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Interval explained

Post by iferget » 13 Sep 2011, 16:42

This was written in response to another post (about bows), but I got carried away with detail. Now I'm just so darn proud of it, I thought I'd make it easier to find :D . Hope it helps.

Interval bonus is given in -0.xx ( usually 0.1 or 0.05) seconds per attack. When getting these bonuses (custom or otherwise) the effect seems to make no sense. Here's why.

Attacks per second (APS) and seconds per attack (sec p/att) are not the same.
0.67 APS = 1.49 sec p/att . (1/0.67)
1.49 sec p/att - 0.1 sec p/att=1.39 sec p/att
1.39 sec p/att= 0.71 attacks per sec. (1/1.39)

What this ends up creating is a system of interval done in stages.
Weapons start with their base attack rate (bows have the lowest base attack rate, fist/claw have the highest). Here are the steps:
step-------int-------sec/att-------att p/sec (rounded to 0.00)
1----------0---------1.5------------0.67 (most bows start)
2----------0.1-------1.4------------0.71
3----------0.2-------1.3------------0.77
4----------0.3-------1.2------------0.83 (dual hatchet/hammer)
5----------0.4-------1.1------------0.91 (dual swords/blades, sledgehammer,poleaxe)
6----------0.5--------1--------------1 (spear, longblad, shaft, bannerstaff)
7----------0.6-------0.9-------------1.11 (sword/blade)
8----------0.7-------0.8-------------1.25 (magic sword,wand,quoit,dagger)
9----------0.8-------0.7-------------1.43 (most fists start)
10---------0.9-------0.6-------------1.67
11---------1---------0.5-------------2
12---------1.1-------0.4-------------2.5
13---------1.2-------0.3-------------3.33
14---------1.3-------0.2-------------5


basically each 0.1 to interval bumps the attack rate up 1 step. So with fists you need to go up 5 steps (-0.5 int) , to get 5.0 interval, with bow you would need to go up 13 steps (-1.3 int).
Since you can only get 0.2 int (2 steps) max with ashura/lionrex combo (I think it's the same with g16 or 17, someone correct me if I'm wrong), and 0.3 (3 steps) with customs (0.4 counting custom weapon), that's a total of 5 steps from full custom armor, 6 if you custom your weapon.
That means on this server the fastest full custom bow is Bow of Nimrod (comes with extra 0.1 for a total of 7 steps), at 1.25 APS (or 0.8 second per attack).
It's also why they put the cap at 5.0. The next step would be (1/0.1) 10 APS! The one after that is impossible (1/0).

Hope that helps. ;)
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