SpiritMaster Discussion Thread

[LurkaKitty]

Someone was saying earlier this afternoon on the PTS if a DoT scored a crit, each tick after would also crit. If that's the case (and do pets crit?), I think you guys will be alright on damage.

confirmed, 64 dmg crit Erosion 1 on Shortbristle Bellpig, each successive 57 dmg erosion 1 tick popped up as "critical 57" on screen.

[Pooky]

So with 1.9 released, I again stay up far too late whacking training dummies in varying stages of undress trying to wrap my head around this scaling bs. I know most people don't give a shit about mechanics, but I figured it was worth posting for those that do.


That being said, Pet Scaling follows a pretty simple formula:

Damage = Base Skill Damage + (Pet Magic Boost/Rate)

With the rate changing per skill, per pet, and per tier. After some testing, I worked out the damage rates of each pet at 50. Skills I tested with were Thunderbolt Claw, Disturbance, and Detonation (Flow would have taken far too long for tonight to test).

	     Claw    Dist      Det
Fire IV	     1.62    1.06     .757
Wind IV	     3.88    1        .71
Water III   1.5     1.02     .825

To see how much of a damage difference this is, just plug your numbers into this formula:

Damage - (Pet Magic Boost/Rate) = Base