Focus Stats?

Fina

Looking through balance.txt in the NSP folder, I found that each level of focus increases damage by 33%. With three levels of focus, how does the damage add up?

Method 1 : attack + 99%
Method 2 : attack + 33% +33% +33%

Skulk Bite
Base Damage : 75
lv3 Focus, Method 1 : 149
lv3 Focus, Method 2 : 176

Lerk Bite
Base Damage : 60
lv3 Focus, Method 1 : 119
lv3 Focus, Method 2 : 141

Gorge Spit
Base Damage : 25
lv3 Focus, Method 1 : 49
lv3 Focus, Method 2 : 58

Fade Claws
Base Damage : 80?
lv3 Focus, Method 1 : 159
lv3 Focus, Method 2 : 188

Onos Gore
Base Damage : 90?
lv3 Focus, Method 1 : 179
lv3 Focus, Method 2 : 211


For the record, the Shotgun does 17 damage per projectile and 10 projectiles per shot, which should equal out to 170 damage for a point plank shot. With a clip of 8, that's over 1300 damage. :o

im_lost

Probably method one. That's how regen works, anyway. 3% healing, 6%, then 9%.

a_civilian

Focus has been said to double damage at level 3, so method 1 seems the likely one. Also, assuming method 1, focus at level 3 actually multiplies damage by 2, rather than 1.99. If it multiplied it by 1.99, a single focused bite would be unable to kill a marine with level 0 armor, as a marine with level 0 armor has, effectively, 150 health.


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That amounts to little when you consider that the HMG contains in a single clip 2500 potential damage (although it is halved against structures).

Angelusz

lol @ point plank shot (plank = a word in dutch)


Well, a lvl3 focus skulk bite does 126 damage on a light armor marine.
The rest is taken by the armor.

In my first reaction i'd say method 2, but when you look at the results, prolly #1.

im_lost

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That amounts to little when you consider that the HMG contains in a single clip 2500 potential damage (although it is halved against structures). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You can empty a shotgun clip much faster than an hmg clip. Also, a shotgun can be had about 20 seconds after the game starts.

PolyMorph

Its the first one

PolyMorph

it says 149.3 in case you can't make it out

Alens_pwnzors

if u lvl 3 focus-bite (skulk) an unupgraded rine, hes dead