| Hunter
TL Report- June 2002
by Branin, Hunter Team Leader |
I.
Abstract
In order to support
my allegations of a Ranger/Hunter melee imbalance, I conducted a series
of lengthy tests with 2 other level 50 Rangers with Taco observing. The
results are clear, Hunters as a class are inherently weaker in melee combat
to Rangers due to a series of patch changes that had very subtle and far
reaching effects. Eonaskub is the only Ranger listed in this report because
the other Ranger, Kweian, had an even easier time defeating the Hunter
in every test case (i.e. he was much more powerful due to Piercing's stun
style).
In summary, a Hunter
gains only a Midgard 2H bonus over a normal 1H weapon (estimated at 10-15%).
A Ranger gains offhand swings via Celtic Dual, which triggers approximately
38-50% of the time for Rangers with 1-25 Celtic Dual Spec for an additional
30-40% extra damage over a normal 1H weapon. In addition, Rangers also
benefit from a strong DPS-add that ignores AF and resists.
II.
Summary of test participants
Branin
50 Hunter
160 STR
154 CON
232 DEX
202 QUI
1207 HP
595 AF
1522 WeapDam
960 WeapSKill
39+11 Spear
43+3 Beastcraft
779 spec points into Weapon skills
945 spec points into spell line
1724 spec points spent total
+20% relic bonus
29% slash
16% thrust (25% effective)
Mastery of Pain 1
Aug Con 2
---
brilliant Smoldering Ruby Spear
16.2 DPS, 4.5 delay
94% QUA, 100% CON, 25% bonus
Thrust damage
Call of the Hunt armor
100 AF, 100% QUA, 100% CON, 35% bonus
|
Eonaskub
50 Ranger
190 STR
123 CON
257 DEX
217 QUI
1231 HP
595 AF
1522 WeapDam
801 WeapSKill
10+15 Blades
40+5 Pathfinding
21+5 Celtic Dual
1+5 Piercing
284 spec points into Weapon skills
819 spec points into spell line
1103 spec points spent total
+0% relic bonus
6% slash
27% thrust (34% effective)
Mastery of Pain 2
Aug Con 2
Toughness 1
brilliant Saeor's Fiery Sword
16.2 DPS, 3.2 delay
94% QUA, 100% CON, 25% bonus
Slash damage
"Ranger Epic armor"
100 AF, 100% QUA, 100% CON, 35% bonus
Note: Eonaskub is wearing the 102 AF, 100% QUA, 35% bonus Legion
chest piece that procs a 3x20 dmg shield |
The
first item of note is the effects of our respective resists against
each other's damage types, and the effects of the melee relics.
Because Eonskub is using blades, he suffers a -29% penalty overall
to damage Branin. Because Branin is using a thrust spear, he suffers
a -34% penalty to damage, but gains another +20% to damage from
the relics. Overall, Branin will do 66% x 120% = 79.2% normal damage,
or suffer a -21% penalty overall to damage Eonaskub.
Note: Once all resists and relics have been accounted for, Branin
has a -21% modifier to damage Eonaskub, while Eonaskub has a -29%
modifier to damage Branin. |
Also
note that Branin is max specced in Spear, giving him a 100-150%
(theoritical 125% avg.) damage variance over base damage. Eonaskub
is only half specced in Blades, giving him a 63-125% damage
variance (theoritical 94% average).
Note: Branin has spent more points into weapon skills, and posseses
a higher WeapSkill rating. |
III.
Summary of raw data
Eonaskub's
dmg field includes his normal damage, his critical hits, and his style
bonus damage.
All
fields marked with a * indicate that no weapons procced. The dmg listed
is entirely from the Ranger's DPS-buff.
Tests
7 & 8 were deliberately done without the Ranger's self-DPS buff.
