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Legendary Ash -> RE: Ranged is not a competitive damage type (12/31/2019 17:33:26)
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From its design, Ranged trades stat damage for BtH, it gives double the amount of BtH compared to Str/Int/Cha but gets 1/5 damage from Dex and 4/5 from Str.
If the Devs went about to make Dex and Str formulas the same for stat damage and BtH, they would be removing a flavor of attack type from the game, which is for Warriors the ability to choose between Melee and Ranged weapons for stat damage or BtH if their Str and Dex are not the same.
To see how Melee compares to Ranged through special proc rates, input the following formulas into Desmos calculator, note to view 20% proc as an example, look at .8 on the x axis.
Melee (x(.65(50+38.5))+((1-x).85*.885(100+10/(1-x)))/1.1
Ranged (x(.8(50+38.5*.2))+((1-x).85*.885(100+10/(1-x)))/1.1
I do recognize that Ranged weapons are particularly lacking in variety namely in special proc rates and status conditions compared to Melee and Magic weapons.
Mastercraft sets from more recent years have attempted to cater to more than one build in terms of attack types, they are still the primary source of items with status conditions next to Frostval season's weapons.
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