Sergod wrote on Jan 21
st, 2018 at 12:33am:
I'm also going to say that I am almost certain that .5W is more damage. I could be wrong though.
Specifically on Shuriken, since they are 1d2, a flat 2 Power, will be better than .5W once you break a certain threshold of die.. unless im horribly out of the loop again..
with 10W, the Power falls behind the minimum dmg, and slightly behind on the maximum, while 20W breaks about even both in Minimum and maximum, whereas 30W pushes ahead of .5W increases of both Minimum and Maximum dmg thresholds.
10.5d2 = 10.5-21 dmg
10d2 = 10-20 = 10.2-20.4 dmg
20.5d2 = 20.5-41
20d2 = 20-40 = 20.4-40.8
30.5d2 = 30.5-61
30d2 = 30-60 = 30.6-61.2
*All values for second equations multiplied by 1.02 [ ((100+2)/100) = 2% power gain, or 1.02] The more Power one has, the higher the W value will need to be to break even, or gain, on damage. I would need ballparks of current Power caps, as well as W caps to determine which is actually better however.
While the eventual gains, are merely marginal gains at best, 2 additional power, if you can exceed 30W, will be best choice over .5W gains. Im not sure what current max W is obtainable on stars, thats what you lot are for ^-^