13APR11 - Commander Vitality Patch

Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic

   Hi All,

A long overdue patch to Commander Vitality has gone live.

Commander Vitality (Maximum Health) worked incorrectly in that commanders took percentage rather than absolute damage from their overall health.

Commanders now take absolute damage as a percentage from 100 maximum points of damage.

To explain:

THE OLD WAY
Commander 1 with 100 Health takes 70% damage and is left with 30 Health
Commander 1 with 30 Health fights again, takes 70% damage and is left with 9 Health
Commander 2 with 200 Health takes 70% damage and is left with 60 Health

This old way - which was wrong - meant that commanders with higher Maximum Health (Vitality) took more damage than commanders without higher Vitality, and Vitality was therefore relatively meaningless.

THE NEW WAY
Commander 1 with 100 Health takes 70% damage which is translated into 70 points of damage and is left with 30 Health
Commander 1 with 30 Health fights again, takes 70% damage which is translated into 70 points of damage and is dead (subject to Defy Death skill) at -40 Health
Commander 2 with 200 Health takes 70% damage which is translated into 70 points of damage and is left with 130 Health

The long and short of it is that:
Commanders with higher Vitality are now substantially more survivable.  
Commanders who fight with less than 100 Health can now be slain in combat even if your overall combat is victorious, depending on how close the combat differential between attacker and defender is compared to the commander's remaining Health.

A long overdue, and hopefully welcome patch.

Regards,

SC

Author	Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic
GM Stormcrow Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group GM Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Location: Illyria Status: Offline Points: 3820	Posted: 13 Apr 2011 at 10:12
	Hi All, A long overdue patch to Commander Vitality has gone live. Commander Vitality (Maximum Health) worked incorrectly in that commanders took percentage rather than absolute damage from their overall health. Commanders now take absolute damage as a percentage from 100 maximum points of damage. To explain: THE OLD WAY Commander 1 with 100 Health takes 70% damage and is left with 30 Health Commander 1 with 30 Health fights again, takes 70% damage and is left with 9 Health Commander 2 with 200 Health takes 70% damage and is left with 60 Health This old way - which was wrong - meant that commanders with higher Maximum Health (Vitality) took more damage than commanders without higher Vitality, and Vitality was therefore relatively meaningless. THE NEW WAY Commander 1 with 100 Health takes 70% damage which is translated into 70 points of damage and is left with 30 Health Commander 1 with 30 Health fights again, takes 70% damage which is translated into 70 points of damage and is dead (subject to Defy Death skill) at -40 Health Commander 2 with 200 Health takes 70% damage which is translated into 70 points of damage and is left with 130 Health The long and short of it is that: Commanders with higher Vitality are now substantially more survivable. Commanders who fight with less than 100 Health can now be slain in combat even if your overall combat is victorious, depending on how close the combat differential between attacker and defender is compared to the commander's remaining Health. A long overdue, and hopefully welcome patch. Regards, SC