up, at least for me..
Using my swordsman, lvl210
with gear on, stats are as follows:
strength 429
Armor 348
Dex 124
HP 85013
using the Fragarach Sword (speed 7), and Vital Bracelet
In lvl 100+ dungeon standing in a corner where only 3 cyclops at a time could get to me.
on all runs I waited till I was full health again before stopping the clock at the end. so in a sense this is a
full cycle, ready to go again. with one or two noted exeptions. (Anytime I rested I rested all the way till full
health.)
also the skills were ready when I started each cycle, and almost as soon as they were ready to use again i did
so within a split second or two.
I used an Online timer with split function on my laptop. all times are copied n pasted to this notepad doc that
I will simply copy n paste into a post when done after calculating and adding my thoughts.
I have removed a couple redundant or failed timming tests.. lol
I hope some will find this makes sense to them and its easy to read, and more hopefully, interesting. Its more
just my curiousity, and wanted to get to the bottom of the skills.
The big question for me is: is it better to use the fire sword and rest more often, or use the always hit skill
and fight longer spending less time healing.
Are my stats high enough that the always hit skill is basicaly pointless.. mabe I strike with every swing
anyways..?
anyway, sum data:
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3 kills - using fire sword skill.
Split 1: 00:00:47 (577) kill
Split 2: 00:01:36 (119) kill
Split 3: 00:02:20 (379) kill/rest
Split 4: 00:03:02 (40) healed
1200000xp in 180s= 6667xp per second
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4 kills no heal - fire sword
Split 1: 00:00:45 (548) kill
Split 2: 00:01:29 (718) kill
Split 3: 00:02:12 (748) kill
Split 4: 00:02:52 (318) kill
1.6mil in 2:50..
(Healing takes about 40seconds from low low red, so rough guess 1.6mill with heal in 3:30 ish)
*Because of the way the spawn worked out I almost only had one at a time, allowed me to push it to a fourth
kill, but was down to under 10k hp (I typically have about 20-25K left after three kills, and its sometimes easy
to push for that fourth.. getting more cautious as I go.. i would go down to 4-6Khp when i first came, but then
i only had like 10-15 to start with.. lol)
7619xp/s
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3kills fire sword..
Split 1: 00:00:47 (977) kill
Split 2: 00:01:31 (226) kill
Split 3: 00:02:13 (96) kill
Split 4: 00:02:23 (566) hit till skill runs out (4th cyclops in yellow)/rest
Split 5: 00:02:49 (696) healed
3 in 2:50
1.2mil xp/ 169sec = 7100xp/sec
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always hit skill (lil fire dude)
Split 1: 00:01:00 (400) kill
Split 2: 00:02:05 (402) kill
Split 3: 00:03:05 (532) kill
Split 4: 00:04:09 (974) kill
Split 5: 00:05:11 (104) kill
Split 6: 00:06:15 (04) kill
Split 7: 00:07:15 (534) kill/rest
Split 8: 00:07:49 (834) healed
Split 9: 00:08:50 (434) kill
Split 10: 00:09:57 (404) kill
Split 11: 00:10:59 (604) kill/rest
Split 12: 00:11:20 (674) healed
10 kills total, 11:20.. (4mill xp
)15 seconds longer to kill each one vs fire sword
4000000/680s = 5882xp/sec
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4 kills no skill usage
obvious degradition of dps over even just the always hit skill
(Tested as i wondered if my stats etc were high enough that I would basicaly hit them all the time anyways,
making that skill useless.. deffinately not the case. lol)
Split 1: 00:01:17 (527) kill
Split 2: 00:02:25 (657) kill
Split 3: 00:03:40 (387) kill
Split 4: 00:04:54 (859) kill/rest
4 kills in almost 5 mins.. gross!!
