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Well, excuse me for thinking that the npc pointing out the mission objectives isn't actually just flavor text.

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one of myxoma's quests.

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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Rage always raises your damage by more than 1 damage since it ignores 45% of defense, unless they only have 1-2 defense. Or are you saying that in a 5 turn battle both players would rage anyways and the merc wouldn't get to their 2nd rage so the passive is essentially useless? In that case, yes it is somewhat useless as it didn't benefit you in a direct way. But mercs weren't really too far behind, most of the battles that I lost I just barely lost, and having rage a little sooner could have won it for me. We didn't want to buff mercenaries too much since they really weren't extremely under powered, we don't want to make another class crazy overpowered. And like I said, we can always adjust the numbers if needed.

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I'm not sure I understand what you're saying. Rage always raises your damage by more than 1 damage since it ignores 45% of defense, unless they only have 1-2 defense. Or are you saying that in a 5 turn battle both players would rage anyways and the merc wouldn't get to their 2nd rage so the passive is essentially useless? In that case, yes it is somewhat useless as it didn't benefit you in a direct way. But mercs weren't really too far behind, most of the battles that I lost I just barely lost, and having rage a little sooner could have won it for me. We didn't want to buff mercenaries too much since they really weren't extremely under powered, we don't want to make another class crazy overpowered. And like I said, we can always adjust the numbers if needed.

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Epic Duel Wiki

Rage:
[Formula] Filled Rage Bar = 40 + (2.5 * Level)
As an attacker, rage is gained at a rate of 110% of damage blocked + 1% per 4 support you have over the defender, up to a maximum rate of 125%. If at a support disadvantage, the minimum rate is 95%.
As a defender, rage is gained at a rate of 25% of the damage taken, +0.25% per 4 support you have over the attacker, up to a maximum rate of 29%. If at a support disadvantage, the minimum rate is 21%.