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..which I liked and thought was a little quirky and had character. Kind of like how this game is more a book than a movie, c.f. WoW cinematics and drawings.
You use Terramancy Batter on a tanned Dwarven farmer.
Damage done: 1349, blunt.
Balance Used: 2.55 seconds
1349/2.55 = 529 DPS
You use Terramancy Skullbash on a tanned Dwarven farmer.
Damage done: 1822, blunt.
Balance Used: 3.57 seconds
1822/3.57 = 510 DPS
You use Terramancy Hammer on a tanned Dwarven farmer.
Damage done: 2474, blunt.
Balance Used: 3.72 seconds
2474/3.72 = 665 DPS
Hammer is clearly the winner in terms of DPS, but the endurance drain is way too high. Batter has better DPS than skullbash, and the attack speed is also better, which most agree leads to better bashing because faster attacks = more crits. However, if you have problems with defense, a slower attack speed means that you're tankier because your golem has a higher chance of being hit. So what I do is bash with batter, unless there is more than one aggro mob in the room, in which case I use hammer.
I've heard several people claim that skullbash scales better with strength, but my research leads me to believe that this is poppycock.
Damage done: 731, magical.
Balance Used: 3.10 seconds
731/3.1: 235.80 dps
Channelling your inner spark, a bolt of lightning crackles from your hands to strike a Teshen raider in the chest.
Damage done: 680, electrical.
Equilibrium Used: 2.79 seconds
680/2.79: 243.72 dps
+ Haven Locke of the Black Sun -------------------------------------------+
| Strength : 12 Dexterity : 13(+2) Timeout : Haven Backwards |
| Intelligence : 12 Constitution : 17(+2) Statpack : Stalwart |
Envy.
Edit: Can someone show me the DPS for Lumi bashing attacks for someone with high STR (smite) and INT (lightning)? I know the attacks are supposed to scale with the respective attributes.
If so, at higher levels, wouldn't Barrage be best for clots thanks to the chance of multi-proccing crits ?
You use Spirituality Smite on a Teshen raider.
Autobashing is presently enabled. Your next target will be: Raider
Calling out to the Gods for justice, you charge the Underking's Maul with radiant spiritual energy, striking a pose in defiance of mortalkind's evil. Bellowing a fierce battlecry, you bring your weapon down on a Teshen raider's head, the powerful blow detonating in a shower of fire and light.
Damage done: 1680, magical.
Health Gain: 41
Balance Used: 2.56 seconds
(656 dps)
Channelling your inner spark, a bolt of lightning crackles from your hands to strike a Teshen raider in the chest.
Autobashing is presently enabled. Your next target will be: Raider
Damage done: 1474, electrical.
Equilibrium Used: 2.79 seconds
(528 dps)
+ Daskalos Qefin ---------------------------------------------------------+
| Strength : 18(+6) Dexterity : 17(+6) Timeout : 60 minutes |
| Intelligence : 16(+4) Constitution : 21(+6) Statpack : Stalwart |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Message #17059 Sent By: Oleis Received On: 1/03/2014/17:24
"If it makes you feel better, just checking your artifact list threatens to crash my mudlet."
Message #17059 Sent By: Oleis Received On: 1/03/2014/17:24
"If it makes you feel better, just checking your artifact list threatens to crash my mudlet."
ANNOUNCE NEWS #2736
Date: 6/23/2014 at 23:24
From: Jeremy
To : Everyone
Subj: Staff Shuffles
We are shuffling around our IRE staff today which is going to affect Imperian quite a bit.
As most of you know, Garryn has been working for full time for Iron Realms, developing our client. With the latest release of the client, most of the major features we initial wanted are in place. Work is now focussed on cleaning up bugs, adding minor features, and a major reskin. The reskin is contracted out to a third party and will take a take at least a couple months (probably more).
Due to this, Garryn is being shifted from his work on the client and will be now be working full time on Imperian. Of course, Imperian cannot afford to have two full time coders, so we are moving Jesse to Achaea to work on Rapture (the main engine that runs all the IRE games) and to help code on Achaea. He was a major player on Achaea for years and is more familiar with the code and lore of the game then Garryn.
Wait, there is more!
After this switch we have additional funds to spend on staff, so we have hired Svorai part time to head up our event planning and building.
That is all! In short, you will see more Garryn and Svorai, less Jesse, and the same amount of Jeremy (sorry).
If you have any questions, shoot me an email at jeremy@imperian.com.
Penned by my hand on the 3rd of Solis, in the year 50 AM.
