2011-02-28, 06:42 AM
Usually the decision isn't 1 watt vs 1 STAT though.
It's usually do I get the pac with some % stat or the lvl 90cape with better %stat
There's a nice little way to figure out which one will be better.
Example:
You are deciding which cape is better for you. 11 att 0 dex 10% dex vs 0 att 10 dex 18% dex.
You have to total up everything but not your current cape (pretend you had none)
total att:130
total % dex:0
total dex: 500
^ These have to be done by hand (looking at equips +base dex) not by what's in your stat window. Since that will include % dex in it.
now you do ratios of new att/old att, 100+new % dex/100+old %dex , new dex/old dex
For the pac:
(130+11)/130 * (100+10)/100 * (500+0)/500 = 1.193 (meaning you'll do about 19.3% more damage than before)
For the 18% cape:
130/130 * 118/100 * 510/500 = 1.2036 (meaning you'll do about 20.4% more damage than before)
Edit: Guess I should also add this in, since it's obvious to me (since I've been doing a TON of calc like these) .... you would also want to compute these same values when your dex reaches 999 (assuming you went low dex. In that case the pac wins by like... .1% (x1.193 PAC vs x1.192 18% cape)
It's usually do I get the pac with some % stat or the lvl 90cape with better %stat
There's a nice little way to figure out which one will be better.
Example:
You are deciding which cape is better for you. 11 att 0 dex 10% dex vs 0 att 10 dex 18% dex.
You have to total up everything but not your current cape (pretend you had none)
total att:130
total % dex:0
total dex: 500
^ These have to be done by hand (looking at equips +base dex) not by what's in your stat window. Since that will include % dex in it.
now you do ratios of new att/old att, 100+new % dex/100+old %dex , new dex/old dex
For the pac:
(130+11)/130 * (100+10)/100 * (500+0)/500 = 1.193 (meaning you'll do about 19.3% more damage than before)
For the 18% cape:
130/130 * 118/100 * 510/500 = 1.2036 (meaning you'll do about 20.4% more damage than before)
Edit: Guess I should also add this in, since it's obvious to me (since I've been doing a TON of calc like these) .... you would also want to compute these same values when your dex reaches 999 (assuming you went low dex. In that case the pac wins by like... .1% (x1.193 PAC vs x1.192 18% cape)