I was thinking of polishing up the combat system modifications I wrote (which are now in 0.2.6) in order to match them more closely to the real EQ ones, but I need more info!
The damage calculation I'm using is very simple, choose a random number between the min and max damage and use that. As we all know, EQ doesn't behave like that, you often hit for 'magic numbers' e.g. 2x weapon damage+1. That's what I'm trying to work out how to calculate.
Has anyone worked out how this is calculated? Or got any links to forums with discussion of the mathematics of it.
I'm also interested in formulae of how AC is used when determining damage mitigation/avoidance and the effect of ATK vs. AC. It's getting embarassing having a level 60 warrior being beaten up by a level 30 mob hitting for max damage every swing
I'm sure I've seen many a discussion of these topics on various message boards over the past 3 years, but I'm at a loss where to look now.
Any info appreciated
K.