A few days ago I noticed something was off in a battle. After all the new updates, which included modified dmg formulas and multipliers, our land and naval dmg was modified. However, although I was expecting a decrees in dmg what caught my attention was that weather I had a booster active or not I was pretty much doing the same amount of dmg. The same thing happened with the extra NE % we are supposed to get which ended up only boosting up my dmg by like 1.5% instead of the so called 10%.

So I went ahead and dug into the formula updates a little closer and noticed the following.



















Both formulas are dependent on the same factors: lvl, str, rank, wep (which is the multiplier attached to each quality), booster and natural enemy.

But what really makes them different is the order in which each affects what I will call our base dmg. 

If you notice both formulas they are both exactly the same up to this point:  ceil of    lvlx5 +str   *   1+rankx0.05  = Base dmg


OLD Formula


The old formula had all other factors affect the base dmg as well as themselves as well: Baae dmg x wep x booster x NE

So when you turned on a booster or had NE this not only affected the base dmg but also the wep you were using therefore giving you an overall increase of dmg as stated on said booster (30%, 50%) or by the NE (10%).



NEW Formula


The new formula however separates all other factors and have them ONLY affect your base dmg: Base dmg x wep + base dmg x booster + base dmg x NE

In this case any booster only affects the base dmg leaving out unaltered the majority from where our dmg comes from which is the wep multiplier.




The base dmg is is very small in comparison to our total dmg when we use top weps. Therefore, we now only see a increase in overall dmg when we use any kind of booster.


Here is an idea of how much a booster really affects our overall dmg while using q5 helis and bazookas for an average 18kstr, lvl 98, rank 66 citizen:

Q3 Booster
Portrayed boost percentage = 30%
Real boost on overall dmg using Q5 heli = 6% (3.97k x hit wo/B  vs  4.21k x hit w/B)
Real boost on overall dmg using Q5 heli = 5% (4.77k x hit wo/B  vs  5.01k x hit w/B)

Q5 Booster
Portrayed boost percentage = 50%
Real boost on overall dmg using Q5 heli = 10% (3.97k x hit wo/B  vs  4.37k x hit w/B)
Real boost on overall dmg using Q5 heli = 8% (4.77k x hit wo/B  vs  5.17k x hit w/B)


This brings us to 2 things:

1. Our boosters are not as valuable as we once though. To see a Q5 booster that increased our dmg so much and see it only affect our dmg barely enough as an old NE used too is depressing when you consider how hard and expensive it is to gain them. 

2. The other booster that with this new update is within or grasp has to do with these new armor suits and multicolored stones and are basically the same as our regular old boosters in terms of both what they are supposed to increase our dmg and how much they are really affecting it as stated above.



And here is where I wanted to get. The Admin gave us all these new ways to increase our dmg while at the same time  trying to have us spend all that gold that they foolishly gave us when they screwed up the game a few months ago. But the reality is that even though a lot of people have the gold to spend these highly coveted upgrades the truth of the matter is that they are not even selling us what we think they are.

Spending gold to gain max lvl gloves and helmets will only get you a miserable 8 to 10% dmg increase depending if you use RPG's or Q5 Heli.

If you really are keep to spend your gold on these upgrades or have stones laying around use them on your energy increase gadgets (chest and pants) or on your energy recovery speed increase (boots). Otherwise let the market take down the price of these gems and enjoy not letting adm get away with taking our "hard earn" money away from us ;)


Hope the read was worth your while and can take advantage of it.