Meso Explosion Blues.

To start off, these were my original obvservations.


I decided to test Devil's statement.


I also read through Xaile's thread about M.E. on SW. (from November 2006)
http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/showthre...?t=1123055

First thing I learned, the last five bags of mesos still don't do damage to a monster. I tested this by seperating fifteen bags and five bags and exploding both while one monster was on the five and another on the fifteen. The one on the five bags received no damage.

Second thing I learned is, the amount of the last five mesos, #16-20, does make a difference.
These are the damages I saw-

Fifteen x Amount with drops #16-20 as 10 Mesos : Damage
1ks: 10k-16k
5ks: 35k-45k
50ks: 50k-75k

Fifteen x Amount with drops #16-20 as 50k Mesos : Damage
1ks: 15k-20k
5ks: 45k-62k
50ks: 93k-132k

Fifteen 10 mesos with #16-20 as 50ks : Damage
10mesos : 700-900
At^ - I wanted to be sure that the last five meso bags weren't really doing damage, but were still adding to the damage of mesos #1-15.

I then decided to test the "Most effective damage" on Bigfoot. Three Bigfoot were used. Each started at full HP. (32m HP)

Bigfoot #1: 15x 8ks + 5x 10 Mesos. Total amount used: 8.2m Mesos.
Bigfoot #2: All 8ks Mesos. Total amount used: 9m Mesos.
Bigfoot #3: All 5ks Mesos. Total amount used: 7m Mesos.

*This leads me to ask, what do you personally consider the "most effective" mesos/damage? I use 5ks. A friend uses 3ks. Another friend is too pro for M.E. now.


I would like to request a Meso Explosion Damage Formula if possible.


[SIZE="1"]I don't know why I wasted so much mesos for this. It seems like nobody uses M.E. past Lv105.[/SIZE]

I will take this as my final answer: "Another friend is too pro for M.E. now."

In the end ME will be out-shadowed on bosses by assassinate/BS, but it is still probably the higher damage dealer until 140+. I wouldn't say that nobody uses it past 105 (people still ME gobies/Himes through 12x) as even I still do (MEing HT legs, and for kicks and giggles of course), but it definitely is not as good anymore. As said above, there are so many variables that it is hard to find an exact formula.