.x% per CA level rph or something like that. Was there a change made to these CA's mechanics? Link to comment
Popular Post Flix 5,116 Posted June 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2020 3 hours ago, ameaeth said: Thanks Flix! Another thing I noticed is a change in the sacred 2 wiki for Magic Coup - Steal Mana and Jolting Touch - Voltage. If I remember correctly those two before got 5% + 0.x% per CA level rph or something like that. Was there a change made to these CA's mechanics? No the Wiki was wrong, there's no such thing as percentage-based regeneration per hit. The Wiki was changed in order to correct this. 1 1 Link to comment
ameaeth 50 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I see, I found another % reduction reference remaining in Jolting Touch "Recharges combat arts: 5.0% (Regen per hit effect)" Link to comment
ameaeth 50 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 The Ancient Magic mastery, does it have an effect even for weapon based CA, in that it indirectly increases damage by reducing opponent's immunities? Link to comment
Androdion 875 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 That's a sound logic, but what CA is on your mind for that? I don't think you'll reap much out of that investment to be honest, but now I'm curious. Link to comment
Flix 5,116 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 5 hours ago, ameaeth said: The Ancient Magic mastery, does it have an effect even for weapon based CA, in that it indirectly increases damage by reducing opponent's immunities? No. It only applies its effects for spell damage-based combat arts (those that have the flag causesSpellDamage = 1, in their spell entry). 1 Link to comment
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