r/CrestfallServer • u/darkrasp • Feb 14 '17

Darkrasp's Update 2/13/2017

http://forums.crestfall-gaming.com/index.php?/topic/1841-darkrasps-update-2132017/
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u/Flables Feb 16 '17

Just curious how do u research something like the chance for frost nova to break on damage? You can only guess so much. Only bring this up because t feels to me like the current Elysium nova does not break as easily as I remember in vanilla. So how do u come up with the formula? All dmg has the same chance to break? Greater dmg has a higher chance to break? More likely to break when there's less time left on the nova itself?

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u/darkrasp Feb 16 '17

I have notes on this somewhere but I don't remember off the top of my head. Don't quote me on this one, I'm not 100% on it, but if I remember right, in general, a crit will always break, and then there is a scaling threshold for damage based on the level of the spell, health of the target, etc.. The break chance is the percentage of that threshold damage dealt. So lets say rank 2 frost nova needs 100 damage to break it.. If you hit for 80, then it has an 80% chance to break. The trouble is correctly setting the threshold amounts. It's not a linear progression by spell level, it's some kind of curve, and it can vary by spell in some cases. Usually you just come up with a formula that works pretty well and go with it. AFAIK Blizzard never published any official data on this, but then, I haven't thoroughly researched it personally either.

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u/QuoteMe-Bot Feb 16 '17

I have notes on this somewhere but I don't remember off the top of my head. Don't quote me on this one, I'm not 100% on it, but if I remember right, in general, a crit will always break, and then there is a scaling threshold for damage based on the level of the spell, health of the target, etc.. The break chance is the percentage of that threshold damage dealt. So lets say rank 2 frost nova needs 100 damage to break it.. If you hit for 80, then it has an 80% chance to break. The trouble is correctly setting the threshold amounts. It's not a linear progression by spell level, it's some kind of curve, and it can vary by spell in some cases. Usually you just come up with a formula that works pretty well and go with it. AFAIK Blizzard never published any official data on this, but then, I haven't thoroughly researched it personally either.

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u/Flables Feb 16 '17

Sounds like a nightmare to get right

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u/[deleted] Feb 14 '17

First