Mechanics thread

I want to verify how modifier stacking works with evasion and iron reflexes.

Let's say I have:

• 1000 base evasion
• 1000 base armor
• 250 dexterity
• +50% evasion from passives
• +50% armor from passives

Somewhat realistic endgame figures, but hopefully easy to work with, as far as calculations go.

Then if I understand correctly, I have a 50% evasion bonus from dexterity, so I get (1000)(1+.5+.5) = 2000 evasion, which gets converted into armor. 1000 armor is added from items directly, for a total of 3000.

Then, the 50% armor bonus is applied to my 3000 armor, and I have a total of 4500 armor.

Is this correct?


Thanks!

No, it doesn't work like this :

1) Iron Reflexe Conversion

Base Evasion*(1+%Evasion+%Dex+%Armor)
1000*(1+0,5+0,5+0,5)=2500

2) Natural Armor
Base Armor*(1+%Armor)
1000*(1+0,5)=1500

3)Final Armor
2500+1500=4000

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Malice wrote:

This sword has 1 strength socket, 1 intelligence socket, and 2 dexterity sockets. Every socket is linked to every other socket. In this sword you could put:

• 4 skill gems. You would get access to 4 active skills.
• 3 skill gems and one support gem. You would get access to 3 active skills, and all three would be improved by the support gem.

Wait. If, on this weapon, I label the sockets this way:
1 (red socket) - 2 (blue socket)
3 (bottom-left green socket) - 4 (bottom-right green socket)

If I place a support skill on socket 3, do skills on socket 1 get this support skill too?
I thought it was only the sockets adjacent to a support skill that would benefit from it...

Every linked socket gets the support effect, as I understand.

Yeah but sockets with direct links or with indirect links too?

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Rhalph wrote:

If I place a support skill on socket 3, do skills on socket 1 get this support skill too?

Yes

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Rhalph wrote:

I thought it was only the sockets adjacent to a support skill that would benefit from it...

No, think of them as groups. Anything in a group will affect anything else in the same group.

Oooooh but that changes everything O_O

So a 4-slots helm is as useful with 3 links than with 4 links? That's great ^^

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Rhalph wrote:

Oooooh but that changes everything O_O

So a 4-slots helm is as useful with 3 links than with 4 links? That's great ^^

You will never find a 4-slot helm with 4 links. 3 Links is the maximum, and means that all the sockets are linked together.

I don't even want to count the number of orbs of fusing I wasted due to my ignorance :D

Maybe you should edit your post to make it more clear, I know I wasn't the only one to misanderstand that :)

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Rhalph wrote:

I don't even want to count the number of orbs of fusing I wasted due to my ignorance :D

Maybe you should edit your post to make it more clear, I know I wasn't the only one to misanderstand that :)

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3 skill gems and one support gem. You would get access to 3 active skills, and all three would be improved by the support gem.

I'm not sure how I can make it any clearer than that. What wording would you suggest?


@GGG, any chance of getting the diminishing returns formula for item rarity/quantity?