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Do they have more staff than us? We have more players - can we get a part-time events person too?? *hope!*
Edit:
Strength : 17(+2) Dexterity : 14(+1) Intelligence : 12(+1) Constitution : 15(+3)
********************************[ Resistances ]********************************
Type Defences Miniskills Armour A. Total
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cutting 35% 0% 14% 40%
Blunt 25% 0% 16% 31%
Magic 45% 24% 0% 59%
Fire 35% 14% 0% 45%
Cold 50% 0% 0% 50%
Electric 25% 16% 0% 37%
Poison 25% 0% 0% 25%
Psychic 15% 7% 0% 21%
Asphyxiation 15% 24% 0% 36%
*******************************************************************************
*********************************[ Avoidance ]*********************************
Type PVP PVE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dodge Chance 13% 16%
Divert Chance 29% 29%
Divert Block 24% 24%
*******************************************************************************
You have invested 5 enhancement points and have 0 remaining to use.
You have invested 0 augmetic enhancement points and have 0 remaining to use.
You have obtained the following enhancements:
Stats
- Constitution
- Strength
Speed
- Balance
Protection
- Cutting
Resistance
- Magic
Okay, was a little earlier than I thought.
combo patrol sdk ucp ucp
In a dazzling exhibition of agility, you shift from the form of the Dragon, to the Cat, to
the stalwart Scorpion, throwing out artful swings and leg sweeps, before letting a
suspicious Xorani patrol have it with an expertly-placed kick.
You connect to the torso!
Damage done: 579, blunt.
Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
Slowly, gracefully, you dance across the battlefield, changing up your stance in languid
movements like a stretching tiger. Spinning on your heel, you throw your momentum into a
masterful punch aimed at a suspicious Xorani patrol.
You connect to the head!
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
Damage done: 626, blunt.
Left Hand Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
Slowly, gracefully, you dance across the battlefield, changing up your stance in languid
movements like a stretching tiger. Spinning on your heel, you throw your momentum into a
masterful punch aimed at a suspicious Xorani patrol.
You connect to the head!
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
Damage done: 626, blunt.
Right Hand Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
[5644(100%)|4446(100%)|0|99%|100%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb e- --] S:dragon (-45e) -a shrine of
Dhar-
You have recovered balance on your legs.
You have recovered balance on your left arm.
You have recovered balance on your right arm.
Fire coils in seething, iridescent crimson waves around a suspicious Xorani patrol's
scaled hands, erupting abruptly and slamming into your form, burning your flesh painfully.
[3482(61%)|4446(100%)|0|99%|100%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb eb lr] S:dragon (-2162h (fire),
+22e) -a shrine of Dhar-
[Tripwire]: Curing: Sip health
[Tripwire]: Curing: Outc moss;eat moss
combo patrol sdk ucp ucp
You take a drink of an elixir of health from a bilious green poison vial.
The elixir heals and soothes you.
[4446(78%)|4446(100%)|0|99%|100%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb eb lr] S:dragon (+964h, -15e) -a
shrine of Dhar-
You remove 1 moss, bringing the total in the cache to 1937.
You eat some irid moss.
You feel your health and mana replenished.
[5010(88%)|4446(100%)|0|99%|100%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb eb lr] S:dragon (+564h) -a shrine of
Dhar-
In a dazzling exhibition of agility, you shift from the form of the Dragon, to the Cat, to
the stalwart Scorpion, throwing out artful swings and leg sweeps, before letting a
suspicious Xorani patrol have it with an expertly-placed kick.
You connect to the torso!
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
Damage done: 1161, blunt.
Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
Slowly, gracefully, you dance across the battlefield, changing up your stance in languid
movements like a stretching tiger. Spinning on your heel, you throw your momentum into a
masterful punch aimed at a suspicious Xorani patrol.
You connect to the head!
Damage done: 313, blunt.
Left Hand Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
Slowly, gracefully, you dance across the battlefield, changing up your stance in languid
movements like a stretching tiger. Spinning on your heel, you throw your momentum into a
masterful punch aimed at a suspicious Xorani patrol.
You connect to the head!
Damage done: 313, blunt.
Right Hand Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
[5292(93%)|4446(100%)|0|99%|100%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb e- --] S:dragon (+282h, -45e) -a
shrine of Dhar-
You have recovered balance on your legs.
You have recovered balance on your left arm.
You have recovered balance on your right arm.
[5292(93%)|4446(100%)|0|99%|100%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb eb lr] S:dragon -a shrine of Dhar-
combo patrol sdk ucp ucp
A suspicious Xorani patrol points his staff at you, and a crackling roar of orange-tipped
crimson flame explodes outward, slamming painfully into you and charring your skin almost
down to the bone.
