%Increased Area, how does it work with conical aoe's?

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silumit wrote:

(because let's face it, radius is what you use to measure your coverage, not "area").

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silumit wrote:

That's the problem I have with how new AoE modifiers work - square roots.
Before, if I have, say, 30% inc radius, and get another 20%, I can, you know, just instantly estimate - without any tools, just calculate in my head - what effect it will make on my aoe: 20/130 = about 15% more radius (because let's face it, radius is what you use to measure your coverage, not "area").
Now what I have to do in same situation but with "area" instead of "radius": sqrt(130+20)/sqrt(130)-1 = 7.5%. No fucking way I could do this without a calculator. In a meaningful amount of time, at least.
Now I understand to plan a build you use not only that but excel and other shit, but just to estimate an effect of one increase I now have to use external tools? This is wrong way to do it, GGG. I shudder to think what lies ahead if this is the path you've taken for solving modifier-stacking problems.