Talk:Critical Hit (Mechanic)/@comment-216.137.237.157-20131111101234/@comment-216.137.237.157-20131113051918

As an example of how to write a proper guide, here is the formula of how to calculate your true damage output from Increased Critical Strike Damage as (I assume) it combines with Critical Strike Chance in Warframe:



TLDR (“Too Long Didn’t Read”) Formula:

(d*(m-1)*c)+d = ‘True Critical Strike Damage’



d = Base Damage

c = Critical Strike Chance

m = Critical Strike Damage Multiplier (“CSDM” for shorthand)



The following examples assume that you are using the default starting gun: the Braton



* = Multiplication symbol

/ = Division symbol



The Braton has the following stats:

Base Damage: 20

<p class="MsoNormal">Critical Strike Chance: 2.5% which also equals 0.025 (2.5 / 100)

<p class="MsoNormal">“CSDM” =  “Critical Strike Damage Multiplier”: 150% which also equals 1.5

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<p class="MsoNormal">This means you will critically strike 1 time every 40 shots, on average. When you critically strike, I have assumed you will deal Base Damage (20) * “CSDM” (1.5). So we will deal: 20 * 1.5 = 30 damage whenever we critically strike (reduced by enemy armor, of course).

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<p class="MsoNormal">For the Braton:

<p class="MsoNormal">d = 20

<p class="MsoNormal">c = 0.025

<p class="MsoNormal">m = 1.5

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<p class="MsoNormal">Add these numbers into the formula to get:

<p class="MsoNormal">(20*(1.5-1)*0.025)+20

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<p class="MsoNormal">Now solve it:

<p class="MsoNormal">(20*(0.5)*0.025)+20

<p class="MsoNormal">(10*0.025)+20

<p class="MsoNormal">(10*0.025)+20

<p class="MsoNormal">(0.25)+20

<p class="MsoNormal">20.25 = average ‘True’ damage per bullet for the Braton.

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<p class="MsoNormal">If we then multiply this by how many bullets it fires per second (11.25) we get: 227.81 ‘True’ DpS (Damage per Second).

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<p class="MsoNormal">A simplified version of the SAME formula:

<p class="MsoNormal">cdm - cd + d

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<p class="MsoNormal">Note, both formulas:

<p class="MsoNormal">cdm - cd + d

<p class="MsoNormal">and

<p class="MsoNormal">(d*(m-1)*c)+d

<p class="MsoNormal">Come out to the EXACT SAME result. They are equivalent formulas, just written differently.