Strength weight - Revision history

Kenreth: Strength weighting concept removed in 0.18

2017-02-10T18:13:09Z

Strength weighting concept removed in 0.18

MoogleDan: Removed non-existent strength requirement for weapons

2013-09-18T22:16:24Z

Removed non-existent strength requirement for weapons

Snyrand: rephrase of "strength is all that really matters when using it"

2013-09-18T21:47:26Z

rephrase of "strength is all that really matters when using it"

Snyrand: added formulas. dived and referenced the convoluted source. then did some algebra to get the formulas in a hopefully more palatable form (doesn't this wiki need Tex?) I leave it to other editors to decide whether this is horribly overdone or inaccurate

2013-09-17T16:06:12Z

added formulas. dived and referenced the convoluted source. then did some algebra to get the formulas in a hopefully more palatable form (doesn't this wiki need Tex?) I leave it to other editors to decide whether this is horribly overdone or inaccurate

Buddy23Lee: Attribute -> game mechanic. Added appropriate category

2013-09-16T18:13:29Z

Attribute -> game mechanic. Added appropriate category

Buddy23Lee: Attempted some copyediting

2013-09-16T18:11:38Z

Attempted some copyediting

Ion frigate: for shields and armour, that's all covered on the EVP article; strength weighting just applies to weapons. Also, the old site has an article on this; i like this one better, though it needs a little copyedting and the actual numbers from the old site

2013-09-16T05:07:39Z

for shields and armour, that's all covered on the EVP article; strength weighting just applies to weapons. Also, the old site has an article on this; i like this one better, though it needs a little copyedting and the actual numbers from the old site

Snyrand: improved a bit based on knowledge base entry. I hope this is all correct and useful!

2013-09-15T23:03:54Z

improved a bit based on knowledge base entry. I hope this is all correct and useful!

Snyrand: Created page with "{{stub}} Generally in Crawl, heavier weapons, armour and shields benefit more from strength than from dexterity, and also tend to require more strength to use properly..."

2013-09-15T22:50:14Z

Created page with "{{stub}} Generally in Crawl, heavier weapons, armour and shields benefit more from strength than from dexterity, and also tend to require more strength to use properly..."

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Generally in Crawl, heavier weapons, armour and shields benefit more from [[strength]] than from [[dexterity]], and also tend to require more strength to use properly in the first place. '''Strength weighting''' (abbreviated "str weight") is an attribute that determines relatively how much a character's Str and Dex affect a given weapon's damage output.

A given str weight value can be viewed as a quotient expressed as a percentage: the "amount of effect" that Str has on a weapon divided by the total amount of effect that Str and Dex together have on it. So a str weight of 100% (such as with a [[giant club]]) implies that once the weapon scores a hit, strength is all that really affects the damage that it deals. Conversely, 0% (eg. [[quick blade]]) implies that strength has neglegible effect on how well a weapon performs.

Almost all weapons fall somewhere in between the two extremes. Also note that even 0% and 100% strength weightings don't imply that either strength or dexterity have no effect at all: dex affects to-hit while more str always increases weapon damage (this scales with weapon base damage).

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 Generally in Crawl, heavier weapons benefit more from [[strength]] than from [[dexterity]]. '''Strength weighting''' (abbreviated "str weight") is a game mechanic that determines relatively how much a character's strength and dexterity affect a given weapon's damage output.
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 <tt>'''Turns taken''' = ( launcher_base_attack_delay_percentile - player_skill×(W×Str + (W-1)×Dex)×4/25 ) / 100</tt>
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−	Generally in Crawl, heavier weapons benefit more from [[strength]] than from [[dexterity]]~~, and also tend to require more strength to use properly~~. '''Strength weighting''' (abbreviated "str weight") is a game mechanic that determines relatively how much a character's strength and dexterity affect a given weapon's damage output.	+	Generally in Crawl, heavier weapons benefit more from [[strength]] than from [[dexterity]]. '''Strength weighting''' (abbreviated "str weight") is a game mechanic that determines relatively how much a character's strength and dexterity affect a given weapon's damage output.

	A given str weight value can be viewed as a quotient expressed as a percentage; the "amount of effect" that strength has on a weapon, divided by the total amount of effect that strength and dexterity together have on it. So a str weight of 100% (such as with a [[giant club]]) implies that strength affects the weapon far more than dexterity does. Conversely, 0% (eg. [[quick blade]]) implies that strength has a very small effect on how well a weapon performs.		A given str weight value can be viewed as a quotient expressed as a percentage; the "amount of effect" that strength has on a weapon, divided by the total amount of effect that strength and dexterity together have on it. So a str weight of 100% (such as with a [[giant club]]) implies that strength affects the weapon far more than dexterity does. Conversely, 0% (eg. [[quick blade]]) implies that strength has a very small effect on how well a weapon performs.

