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Soft trinity : Damage, Control and Support

Obtain an understanding of how refined the combat system work, and use that knowledge to write compelling and exhaustive articles on damage, control, support and other associated mechanics.

Contributors Please feel free to add your name here if you are helping or want to help. Leonim A_Liability - currently working on Compassion to health regen/rejuvi/heal calculations Calbus731 - working on the support tree topics. Methodology Use the talk page to discuss the necessity and state of articles shown in the progress section below. In this case, you may want to include on this page a {{Verify|<debated topic>}} as a markup. Progress Combat Attributes (see below for normal progression) Tier 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Level 1 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Attribute 24 62 124 206 308 430 572 784 916 Equipment at level 80 (Hall of Memories) : Weapon strength : For PvP sets, maximum is around 920 for off-hand, 1020 for most others, 1120 for 2H melee, then the rifle at 1224. Steady weapons have a unique damage value between 107 and 135 depending on the weapon type (equivalent to level 1 starting equipment, without the varying damage range). Weapon speed : ? Armor defense : (coat • leggings • boots and gloves • helm/breather and shoulders) Heavy armor (PvP) : 1230 (30% • 20% • 2x15% • 2x10%) Medium armor (PvP) : 1084 (32% • 20% • 2x15% • 2x9%) is the reference for mitigation. Light armor (PvP) : 937 (34% • 21% • 2x14,5% • 2x8%) (Starter) : 75 Amulet : choices among the PvP amulets allow to spec in one go, by heavily boosting one main attribute (+813) and two secondary (+530), since other pieces of equipment are blank from bonus. Upgrade components Skills Traits Damage Damage or the best ways of pummeling those Health bars to zero. Direct damage : weapon skills, slot skills Condition Damage :  Bleeding,  Burning,  Poisoned Falling damage Life stealing Life sacrifice Hit or Miss “ Opportunities multiply as they are seized. — Sun Tzu No mandatory targeting, but still target(s) hit or missed : Target, Ground target, Line of sight, Range Attack types : Blast finisher, Cone, Leap finisher, Swing, Whirl finisher Projectile : Arrow, Bullet, Orb Distance : self, point blank, nearby and specific to each ranged weapon Trajectory : ballistic, bounce, direct, homing, round-trip, thrown Area of Effect Shape : bubble, circle, cone, dome, line, ring, trail, vertical, wall Damage types : Magic : dark, light Elemental : Fire, Ice, Lightning, Magnetic [verification requested] Physical (or untyped) Damage output Improving or boosting the damage dealt :  Weakness,  Might Combo finisher Critical chance :  Precision,  Fury Chance = 4% + (  Precision listed -  Precision from level progression ) / 10 + bonuses Damage multiplier Situational modifiers :  Protection Glancing hit,  Weakness Critical hit,  Critical Damage,  Frenzy Flanking Higher ground Damage mitigation Reduction of direct damage received : Armor Defense+ Toughness=Armor (attribute)  Protection Other data Death breakdown which, upon being defeated, list the inflicted damage that leaded to it, broke down by aggregated damage sources (with total number of hits for each). Control Control of the battle's flow : pace (speed), reach (distance), terrain (position), and action (activity)... any others? Pace “ Speed is the essence of war. — Sun Tzu Controlling speed is a paradigm, imposing your own pace both in movement and time :  Cripple,  Swiftness  Chill,  Quickness Reach Controlling distance so that harm never reaches : Dodge,  Immobilization,  Vigor [verification requested], Endurance Retreat, Kite, Out of range Knockback  Pull,  Push  Float,  Sink [verification requested] Portal Entre Terrain Controlling position through clever use of the terrain : Harmful Area of Effect (red zone) On trigger : Bomb, Mark, Mine, Trap Ground-targeted AoE : Grenade Manifestation of obstacle (wall, ring, bubble, etc.) Cover, Line of sight Stealth, Invisibility Higher ground Underwater combat Bundles, Steal, Forage Action Controlling activity by dictating the flow of actions :  Blindness Interrupt :  Daze,  Stun,  Fear,  Knockback [verification requested],  Knockdown,  Launch Block,  Aegis Counter, Reflect by punishing :  Confusion,  Retaliation by restricting :  Poisoned (healing),  Weakness (damage) Support Support self and allies through team spirit in prevention, backup, partnership, numbers against harmful effects. Preventing harm “ Better be safe than sorry : "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." — Folksay proverb Condition removal Boon,  Concentration preventing damage :  Protection,  Regeneration,  Rejuvenation,  Invulnerability preventing interrupt :  Stability preventing stun :  Breaks stun Against harm Reactive support : Heal,  Healing Power Beneficial Area of Effect (blue) Healing skill Revive In backup Being around is already half the work : Shout, Virtue Banner, Nature spirit, Well Aura Use of the "aura" term quite leisurely, since it is normally almost exclusive to elementalists, but activated virtues or other trait benefits (grandmaster tactician, venom aura, etc.) fit perfectly in the description (until someone find a better term). In partnership Active cooperation on both ends : Combo field [verification requested] Conjured weapon, Med Pack Drop In numbers Firepower, meat shield... and everything in between : Summon : Clone, Phantasm, Spirit Weapon and uncategorized helpers (like Hounds of Balthazar, etc.). Pet : Animal companion, Minion, Turret Others Choice of meaningful examples (see Appendix A). Damage calculation intrinsics (a whole new project perhaps, but see Appendix B for now). Collection of material references and articles to support those claims (see Appendix C). Appendix Related topics : click the show button on the right to expand the section. Appendix A : Examples Page examples used to debate and show combat mechanics, including in user spaces. [[Damage/examples]] [[Damage/examples/A dummy life]] Appendix B : Calculation Lets crack the numbers? Damage calculation Scaling Practice Dummy Appendix C : References