Mechanics thread

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Zakaluka wrote:

The wording here is very important, kissan.

"You take 15% less extra damage from critical strikes"

In a 150% crit, the 50% is the "extra damage".

If you have 30% "less extra damage from critical strikes", you end up taking: 100% + 50% * ( 1 - 30% ) = 135%. General formula would be slightly more complex.

Weaker than it would seem at a quick glance, but they're still very worthwhile points.

Ok, after a check it works like you say this since 0.9.5.

How does shock duration increase works from added lightning damage and shock nova?

If my shock nova trigger it's shock (from quality, not critical), does it gets the bonus duration from the added lightning damage quality bonus? Is the chance to shock on hit simply added together and trigger only if lightning damage is dealt?

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faerwin2 wrote:

How does shock duration increase works from added lightning damage and shock nova?

If my shock nova trigger it's shock (from quality, not critical), does it gets the bonus duration from the added lightning damage quality bonus? Is the chance to shock on hit simply added together and trigger only if lightning damage is dealt?

Can you link the gems you're talking about so I can see the wording of it?

nope, I can't :p

The wiki says "Each percentage of quality adds +1% Shock duration on enemies." Well that's fairly useless.

Let's assume 20% quality is "20% increased shock duration." That'd make the most sense to me. If that's the case:

1) You cast shock nova, 10% chance to shock with quality, 13% chance to shock with EW, so like 23% chance to shock.

2) Game calculates base shock duration from nova damage + added lit damage and mob health. I'm pretty sure you already know how that works :)

3) Final shock duration = base shock dration * ( 1 + sum of all increased shock duration bonuses )

10% from shock nova.
20% from added lightning damage.
If you are running prolif, 10%.

Seems like a nifty idea, you'll be doing more lit with the gem to begin with, and more lit because of EW, so base shock duration gets longer then multiplied by 130% afterwards. Might I suggest trying proliferation with this, so your shock nova triple-shocks everything whenever you fire on a large pack.

If it says "20% more shock duration..." well, then, it works completely differently. But I doubt it says that.

I got a lot of information from this thread, thank you! :]

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GueulEclator wrote:

I have a question about the minions : are the minions affected by auras/buff? Can you buff your minions with the active skills you use to buff your party?

They are affected by auras, but they are not considered party members. So they don't get charges when using conduit, for instance.

Thank you for this share, Malice.

coming from here (http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/52383), could you please add the actual behaviour of map drops?