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 Generally in Crawl, heavier weapons benefit more from [[strength]] than from [[dexterity]], and also tend to require more strength to use properly. '''Strength weighting''' (abbreviated "str weight") is a game mechanic that determines relatively how much a character's strength and dexterity affect a given weapon's damage output.
-A given str weight value can be viewed as a quotient expressed as a percentage; the "amount of effect" that strength has on a weapon, divided by the total amount of effect that strength and dexterity together have on it. So a str weight of 100% (such as with a [[giant club]]) implies that strength is all that really matters when using it. Conversely, 0% (eg. [[quick blade]]) implies that strength has a very small effect on how well a weapon performs.
+A given str weight value can be viewed as a quotient expressed as a percentage; the "amount of effect" that strength has on a weapon, divided by the total amount of effect that strength and dexterity together have on it. So a str weight of 100% (such as with a [[giant club]]) implies that strength affects the weapon far more than dexterity does. Conversely, 0% (eg. [[quick blade]]) implies that strength has a very small effect on how well a weapon performs.
 Almost all weapons fall somewhere in-between the two extremes. The weighted average of strength and dexterity affects both damage potential and [[to-hit]], the former being affected more by strength and the latter being affected more by dexterity. Thus, note that that even 0% and 100% strength weightings don't imply that either stat has no effect: more dexterity always implies better to-hit and more strength always implies higher per-hit damage. A 50% str weight still implies that dexterity has a bigger effect than strength on to-hit, and conversely with strength and damage.

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 Generally in Crawl, heavier weapons benefit more from [[strength]] than from [[dexterity]], and also tend to require more strength to use properly. '''Strength weighting''' (abbreviated "str weight") is a game mechanic that determines relatively how much a character's strength and dexterity affect a given weapon's damage output.
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 Almost all weapons fall somewhere in-between the two extremes. The weighted average of strength and dexterity affects both damage potential and [[to-hit]], the former being affected more by strength and the latter being affected more by dexterity. Thus, note that that even 0% and 100% strength weightings don't imply that either stat has no effect: more dexterity always implies better to-hit and more strength always implies higher per-hit damage. A 50% str weight still implies that dexterity has a bigger effect than strength on to-hit, and conversely with strength and damage.
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-Generally in Crawl, heavier weapons benefit more from [[strength]] than from [[dexterity]], and also tend to require more strength to use properly. '''Strength weighting''' (abbreviated "str weight") is an attribute that determines relatively how much a character's strength and dexterity affect a given weapon's damage output.
+Generally in Crawl, heavier weapons benefit more from [[strength]] than from [[dexterity]], and also tend to require more strength to use properly. '''Strength weighting''' (abbreviated "str weight") is a game mechanic that determines relatively how much a character's strength and dexterity affect a given weapon's damage output.
 A given str weight value can be viewed as a quotient expressed as a percentage; the "amount of effect" that strength has on a weapon, divided by the total amount of effect that strength and dexterity together have on it. So a str weight of 100% (such as with a [[giant club]]) implies that strength is all that really matters when using it. Conversely, 0% (eg. [[quick blade]]) implies that strength has a very small effect on how well a weapon performs.
 Almost all weapons fall somewhere in-between the two extremes. The weighted average of strength and dexterity affects both damage potential and [[to-hit]], the former being affected more by strength and the latter being affected more by dexterity. Thus, note that that even 0% and 100% strength weightings don't imply that either stat has no effect: more dexterity always implies better to-hit and more strength always implies higher per-hit damage. A 50% str weight still implies that dexterity has a bigger effect than strength on to-hit, and conversely with strength and damage.

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-Generally in Crawl, heavier weapons, armour and shields benefit more from [[strength]] than from [[dexterity]], and also tend to require more strength to use properly in the first place. '''Strength weighting''' (abbreviated "str weight") is an attribute that determines relatively how much a character's Str and Dex affect a given weapon's damage output.
+Generally in Crawl, heavier weapons benefit more from [[strength]] than from [[dexterity]], and also tend to require more strength to use properly in the first place. '''Strength weighting''' (abbreviated "str weight") is an attribute that determines relatively how much a character's Str and Dex affect a given weapon's damage output.
 A given str weight value can be viewed as a quotient expressed as a percentage: the "amount of effect" that Str has on a weapon divided by the total amount of effect that Str and Dex together have on it. So a str weight of 100% (such as with a [[giant club]]) implies that strength is all that really matters when using it. Conversely, 0% (eg. [[quick blade]]) implies that strength has an very small effect on how well a weapon performs.
 Almost all weapons fall somewhere in between the two extremes. The weighted average of strength and dexterity affects both damage potential and [[to-hit]], the former being affected more by strength and the latter being affected more by dexterity. Thus note that that even 0% and 100% strength weightings don't imply that either stat has no effect: more dex always implies better to-hit and more str always implies higher per-hit damage. Ergo, 50% str weight still implies that dex has a bigger effect than str on to-hit, and conversely with str and damage.