Talk:Ore Gaze/@comment-67.43.247.201-20180312215100

Ok boys I just did some testing on Hieracon that I think you'll be interested in.

First, I went in with max (323%) power strength, Energy Conversion, and Growing Power. I killed the mutalist power carrier guys ONLY when I had Energy Conversion proc up from energy orb collection, AND Growing Power proc active (Artax triggered). This effectively gives Atlas 398% power strength, and we would therefore expect to see 99.5% chance to collect extra loot from the Ore Gaze Augment. I killed 35 power carriers with both procs active, and all 35 of them dropped two power cores (35/35 -- 100%). Next, I went back in with 200% power strength and killed a bunch of the petrified s**tbirds to record how many dropped one core and how many dropped two. We would expect to see a roughly equal number of one-drops as two-drops, as our bonus loot chance at 200% strength is 50%. In my test, 20/34 dropped only one power core (~59%), and 14/34 dropped two cores (~41%).

Not the biggest sample sizes, but it is hard data, and it's pretty convincing. I think this is a strong argument showing that Ore Gaze does not cap out at 200% strength, or at the very least that we should collect more samples before deciding. ---

Now... the REALLY interesting test would be to repeat part A, but have a friend bring a high strength Equinox with peaceful provocation for +80% extra ability strength. 398+80=478 power strength (Provoke stacks additively). From augment: 25*4.78=119.5% bonus drop chance. Kill the petrified power carriers (make sure to have both procs active on cast) to see if you can get any of them to drop three power cores; theoretically there should be a 19.5% chance for it to happen (if Ore Gaze is truly uncapped).

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3/12/2018 (Shrine of the Eidolon: Hotfix 22.15.1)