critical strike

masta_yoda

masta_yoda

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Join Date: Feb 2007

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what the damage multiplier when you crit .....anyone know

RPGmaniac

RPGmaniac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

From the wiki article on critical hits:

Whenever a critical hit with a weapon occurs, the damage done is equal to the maximum damage of the weapon multiplied by approximately √2(1.41 approx), the equivalent of striking for maximum damage with a weapon attribute 4 higher than actually possessed or striking a foe with a -20 armor penalty.

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Critical_hit

tehshadowninjar

tehshadowninjar

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Dec 2007

Nite

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I understood exactly nothing of RPGmaniac's post. Quit using smart people words!!! >.<

Jaigoda

Jaigoda

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

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Basically, a critical hit does 1.4 times the max damage of your weapon (so at 12 DM, you'd get 17*1.4=23.8, which I'm pretty sure would round up). You could do the same damage if you hit for the maximum damage with 4 more points in the weapon attribute (so a critical hit at 8 Mastery would be the same as a max damage hit at 12 mastery), or if the foe had 20 less armor (if someone had 40 armor instead of 60).

Kale Ironfist

Kale Ironfist

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Join Date: Jul 2006

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaigoda
Basically, a critical hit does 1.4 times the max damage of your weapon (so at 12 DM, you'd get 17*1.4=23.8, which I'm pretty sure would round up). You should use 4 decimal places (1.4142), which would end up with a damage of 24.0416, rounded down to 24 damage @ 12 Dagger Mastery.

This critical hit bonus is the effect of increasing your damage rating by 20. Increasing your damage rating is the same as reducing your foes armor by the same amount.

Put simply, imagine whenever you critical hit, the opponent has 20 less armor than normal, and you do the maximum damage in your damage range.

Then there's the effect of weapon mastery...

Jaigoda

Jaigoda

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Join Date: Oct 2007

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Kale, I was trying to keep it as simple as possible, as Tehshadowninjar was having troubles understanding. A lot of people here don't have a clue what damage rating or the armor multiplier is. While most of the veterans probly know them, they probably also know what the critical hit multiplier is as well.