[3099(54%)|4446(100%)|0|99%|100%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb eb lr] S:dragon (-2193h (fire)) -a
shrine of Dhar-
In a dazzling exhibition of agility, you shift from the form of the Dragon, to the Cat, to
the stalwart Scorpion, throwing out artful swings and leg sweeps, before letting a
suspicious Xorani patrol have it with an expertly-placed kick.
You connect to the torso!
Damage done: 579, blunt.
Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
Slowly, gracefully, you dance across the battlefield, changing up your stance in languid
movements like a stretching tiger. Spinning on your heel, you throw your momentum into a
masterful punch aimed at a suspicious Xorani patrol.
You connect to the head!
You have scored a CRUSHING CRITICAL hit!
Damage done: 2510, blunt.
Left Hand Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
Slowly, gracefully, you dance across the battlefield, changing up your stance in languid
movements like a stretching tiger. Spinning on your heel, you throw your momentum into a
masterful punch aimed at a suspicious Xorani patrol.
You connect to the head!
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
Damage done: 626, blunt.
Right Hand Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
[3381(59%)|4446(100%)|0|99%|100%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb e- --] S:dragon (+282h, -45e) -a
shrine of Dhar-
You may drink another health or mana elixir.
[3381(59%)|4446(100%)|0|99%|100%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb e- --] S:dragon (+22e) -a shrine of
Dhar-
[Tripwire]: Curing: Sip health
You take a drink of an elixir of health from a bilious green poison vial.
The elixir heals and soothes you.
[4606(81%)|4446(100%)|0|99%|100%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb e- --] S:dragon (+1225h) -a shrine
of Dhar-
[4806(85%)|4412(99%)|0|99%|99%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb e- --] S:dragon (+200h, -34m, -15w) -a
shrine of Dhar-
You have recovered balance on your legs.
You have recovered balance on your left arm.
You have recovered balance on your right arm.
[4806(85%)|4412(99%)|0|99%|99%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb eb lr] S:dragon -a shrine of Dhar-
combo patrol sdk ucp ucp
In a dazzling exhibition of agility, you shift from the form of the Dragon, to the Cat, to
the stalwart Scorpion, throwing out artful swings and leg sweeps, before letting a
suspicious Xorani patrol have it with an expertly-placed kick.
You connect to the torso!
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
Damage done: 1161, blunt.
Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
Slowly, gracefully, you dance across the battlefield, changing up your stance in languid
movements like a stretching tiger. Spinning on your heel, you throw your momentum into a
masterful punch aimed at a suspicious Xorani patrol.
You connect to the head!
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
Damage done: 626, blunt.
Left Hand Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
Slowly, gracefully, you dance across the battlefield, changing up your stance in languid
movements like a stretching tiger. Spinning on your heel, you throw your momentum into a
masterful punch aimed at a suspicious Xorani patrol.
You connect to the head!
Damage done: 313, blunt.
Right Hand Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
[5088(90%)|4412(99%)|0|99%|99%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb e- --] S:dragon (+282h, -45e) -a
shrine of Dhar-
Shimmering crimson light coils around a suspicious Xorani patrol's hands, which he directs
in a sudden rush out at you. The power sinks beneath skin and into flesh, thousands of
biting, ripping mouths tearing like long-starved piranha.
You may eat another bit of irid moss.
[5088(90%)|4412(99%)|0|99%|99%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb e- --] S:dragon -a shrine of Dhar-
[5426(96%)|4412(99%)|0|99%|100%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb e- --] S:dragon (+338h, +15w, +30e) -
a shrine of Dhar-
[5644(100%)|4446(100%)|0|99%|100%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb e- --] S:dragon (+218h, +34m, +22e)
-a shrine of Dhar-
You have recovered balance on your legs.
You have recovered balance on your left arm.
You have recovered balance on your right arm.
[5644(100%)|4446(100%)|0|99%|100%|58.6%|Md:0%] [HMcsdb eb lr] S:dragon -a shrine of Dhar-
combo patrol sdk ucp ucp
In a dazzling exhibition of agility, you shift from the form of the Dragon, to the Cat, to
the stalwart Scorpion, throwing out artful swings and leg sweeps, before letting a
suspicious Xorani patrol have it with an expertly-placed kick.
You connect to the torso!
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
Damage done: 1161, blunt.
Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
Slowly, gracefully, you dance across the battlefield, changing up your stance in languid
movements like a stretching tiger. Spinning on your heel, you throw your momentum into a
masterful punch aimed at a suspicious Xorani patrol.
You connect to the head!
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
Damage done: 626, blunt.
Left Hand Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
Slowly, gracefully, you dance across the battlefield, changing up your stance in languid
movements like a stretching tiger. Spinning on your heel, you throw your momentum into a
masterful punch aimed at a suspicious Xorani patrol.