Tests 9-11 were done using player crafted 35% bonus piercing weapons,
which Eonaskub only has 1+5 spec in.
| Test# |
styles
used |
Name |
hits |
miss |
evade |
fumble |
dmg |
crit |
style |
proc
or DPSAdd |
total |
|
| 1 |
none |
Branin |
7 (63.6%) |
1 (9.1%) |
3 (27.3%) |
0 (0.0%) |
802 |
74 |
0 |
276 |
1152 |
| Eonaskub |
13 (81.2%) |
3 (18.8%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
689 |
275 |
964 |
|
| 2 |
none |
Branin |
3 (33.3%) |
3 (33.3%) |
3 (33.3%) |
0 (0.0%) |
363 |
49 |
0 |
0 |
412 |
| Eonaskub |
12 (57.1%) |
9 (42.9%) |
1 (4.8%) |
0 (0.0%) |
557 |
235* |
792 |
|
| 3 |
none |
Branin |
6 (50.0%) |
5 (41.7%) |
1 (8.3%) |
0 (0.0%) |
708 |
91 |
0 |
0 |
799 |
| Eonaskub |
15 (57.7%) |
10 (38.5%) |
1 (3.8%) |
0 (0.0%) |
704 |
372 |
1076 |
|
| 4 |
none |
Branin |
3 (60.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
2 (40.0%) |
354 |
0 |
0 |
387 |
741 |
| Eonaskub |
11 (84.6%) |
2 (15.4%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
584 |
215* |
799 |
|
| 5 |
none |
Branin |
6 (66.7%) |
1 (11.1%) |
2 (22.2%) |
0 (0.0%) |
660 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
730 |
| Eonaskub |
13 (72.2%) |
4 (22.2%) |
1 (5.5%) |
0 (0.0%) |
614 |
270* |
884 |
|
| 6 |
none |
Branin |
7 (77.8%) |
1 (11.1%) |
1 (11.1%) |
0 (0.0%) |
823 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
823 |
| Eonaskub |
13 (81.2%) |
7 (18.8%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
571 |
337 |
908 |
|
| 7 |
none |
Branin |
5 (45.5%) |
5 (45.5%) |
1 (9.1%) |
0 (0.0%) |
544 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
544 |
| Eonaskub |
18 (72.0%) |
7 (28.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
868 |
0 |
868 |
|
| 8 |
none |
Branin |
8 (72.7%) |
2 (18.2%) |
1 (9.1%) |
0 (0.0%) |
929 |
89 |
0 |
279 |
1297 |
| Eonaskub |
15 (75.0%) |
4 (20.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
1 (5.0%) |
734 |
0 |
734 |
|
| 9 |
none |
Branin |
6 (60.0%) |
2 (20.0%) |
2 (20.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
667 |
19 |
0 |
273 |
959 |
| Eonaskub |
20 (87.0%) |
3 (13.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
680 |
432 |
1112 |
|
| 10 |
none |
Branin |
8 (80.0%) |
2 (20.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
934 |
42 |
0 |
0 |
976 |
| Eonaskub |
22 (91.7%) |
2 (8.3%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
812 |
359* |
1171 |
|
| 11 |
none |
Branin |
5 (41.7%) |
3 (25.0%) |
4 (33.3%) |
0 (0.0%) |
549 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
558 |
| Eonaskub |
21 (80.8%) |
4 (15.4%) |
1 (3.8%) |
0 (0.0%) |
712 |
344* |
1056 |
|
| 12 |
Lancer
-> Lunging Thrust |
Branin |
6 (85.7%) |
0 (0.0%) |
1 (14.3%) |
0 (0.0%) |
599 |
101 |
349 |
0 |
1049 |
| Eonaskub |
12 (100%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
607 |
272 |
879 |
|
| 13 |
Lancer
-> Lunging Thrust |
Branin |
4 (80.0%) |
1 (20.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
391 |
73 |
223 |
0 |
687 |
| Eonaskub |
10 (90.9%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
1 (9.1%) |
554 |
238 |
792 |
|
| 14 |
Lancer
-> Lunging Thrust |
Branin |
6 (100%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
0 (0.0%) |
589 |
| |