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    Wyvern Parameter Boost

    Did a small-sample parse N=115 +/- 5 attack rounds. 114 with no wyvern EXP bonus and 120 with 1000 EXP bonus on DC Bluffalo, the lowest level they can spawn I imagine since nobody was fighting them except me and I only fought two. The only thing is Atma of The Stronghold which has +40 attack on it which could skew the exact damage increase from the EXP bonus(actually maybe not since it was on always so it's a constant)

    Anyway it SEEMS from the data that the Wyvern EXP bonus enhances:
    Attack and or DMG(I can't tell, would need to redo this on weaker mobs where the wyvern has capped pDif/Cratio but it's tedious because the Wyvern kills most things of the sort in 2-3 hits).
    Accuracy
    Evasion
    Breath Potency
    *Defense(I suspect defense is enhanced but the sample size is far too small and within margin of error.

    http://img854.imageshack.us/edit_pre...&action=rotate


    Vs Bluffalo Wyvern 0 EXP
    Accuracy: 93.33 %
    Melee Damage Average: 50.65
    DPS:8.55
    Critical hit rate:8.04%
    CritLow:83 CritHigh:111
    Average damage taken: 51.04
    Damage taken low:36 Damage taken high:62
    Crit taken%: 4.20%
    Evasion:25.88%
    Raw data for Attack Detail:
    Spoiler: show
    41: 1
    42: 1
    43: 2
    44: 4
    + 45: 18
    46: 9
    +^ 47: 18
    48: 3
    49: 2
    50: 3
    51: 4
    52: 2
    53: 4
    54: 3
    55: 3
    56: 3
    57: 4
    58: 5
    59: 1
    61: 3
    62: 3
    63: 2
    64: 2
    65: 3
    Melee Crits
    83: 1
    89: 1
    92: 1
    96: 1
    +^ 97: 2
    101: 1
    110: 1
    111: 1

    Raw data for Defense Detail:
    Spoiler: show
    -34: 1
    -10: 1
    -6: 1
    -4: 1
    0: 7
    36: 2
    37: 2
    38: 3
    39: 4
    40: 2
    41: 2
    42: 3
    43: 4
    44: 3
    45: 3
    46: 7
    47: 3
    48: 2
    49: 1
    50: 3
    52: 4
    53: 2
    +^ 54: 16
    55: 12
    56: 15
    57: 4
    58: 8
    59: 2
    60: 2
    61: 1
    62: 4


    Vs Bluffalo Wyvern 1000 EXP
    Accuracy: 95.86 %
    Melee Damage Average: 72.82
    MeleeLow:52 MeleeHigh:92
    DPS:13.52
    Critical hit rate:5.67
    CritLow:105 CritHigh:126
    Average damage taken: 47.64
    Damage taken low:35 Damage taken high:58
    Crit taken%: 5.38%
    Evasion: 35.18%
    Raw data for Attack Detail:
    Spoiler: show

    52: 2
    53: 3
    54: 1
    55: 1
    56: 3
    57: 2
    58: 2
    59: 2
    60: 2
    61: 3
    62: 2
    + 63: 4
    + 64: 4
    65: 3
    66: 3
    67: 2
    + 68: 4
    69: 1
    70: 2
    71: 2
    72: 2
    +^ 73: 4
    74: 1
    75: 3
    76: 3
    77: 1
    78: 2
    79: 1
    80: 2
    81: 1
    + 82: 4
    + 83: 4
    + 84: 4
    85: 2
    86: 3
    + 87: 4
    88: 3
    89: 2
    + 90: 4
    91: 3
    92: 1
    Melee Crits
    + 105: 1
    + 112: 1
    +^ 120: 1
    + 122: 1
    + 126: 1

    Raw data for Defense Detail:
    Spoiler: show
    -6: 1
    0: 6
    35: 3
    36: 1
    37: 4
    38: 5
    39: 3
    41: 2
    42: 3
    43: 3
    44: 3
    45: 5
    46: 4
    47: 3
    ^ 48: 3
    49: 3
    50: 3
    51: 3
    + 52: 14
    53: 4
    54: 11
    55: 2
    56: 4
    57: 1
    58: 1


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    The spoilered detail data -- is that for damage taken? It matches the high/low range (excluding 0's and negatives) for damage taken you gave in each section, though it's labelled as attack data.

    Also, both sets are labelled as for 0 xp, though you said you did testing for 0 and 1000 xp. Where's the 1000 xp data?

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    I think he mislabeled the data. The second set is after 1000 XP.

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    Fixed both issues, sorry I made the post after a long 12 hour work shift wth 2 hours of sleep!

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    Should I go out and do a few attack rounds with the Wyvern against level 0 Rabbits to see if the base DMG changes? Wyverns and pets all together seem to hit mobs for the same damage even when they crit(weird pdif calculations) but I think if the base DMG of the wyvern is increased with the parameter boost, it should be highly evident with like 1 or 2 data points I'd imagine. I hypothesize that it's probably a +Attack boost per parameter boost since that would lend it itself to more of an overall increase in total damage from the wyvern against anything relevant a DRG might be fighting in endgame. Since the purpose of the parameter boost was to enhance dragoons for merit parties/endgame(where EXP was available, prior to the Empathy update), adding +Attack would make the most logical sense than adding +STR or +DMG.

    Yugl told me he thinks it might also add attributes since the Devs refer to the Parameter Boost as a 'Level Up' (though through my testing neither the 'Job Level'of the Wyvern nor does the HP of the Wyvern change with any of the 5 parameter boost increments it obtains with 1000 exp(200 exp each). Though it could have it's main Attributes enhanced(STR/DEX/VIT etc).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ophannus View Post
    nor does the HP of the Wyvern change with any of the 5 parameter boost increments it obtains with 1000 exp(200 exp each). Though it could have it's main Attributes enhanced(STR/DEX/VIT etc).
    Are you sure about this? I've always gotten correct results by assuming that the "breath potency" boost came from a (IIRC) 30% increase in wyvern HP.

    It doesn't interact with wyvern + HP% gear (brais, feet+2) in the appropriate fashion otherwise.

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    Tested this a while ago in Abyssea against Reseph without cruor buffs. It does not enhance wyvern's HP at all. It's something like +6% breath potency per parameter boost(and 30% HP wouldn't equate to 30% breath potency anyway)