Just to clarify/add on, the BK boost to status chances is applied after resistances, not before. For example, a base 60% chance with the skill maxed out (+15%) would result in a minimum of 15% chance to land regardless of the target's resistances (well, barring immunity). Pretty much means that if t...

While boosts to STR are relatively small, the STR multiplier itself is the largest Damage multiplier in the game and outmatches most skill multipliers as early as 9 or 16 STR.

For example, EO2's formula was just wATK + STR for the display yet the damage function never used that value. Likewise, aDEF + VIT for the DEF display and it was never used. The actual functions were: Attack = (aSTR + [aWP / 2]) * (20 + aSTR) * (20 + aWP) Defense = (20 + dVIT) * (20 + dAC) Base Dama...

True, though I want to check the coding on the ability to see if it's a generic +Status chance or +Status_Beast chance. The skill states the latter but I've heard the former is the functionality of it. But, yes, as useful as +15% is, not sure if it's worth not using a class that would take the 6th s...

STR is not pointless. It's used in the stat_based multiplier (up to 10 times, sqrt[STR] function). This is one of the reasons I want to go over the formulas Self translated since they're a bit sloppy to read. STR is pretty vital to the damage formula as far as I can tell, it's just bottom-heavy (aga...

I'm just by the numbers. If the numbers say A is better, then A is better. None of this "it feels like" or "seems like" kind of thing. Yes, Farmers have a better LUC stat than the other classes but how relevant is it? Not very, to be honest. I'd rather have Beast King's +15% _aft...

I'm not sure why we're in spoiler tags. Anyway, EO1, EO2, and EO3 all use some "weird" formula (admittedly, the EO1 and EO2 formulas were simple) for the display screen. They all do absolutely nothing and don't do a very good job of actually reflecting what they're supposed to. When I get ...

The status formula doesn't care how awesome your LUC _and_ TEC is. It only cares how it is compared to the target to a point. If your LUC and TEC combined are 22 points higher* than the target, you get the highest possible chance of landing the status effect. It doesn't care if you have 40 more LUC,...

Casters, somehow, are less terrible this time. Probably due to the spell damage formula having a 4*TEC multiplier (that is, effectively giving them a 396 ATK Weapon for calculation purposes). OF course, they still screw things up a bit by having lower multipliers. [spoiler]That and the 396 "wAT...

Meh.

[spoiler]Elder Dragon has no repeat affliction mechanic; he'll always be able to be hit with a bind. That's due to the same mechanic inflicting binds on him though and I don't think this is on anything else in the game.[/spoiler]

Monster/Boss Names: [spoiler]I figured you meant that. That said, there was only one fight in EO2 that took long enough to warrant multiple Dominates really (or 4, depending on your group for the Dragons). The main perk of Dominate, though, wasn't that it did all three but that it did so with a guar...

With the Dominator Whip, Axcela's were never really needed for getting Dominate on every FoE/Boss fight you needed. Also, using three classes to inflict all three binds doesn't do it "better" than a DH ... they're each individually as good as a DH (barring Force Skill). That said, the chan...

Here's the math for the status effects: Edit: WARNING MATH WARNING bAcc = Base Accuracy of Skill bDiff = 2*aLUC + aTEC - 2*dLUC - dTEC If bDiff <= -18: Acc = bAcc If bDiff >= 22: Acc = 2*bAcc Else: Acc = [(1.17 + 0.83 * Sin(0.07*bDiff - 0.20)) * bAcc] In short: If your LUC and TEC (aLUC, aTEC) are l...

I like how I've missed 2 whole bullshit DS consoles without even caring. Awesome. Anyway, I'm more interested in how "good" the tech behind the 3DS is. I imagine it'll be a pretty watered down version of the tech for the sake of cost (i.e., like Wii launch vs Wii Motion+). [spoiler]Plus, i...