July 2 Update/ Staff Focus- Mind Amp

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Fixed a bug in Staff Focus that was causing it to do more dmg than it should based on Strength and less dmg than it should based on Intelligence. You can read the details here. Thanks to our forge players for helping us get this sorted out.

Considering this, what is the general consensus among the staff users here? Is an INT loadout better than a STR loadout? Considering Mind Amp increases INT by 15%, INT should be 15% higher than pure STR in damage calculations. The only advantage I see to STR-based now is the health bonus. Any opinions?

The general consensus is that Int-based SF will perform better than Strength now.

Basically...I can't wait to see how hard my Dead World hits... =)

Seems to be working fine! lol

Dark as Knight critically hits Hawk Silverleaf for 422 damage

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Dark as Knight wrote:The general consensus is that Int-based SF will perform better than Strength now.

Basically...I can't wait to see how hard my Dead World hits... =)

Dark as Knight wrote:The general consensus is that Int-based SF will perform better than Strength now.

Basically...I can't wait to see how hard my Dead World hits... =)

...just imagine if you didn't gaze me

wow that is a good hit I might have to change now to make a HP load out with my 802 INT that might do some damage.

Ares, you don't want any more than 450 int. Critical damage is based off of speed and perception, so you want those stats 250+.

Damn I thought crit damage was based around speed and not perception, that perception just affected your crit %....

Dark as Knight wrote:Ares, you don't want any more than 450 int. Critical damage is based off of speed and perception, so you want those stats 250+.

Why 250?

I believe the damage formula is optimized at 400 str/int 300 spd and 300 per.

Dont forget that Str-SF can free 5 skill points from Mind Amp and put in somewhere else, like shimmer or magus blood.

does staff focus and mind amp stack do you know?

Mint_Jelly wrote:does staff focus and mind amp stack do you know?

Staff focus provides 40% and Mind Amp provides 60% of INT to STR when doing damage calc's. So, having 100 STR is equal to having 100 INT attribute points.

The advantage of Mind Amp is the 15% increase to INT.