Does weapon skill armor penetration work?

[Drendon]

Hmm this is wierd, something just not right here, i tought i was einstein while eating my fruitsallat and coming up with brilliant math.. now in just sad and confused something they might nees to look into .

[Tesq]

wep skill increase/decrease could be hard to spot cos

if you ingore a 20% armor from wep skill and opponen'ts have 20% armor this do not make = 0% armor
it's the 20% of that 20% so:

it's 20 : 100 x 20= 4% ---> 20% -4% = 16% damage reduction from armor.

I can offer my tank to test if you want i have 67-69% damage reduction from armor, with great number the % reduction should be easier to spot if it work.

[xyeppp]

wep skill increase/decrease could be hard to spot cos

if you ingore a 20% armor from wep skill and opponen'ts have 20% armor this do not make = 0% armor
it's the 20% of that 20% so:

it's 20 : 100 x 20= 4% ---> 20% -4% = 16% damage reduction from armor.

I can offer my tank to test if you want i have 67-69% damage reduction from armor, with great number the % reduction should be easier to spot if it work.

The 3592 from my test comes from hitting a black orc.
I'm not expecting crazy numbers but my damage stays at exactly the same whether I have 10 WS on, or 60 WS on. Literally, the same. Does not change by 1.

[Tesq]

this is clear so combat formula need to be check

[mvazquez99]

Good to know and thanks for the tests, Xyeppp. If WS is indeed not working, then that's a contributing factor to what some are seeing in scenarios: fewer deaths, lower number of kills - in part because armor is not being penetrated. Gives magic damage an edge...

[Telen]

Good to know and thanks for the tests, Xyeppp. If WS is indeed not working, then that's a contributing factor to what some are seeing in scenarios: fewer deaths, lower number of kills - in part because armor is not being penetrated. Gives magic damage an edge...

Also dps with armor bypass have a big advantage and classes with higher armor only need to think about magic.

[Telen]

Lets be honest though currently much of the balance is absolutely nothing like on live. WS is the least of it.

[xyeppp]

Lets be honest though currently much of the balance is absolutely nothing like on live. WS is the least of it.

What does this thread have to do with balance? I don't know where did you guys pin this all on here, but all I'm reporting is a stat that seems to not be calculated well - it looks a little broken and affects both sides.

This has nothing to do with balance, or people getting less kills, or tanks worrying about magic only.

[Azarael]

Wrong value used in function for dealing ability damage.

[xyeppp]

Wrong value used in function for dealing ability damage.

Awesome.
Thanks for looking into it man, even while on your break.