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Arkena Wyrnspire
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Posted - 2015.09.29 22:19:00 -
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This only required one thread.
Additionally, that is not how maths works.
It's not a 28% increase because the number is 4x as large. It's a 7% increase on a number 4x larger.
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Arkena Wyrnspire
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Posted - 2015.09.29 22:28:00 -
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deezy dabest wrote:
Lets say 100 as base damage
100 * .07 = 107
107 * 4 = 428
400 * 1.07 = 428
See how that works? The fun of percentages.
The effective result of a 7% damage mod on a fully charged ScR is still 28% no matter how you try to look at it.
That isn't a 28% increase.
A 28% increase on your 400 damage charge shot would be 512.
A 7% increase on your 400 damage charge shot is 428 - your actual result.
Yes, a charge shot has more damage than a standard shot. This does not magically change percentages - you are still receiving exactly the same percentage effect, just on a higher initial number.
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Arkena Wyrnspire
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Posted - 2015.09.29 23:11:00 -
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deezy dabest wrote:
Is it not still a 28 point damage increase versus any other weapon which would only receive 7 no matter what?
You may not agree with my phrasing but the numbers are the numbers. The scrambler gains FAR more benefit from damage mods than any other weapon which seriously negates the profile which is suppose to be the primary draw back.
The scrambler rifle gains exactly the same benefit from damage mods as any other weapon. In the case of a complex light damage mod, this is 7%.
It is 7% whether the damage is 3, 50, 100, 21302139 or eleventy-bajillion.
It's not a matter of phrasing. It's just wrong. 400 --> 428 is not a 28% increase, even if there's a pretty '28' on the end.
A number having 4 times the magnitude of another number does not mean that percentages applied to that number will also be 4 times the magnitude. It means that the increase in value of the number is 4 times the magnitude - not the percentage increase in value of the number.
This isn't phrasing. This is a significant difference.
What you have proven here is that a number that is 4 times the magnitude of another number is, when the same percentage increase is applied to both numbers, still 4 times the magnitude of another number.
That is to say, 100*4 = 400.
100*4*1.07 = 400*1.07.
The percentage is unchanged.
Do you understand now?
Arkena Wyrnspire aka "British Khorne" - Cross Atu
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