Mechanics thread

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Mark_GGG wrote:

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soul4hdwn wrote:

check if attack will hit
if true, check if crit.

is it like that, devs?

That's the old version.

Now, after determining if it would crit from the attacker's crit chance, it checks evasion again, and on a miss the hit avoids becoming a crit.

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RabidRabbit wrote:

Does the 2nd chance to evade critical strikes apply to monsters?

If so, the character screen dps hasn't been updated to account for it.


As an example, this is roughly what my wand witch has:

100 average damage per hit, 1 attack per second
80% chance to hit
60% to crit for 400% damage

Displayed dps is .8*.6*400 + .8*(1-.6)*100 = 224
Actual dps is .8*.6*.8*400 + .8*(1-.6)*100 = 185.6

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Parties

The maximum party size is 6 players.

Effect on monsters
Monsters gain 50% extra life for each additional party member after the first. For example, against a party of 3 players, monsters have double life.
The original life amount is used for the purposes of determining the length of stuns and status ailments from elemental damage - this means monsters will not be harder to stun/ignite/etc. when fighting in a party.

Effect on loot
Each player in a party after the first gives the equivalent of +50% item quantity modifier on drops. So a party of three will see twice as many drops as a lone character.
Increased Item Rarity & Quantity modifiers are only counted from the player who lands the killing blow.

Effect on experience
For a description on how experience is shared between players, see the level scaling section above. Only party members actually in the instance count toward getting XP. If one member is in town he gets no XP.
Experience is only shared with other players who are near you (roughly two screens). Monsters are still made harder by players elsewhere on the level.
Being in an are with a party member grants you a 30% experience bonus.
Monsters give +50% base XP for every party member after the first.

Effect on flasks
Only the character landing the killing blow on an enemy will gain flask charges. The same is true for all +life and +mana gained "when you deal a killing blow" modifiers.

Flasks have a +75% charge recovery bonus for each party member after the first.

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demivion wrote:

questions about being in a party:
so if my party members are slackers and stay in town, the mobs i'll be fighting are going to be much harder to kill but will the mobs experience and drops still be affected?

will loot drop that is reserved for them while they are in town?

a 30% experience bonus is applied for being near each other in a party, is that in addition to the 50% experience per party member?

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Spectruma wrote:

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demivion wrote:

questions about being in a party:
so if my party members are slackers and stay in town, the mobs i'll be fighting are going to be much harder to kill but will the mobs experience and drops still be affected?

will loot drop that is reserved for them while they are in town?

a 30% experience bonus is applied for being near each other in a party, is that in addition to the 50% experience per party member?

Not sure if this would work, but believe me. You won't survive long on your own if you're with 6 party members and you're the only one fighting.

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bibster1 wrote:

question about critical hits. Does the monster freeze on a critical hit even though you only have lets say 1-3 added cold damage in your weapon? same goes for lightning crit hits. (fire is ok cause its based on fire damage done).