Inconnu Posted:

Back to thread topic.

Current fans gain formula roughly is (damage_dealt – damage_received)/turns_taken. The idea behind this formula is simple: fans = DPT ratio (damage per turn). In real life things work much harder (yes, we really should’ve tested more lvl 35 alts on test server).

Let’s say you’re lvl 35 troll with [almost] best gear, your best attacks do 4500 and 3000 damage and you obviously take no damage from forums. Your estimated DPT should be average between your attack, right? (4500 + 3000)/2 = 3750. If the forum has 8 threads, you deal 4*4500 + 4*3000 = 30000 damage and gain 3750 fans. Ok, that’s your DPT. What if forum has 7 threads? You deal 27000 damage and gain 3857 fans. That’s not your DPT. Hey, you cheated 107 fans, bastard! Why? Because even and odd number of threads make big difference.

Furthermore, the cooldowns make difference too. Let’s say you’re lvl 35 permanoob, forum has vuln to recipes and your basic attacks. Recipes[1] deal 3500 damage, your attacks average 1500[2] and 1100[3]. If the forum has 8 threads you do 1-2-3-2-3-2-3-2 -> 3500 + 6000 + 3300 = 12800 = 1600 fans. Now if the forum has 9 threads you do 1-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-1 -> 7000 + 6000 + 3300 = 12800 = 1811 fans. Wow, even more difference here!

OMG!!!!

You mean, the changes now require us to think if we want to maximize our output, instead of just spamming 121212?

Sounds like that’s exactly what was intended Log in to see images!