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Is there a reason that my body armor consistently loses durability much faster than any other piece? At least 2x the rate of loss...

 

I would normally ask you if you have the required sterngth to be wearing that piece of armor but I think there is a bug currently that isn't taking that into account, so therefor no reason at all to think of at the moment.

 

This is formula used by Ender. The difference for armours is the required str vs your str.

if ($difference > 0) {
    return min(0.25, max(0.025, 1 / (10 + $difference)));
} else {
    return min(0.25, max(0.025, 0.1 + $difference * -0.0025));
}

In short:

• Damage probability can range from 2.5% to 25%.
• Old formula is used if you meet the stats req.
• New formula is used if you don't meet the stats req.
• Shields take damage according to dex.
• Weapons take damage according whichever is higher of the str and dex req.

 

Interesting.

So ideally you would have 30 str more than the armor req you are using, if you want the dur loss to be 2.5%. Otherwise (if you have exactly the required stats) its 10%.

Thanks for the formula.

 

I guess "ideally" is not the right word. More strength in using equipment as soon as you can - you just have to pay for it.

 

Yes, you pay for it with up to 10 times more shopping and having to constantly be on the lookout for kudos.

 

The shopping time is the stinker there.

After level 90 kudos are pretty much nothing.

 

When you need about 6mill kudos per 200 fights just to repair armours it is not so nice. Unless there's a few int bots busy training close to your level it is easy to run out of cash.

 

When you need about 6mill kudos per 200 fights just to repair armours it is not so nice. Unless there's a few int bots busy training close to your level it is easy to run out of cash.

Where have you encountered this? it's not my experience that i have to replace armours after 200 fights, not even when i'm wearing them with 30 str short...
 

Saiyan is 60+ stats short for his weapons and 40+ stats short for his armors. That's what he means for 200 fights :P

 

thats his own doing..

 

100 fights just now, with 35 (boots), 30 (gloves) and 15 (body) str under armour requirements: this bot is dex and therefore most of my fights take 10-25 seconds and some even longer. Still i've lost less than 100 out of 800 dura for all those armours. So your 200 fights break limit seems a little over the top to me...

 

When you need about 6mill kudos per 200 fights just to repair armours

Don't just read, understand.

 

200 fights was just a random number I picked because it is the rape limit. On average, if wearing a corpsemourn and heraldic head/feet, repair costs come to around 30k per fight when missing 40+ stats. So 30000 x 200 = 6000000.

 

Oh and armours break after about 1000-1500 fights depending on the length of fights and the str requirement.

 

So you do actually lack a shitload of stats for your gear? You have balls in no short supply good sir, I tip my hat to you. :)

 

alright DNM, i guess i do need a reading course... :P

i guess it understood from this part that you did need to shop so often:

Yes, you pay for it with up to 10 times more shopping and having to constantly be on the lookout for kudos.

In which case i agree :) Good thing i have low str armours which also have low repair costs :D