You connect to the head!
You have scored a CRUSHING CRITICAL hit!
Damage done: 2220, blunt.
The final blow proves too much for a suspicious Xorani patrol, who expires, pitifully.
Experience Gained: 2151 (Bashing) [total: 3003557]
[Leveling Stats] To Level: 2115823xp (984 mobs) | Haven Point: 835978xp (389 mobs)
Having slain a suspicious Xorani patrol, you retrieve the corpse.
A rush of energy fills you as you feel ready to deliver a devastating blow upon your next
target.
Right Hand Balance Used: 2.79 seconds
Typically bash in dragon with evadeblock going, that was just dragon, with red/yellow orbs and vigor.
Driving your leg into the ground for stability, you project a wall of psychic force toward a suspicious Xorani patrol and batter him powerfully to the ground.
You connect to the torso!
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
Damage done: 1028, blunt.
Balance Used: 2.32 seconds
You launch a powerful uppercut at a suspicious Xorani patrol.
You connect to the head!
You have scored a CRITICAL hit!
Damage done: 393, blunt.
Left Hand Balance Used: 2.51 seconds
You launch a powerful uppercut at a suspicious Xorani patrol.
You connect to the head!
Damage done: 195, blunt.
Right Hand Balance Used: 2.51 seconds
(I only managed to hit the thing twice before dying a fiery death.)
(514+195+195)/2.51=360dps *This is with balance speed enhancement.
(514+195+195)/2.7=335dps *Without balance speed enhancement.
The staff question is a difficult one to adequately answer, because it relies both on variables I don't know and variables I can't share. Essentially, each game draws from its own revenue pool, because each game has its own coalition of investors. The only things IRE unilaterally pays for are the things shared across all games -- artwork, client/website reskins, etc. Each game requires a single producer, who is typically paid as a fulltime contractor. Beyond that, staff decisions are a murky thing based on the game's revenue, not playerbase demands.
That's why Achaea is able to offer such a large staff -- they do VERY well in sales. Granted, that is due to their large playerbase, but it's also an enthusiastic and active one. I don't know or understand the various costs and investor commitments that Matt and Jeremy have to manage when making staff decisions, but I can tell you the reality of our game. Razmael is full time, I am part time.
Extrapolating out credit sales based on what I can see from Spinesreach, Aetolia seems to be making quite a lot of money, though. From an outside peek, which is obviously mostly guesswork, it does seem like enough to justify investing in the staff - and it is an investment, because devoted staff leads to better products and more revenue!
I've been playing around with tracking revenue for Spinesreach, and here are some numbers I have observed:
From the start of April to the end of May, Spinesreach took in 1,300 credits. This covered the span of time where there were website-only promo options (eg wheel spins), so a (debatably large) fraction of the intake isn't reflected in logs.
From the start of June to the end of June, Spinesreach took in 691 credits. This month's promo is a much more direct credit purchase one and Spinesreach is on the moderate end for credit intake this month - Enorian had 400 credits come in from 2 standalone purchases.
Let's round down, a lot, just to be conservative. This will help balance out things like the Iron Elite subscription. Average credit intake per month: 666 = ~13,320 credits purchased (cities get 5% of website purchases). Let's be conservative and price these at only $0.35 each. This is pricing them at the 300+ package prices which is a good mid-point between various package deals, I think, if not undercutting the typical sale price (I see a lot more 5/10 amounts than i do anything else). 13,320 @ $0.35 = $4,662/month.
There are 4 cities. I don't really track the other cities, so we'll just multiply for a rough guess of ~$18,650/month. That's ~$225,000/year, without factoring in website-only purchases like cryptic chests, class expansions, wheel spins, etc. Given that the overhead costs for IRE are relatively low, it seems like, based off just what we can extrapolate from the city logs, there should be enough money for at least two full-time staff members, unless Razmael is earning triple digits. Obviously IRE wants a nice profit for themselves, but cutting into those potential profits for employee salaries could yield even more income (example article: http://www.inc.com/kimberly-weisul/four-strategies-to-raise-profits-by-paying-employees-more.html).
All that said, I'm not a business analyst and we can only go off what we are seeing in city logs. Still! It seems like the game could totally be paying Oleis more!
I dont wanna be a pain when I do things like that, so I guess I am more or less asking official stance on the process, as I know sometimes it can get pretty backed up. I do have a pretty item in there right now which is why I ask.
@Oleis and @Razmael thanks for always being super awesome when I ask silly questions.
Each chest also has a 10% chance of containing a broken piece from a chest, detailed below in set items.
But then lists the pieces under retired. Are they or not?