2014-12-03, 09:49 PM
umm . . . here's the short answer . .. take the higher %u0025 attack
a bit longer explaination . . .
due to the way the damage formula is set up you pretty much take whatever it gives you and then multiply that by your % attack and then by your % total damage, but since multiplication is commutative (i think that's the correct mathematical term for it) you can just multiply the sum of your % total damage and %attack first to see what it does to your range. play around with the numbers a bit and you'll quickly realize that you get the most range boost from having those to figures equal or as close as possible as you can get them. However this only applies to mobs . . . % boss is added to % total damage so that just screws up your balance that you'd go for if your aiming to cap on mobs only . . . if you're aiming to do the most damage on bosses you aim for % attack since there are many sources of % boss such as hyper skills, 4th job skills or even before that for some jobs, nebulites, potential, equipment set effects, base stats on fafnir/ Sweetwater, Link skills, character cards, . . . . . you get the point. Sooooooo to max out your damage just ignore total damage unless you're aiming to cap on mobs and bosses and on chaos vellum WITH range to spare for a new damage cap . . . in which case you can afford to lose some % attack and do % total damage, but that's mostly for the big spenders who KNOW what they need and have crunched the numbers . . . and most of those guys just go % attack anyways. Personally i WAS going to take some % total damage in my potential and bonus potential until my % attack buff got switched to a % damage buff and my hyper skill was changed to % damage (my main is a DA) but that screwed with aim for near balanced total damage and attack so i just changed the aim to % attack instead.
a bit longer explaination . . .
due to the way the damage formula is set up you pretty much take whatever it gives you and then multiply that by your % attack and then by your % total damage, but since multiplication is commutative (i think that's the correct mathematical term for it) you can just multiply the sum of your % total damage and %attack first to see what it does to your range. play around with the numbers a bit and you'll quickly realize that you get the most range boost from having those to figures equal or as close as possible as you can get them. However this only applies to mobs . . . % boss is added to % total damage so that just screws up your balance that you'd go for if your aiming to cap on mobs only . . . if you're aiming to do the most damage on bosses you aim for % attack since there are many sources of % boss such as hyper skills, 4th job skills or even before that for some jobs, nebulites, potential, equipment set effects, base stats on fafnir/ Sweetwater, Link skills, character cards, . . . . . you get the point. Sooooooo to max out your damage just ignore total damage unless you're aiming to cap on mobs and bosses and on chaos vellum WITH range to spare for a new damage cap . . . in which case you can afford to lose some % attack and do % total damage, but that's mostly for the big spenders who KNOW what they need and have crunched the numbers . . . and most of those guys just go % attack anyways. Personally i WAS going to take some % total damage in my potential and bonus potential until my % attack buff got switched to a % damage buff and my hyper skill was changed to % damage (my main is a DA) but that screwed with aim for near balanced total damage and attack so i just changed the aim to % attack instead.