Weapon upgrades..

[AegisXOR]

Does the damage added by weapon upgrades bypass defense in the same way free stat STR does?

I honestly have no idea, but the answer is very important for some research .-.

[Ivramire]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't even if it's been a while.


This is for enhancement right? Getting a weapon to +9 doubles the damage range you can inflict as stated on the weapon description. It however doesn't literally double the damage you do with actual spells/skills so defense is taken into account first.


If it's for stats from greens/blues, that also does not bypass defense.

[AegisXOR]

It's a good thing it doesn't, then, because it keeps all the weapon types relatively balanced. If it did, and I had been suspecting that it might, then a hell of a lot of axe fighters would be feeling pretty stupid right about now.

[Ivramire]

Think of it this way.


One of the Hellgait weapons that dropped recently had a range of about 5k to 6k damage. That's before +9. Now double that damage.


That's 10k-12k, 4-6k of damage that goes right past defense. If bonus damage from enhancement bypassed defense, it would break the game.

[AegisXOR]

Pardon me for not being intimately familiar with the stats of extremely high level items. :P

[Ivramire]

Uhh, sorry if I sounded blunt or something.


Typing fast because my internet connection is going to go at any time, so I can't exactly think of better ways to phrase it >__<