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Originally Posted by Stormbird

You do realize they also drop in game, yes?

And that not all the sets are "zomgbillionz" priced? (Or, frankly, that they're even worth it?)

And that you can get them through other means? (Like running trials constantly, and I *believe* alignment merits?)

Originally Posted by FourSpeed

Well, it depends on the level.

For instance with L25 (I happen to know off the top of my head), Acc/Dmg,
you have a 20% damage component in that IO.

I don't know the rest of the set pieces (here at work), so, if you also took an
L25 Bruising Blow Acc/Dmg, and a Pulverising Fisticuffs Acc/Dmg, you'd have
3 set pieces that give you 60% Acc + 60% Dmg.

If you add a straight Dmg SO (33%) to that, you'd have 93%, and off the top of
my head, I think you'd get some slight ED effects (you're right at the edge with
that example).

If those were higher level set pieces, you'd definitely be in ED territory.


No, that's not a "soft cap". Soft Cap is a very specific term that basically means
adding more to a value won't add effectiveness. It commonly applies to Defense
where there is always a 5% chance to be hit, so adding more defense at that
point won't help.

Accuracy is the same way - Once you are 95% to-hit a mob, more accuracy
won't benefit you. You are allowed to add more accuracy, but it simply won't
give you a better number than 95%, no matter how much you add...


Regards,
4

PS> One other fine point to recall about ED - it doesn't ignore the benefit, it just harshly
penalizes/degrades amounts above the ED threshold... Adding a 4th and 5th SO
*would* raise the damage, but only by a miniscule amount (far less than the SO/IO
or slot is worth)

Originally Posted by Shadowe

Okay, assuming L35 enhancements, Smashing Haymaker adds 22.9% Dam for 3 of the enhancements, and 18.4% for one of them, totalling 87.1% enhancement to damage.

If you add an even level SO to that, you get another 33.3%, which would "normally" put it up to 120.4% enhancement.

However, ED reduces the effectiveness of any percentage past 70% for Schedule A (which Damage is), and the final enhancement bonus to damage of those equals 98.06%

If you only included the Smashing Haymakers, though, you would still be getting 85.39% Damage after ED. So that SO, which would be providing 33.3% Damage enhancement on its own, is actually only adding 12.67% - just over a third of its potential effectiveness.

Originally Posted by FourSpeed

In short, yes, if they're common IO's - If they're duals, or triples, probably not.

It is not 3 of a type that matters, but rather total enhancement percentage.

I'm sure someone will provide the appropriate P-Wiki link, but for Schedule A
enhancements (Acc, Dmg, etc) ED starts kicking in around 90% or so, and for
Schedule B, it's around 50% or so.


Regards,
4

Originally Posted by Vauluur

I think you may be confusing the general complaints of non melee ATs that there have been 3 new melee sets since Freedom launched (Street Justice, Titan Weapons, Staff Fighting) with there being 3 new sets coming in i22.

Titan Weapons has a confirmed December 6th release.

Staff Fighting, from my understanding, is tied to i22. However, that may not be true in the least bit as it is - again - just my understanding.

Originally Posted by RobertoLyon

If you're looking for precise numbers, no - but the servers are always listed on the Select Server screen in the following order:

-Server you last logged onto
-Least populated Server
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-Most populated Server (usually Freedom/Virtue)