Hello All :)
I was looking over the EQ List, and I found myself with some questions about the damage listed. The way I understand the damage types: +1 dam is added to base damage before any modifiers/multipliers. Stab dam is a modifier added after the multiplier. But, does it just apply just to backstab/circle stab or to all stabbing weapon attacks? Circle dam is modifier for just the circle stab attacks. Also, is there a generic formula for the circle stab damage similar to the backstab formula? If so, what is it? Any help would be appreciated.
Methyx
Vagabond Monk
stab_dam only applies to stabs
circle_dam only applies to circle
do not know if there is a circlestab formula (would imagine there has to be) and never bothered to test it - really isn’t much circle_dam eq that’s worth wearing (arm clasp is about it).
I’m not really sure what the formula for this is either, though I have a feeling it is tiered in the same way backstab is, simply by the amount of damage it seems to do when I solo. It seems that circle greatly reduces the duration of battles. On the same note, other skills, such as trip, greatly reduce the amount of damage I suffer, so I often opt for these simply because the extra battle time isn’t nearly as long as I would spend regening… so I can run longer and kill bigger mobs.
I can tell you that as a prime thief, at level 40, I believe I’m supposed to have in the neighborhood of a 15x backstab multiplier, so +5 stab_dam is roughly equal to a +one-third dam piece of eq (+two-thirds if you’re level 20). On the other hand, I think I only have a multiplier of 3-5x on circle. This makes a +5 circle_dam item worth about a +1 or +2 dam piece of eq (+2 or +3 if you’re level 20).
The moral? I don’t think I’d wear stab_dam eq unless I had nothing else to wear in that slot. circle_dam on the other hand looks like it may have possibilities. Personally, I think it’s just bizzare to have things like +heal, +spell_dam, +circle_dam, and +stab_dam. These abilities actually LOSE value as you level, where +hit/+dam do not. I can honestly say I haven’t done much to try to acquire these items simply because I’m not a caster type and I don’t see how +circle_dam or +stab_dam has much positive impact on my character…