about 15-20 seconds longer for each kill vs always hit
roughly 30-35 seconds longer each kill vs fire sword
1.2mil / 300s = 4000xp/s
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fire sword... disconnected at end 8 kills
Split 1: 00:00:46 (456) kill
Split 2: 00:01:29 (926) kill
Split 3: 00:02:13 (526) kill/rest
Split 4: 00:02:48 (956) heald
Split 5: 00:03:34 (756) kill
Split 6: 00:04:18 (418) kill
Split 7: 00:05:01 (598) kill
Split 8: 00:05:44 (58) kill/rest
Split 9: 00:06:25 (418) healed
Split 10: 00:07:09 (158) kill
Split 11: 00:07:38 (298) disconnected
8 kills in 7 mins, with stopping to heal 2x
3.2mil xp in 7:40
if we say stop at last kill and add 20sec for heal (I had only used fire sword once, so would still be in green,
10 secs would be good est.) then we end up with:
7111xp/s
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fire sword - 9 kills, 3 rests, run ends after fully healed
Split 1: 00:00:44 (418) kill
Split 2: 00:01:28 (18) kill
Split 3: 00:02:10 (218) kill
Split 4: 00:02:19 (918) hit till skill ends, then rest (low red)
Split 5: 00:03:01 (518) heald
Split 6: 00:03:41 (718) kill
Split 7: 00:04:25 (718) kill
Split 8: 00:05:08 (718) kill
Split 9: 00:05:30 (817) finish kill from split 4/rest
Split 10: 00:06:10 (17) heald
Split 11: 00:06:55 (617) kill
Split 12: 00:07:38 (787) kill/rest
Split 13: 00:08:11 (617) heald/stop
9 kills
3.6mil xp in 8:10
7347xp/s
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fire sword-- extended run--- got disconnected part way, decided to just keep rolling with it as i was getting
tired of it at this point. Due to the disconnect, things are a lil out of whack.. wasnt expecting it, so the
times i hit the split button are a lil off around there.. not sure if actions are 100% acurate after that
either, but the kills/rests/heals are pretty close
Split 1: 00:00:47 (257) kill
Split 2: 00:01:31 (918) kill
Split 3: 00:02:14 (460) kill
Split 4: 00:02:26 (620) hit till skill ends then rest-low red
Split 5: 00:03:07 (260) heald
Split 6: 00:03:49 (760) kill
Split 7: 00:04:31 (890) kill
Split 8: 00:04:52 (520) kill
Split 9: 00:05:23 (290) kill/rest
Split 10: 00:06:08 (160) heald
Split 11: 00:06:51 (790) kill
Split 12: 00:07:35 (50) kill
Split 13: 00:07:59 (560) kill
Split 14: 00:08:08 (50) disconnected!!!!!
Split 15: 00:08:30 (460) logged in (skill interuption)
Split 16: 00:08:47 (120) resume attacking- alternate target
Split 17: 00:09:31 (360) kill/rest
Split 18: 00:09:48 (290) healed
Split 19: 00:10:25 (590) kill
Split 20: 00:11:04 (290) kill
Split 21: 00:11:44 (920) kill
Split 22: 00:11:56 (50) hit til skill ends then rest (1/3 dead cyclops)
Split 23: 00:12:37 (121) heald
14kills
5.6mil xp in 12.35
755s
7417xp/s
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now a bit of math.. yick!
fire sword runs:
6667xp/second
7619xp/s
7100xp/sec
7111xp/s
7347xp/s
7417xp/s
excluding that lousy first run hehe the overal average with firesword is:
7318xp/s
in the end we have:
fire sword: 7318 <---2mins 25secs per 1 million xp..
always hit: 5882
no skill : 4000
so in theory it should only take, using the fire sword skill, 5.31 hrs to go from lvl 210 to 211 for 140mil xp.
lol
(Altho by time I got all this done, as there were many miss runs etc, I only need about 10mil-ish.. soo.. half
an hour or so.. lol)
well that was something to keep me amused today! lol
hopefully thats all laid out in a realitively easy to understand manner n makes sense!
I suspect im near a threashold Using fire sword, I was always using it a second time on each cyclops, which
would finish it off and start in on the next with the skill active. in a few more levels I should be doin enough
damage to finish it off with one skill usage cycle.
as well higher hp will be able to kill 4 consecutively, possibly 5 before having to rest which will drasticaly
improve the xp/second just do to overall flow.
the main cause for the variances I suspect is, my fingers, timmng and weather I end up with 3 around me all the
time, or just about only one all the time.. lol
anyways, anyone else wants to post up on thier classes etc with a similar comparision, feel free!
would be cool to compare other peopels xp gain.
Im also thinkin that if I was in a spot where only 2 at a time can get to me, the results would be mariginaly
better as well.. haha.. but theres only about 3 of those spots in this dungeon, and they're pretty crowded these
days.. (Specialy since someone put an ore pile right next to my fav one.. *pout*)
be interesting to check out how it changes as I level up.. maybe redo it again in 20-50lvls, but all your gona
get is stats, and the xp/sec end calcs.. this was waaay too much typing etc.
well im done for now, its already past beer-0-clock!!
~L~
EDIT:
Anyone know how much HP the cyclops have? would allow me to do a few other calculations im kinda curious.. mainly DPS.. lol altho XPS is pretty much a clear inidcator and essentialy the same thing here.. lol
Thanks in advance!!
... Red Cyclops have 30,000 HP , 70 DEX. which does mean you will always hit them with your high Dex. I'm guessing the difference there is just a coincidence that you happened to "roll" more critical hits while using always hit skill, which bypasses armor, allowing you to kill a bit more quickly... If I'm right, that skill didn't really help you... However, it's also possible that skill does something else that you and I aren't aware of.
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