/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.5566811]

Which one and why?

[Anonymous No.5566818]

they all have the same expected value

I guess it depends what monster you're fighting and if you can utilize the quick speed or not, if it's a hit and run style fight then maybe the slower weapon is better

[Anonymous No.5566823]

Blue because I like it

[Anonymous No.5566832]

>>5566811
yellow, obviously.

actually take that shit on /v/

actually end yourself

[Anonymous No.5566846]

Depends on the situation.

Yellow if its close quarters, red if hit and run.

[Anonymous No.5566842]

>>5566832
>states it's obvious
>doesn't state why

>They're all exactly the same in terms of DPS.
Gtfo.

[Anonymous No.5566856]

>>5566846
or blue if your not a fag

[Anonymous No.5566861]

Does your attack interrupt the enemy's attack? Do they have to recover from each hit?

If so, then yellow. Keep them off their feet, so to speak.

Otherwise, red.

[Anonymous No.5566862]

Always red.

If it's hit and run, then red is obviously best. If it's close up, then all of them will be hitting and it's the same DPS.

Thus red is the optimal for every strategy

[Anonymous No.5566863]

It depends on your given stat distribution, and most importantly, critical hit chance. If your chance to crit is high, more damage is beneficial, but if it's say, 0%, you want to get as many hits in as possible.

Same goes for hit%, if your hit percentage is high, you'd want a slower weapon as you won't be missing much, so you won't have much short-term dps loss (obviously over time it will even out, but in a game setting, this isn't really applicable). Conversely, if your chance to hit is low, you'll want the fastest weapon possible so to even out "burst dps".

>tl;dr, I'd need to see the character sheet first before I made a choice

[Anonymous No.5566867]

>>5566811
I used to think yellow, but someone showed mathematically that blue is the superior choice.

[Anonymous No.5566869]

Do you get the first hit at t=0? Then red.

Do you get the first hit at t=(1/speed)? Then yellow.

[Anonymous No.5566870]

Red. You generally strike first and then have a waiting period so red will always have done greater than or the same amount of damage as the others. Therefore you are more likely to kill them faster.

[Anonymous No.5566871]

wouldn't they all offer the same amount of damage/unit time?

[Anonymous No.5566873]

red if you're not a pleb

[Anonymous No.5566874]

yellow.

if the target is fast moving, i can at least get some damage in before it dodges.
more damage doesn't help if the target dodges relatively consistently.

[Anonymous No.5566876]

>>5566863
fuck sorry, I got that mixed up, chance to hit is most important, as misses are absolute, crit chance less so as you're still doing damage for non-criticals.

[Anonymous No.5566886]

>>5566871
Yes, but actual gameplay mechanics would make one a better choice.

[Anonymous No.5566883]

>>5566874
>making assumptions about dodging
That information is not given. le kill yourself rebbit scum

[Anonymous No.5566884]

Red. Less speed = Less energy waste.

[Anonymous No.5566890]

>>5566883
some assumptions may be educated.
they're not guesses in the dark.
if i've got a sword to hit stuff with, i wanna make sure i can actually hit my target if i want to.

[Anonymous No.5566895]

>>5566884
perhaps it is lighter however.

[Anonymous No.5566909]

>>5566862

Retard EV pleb.

Consider if a monster has 125 HP and there are two of them.

That will take 250 hits for yellow to kill, but six for red to kill. Red takes 20% longer to kill those two targets

[Anonymous No.5566917]

>>5566811
Assuming every attack hits, the only factor that would decide the superior sword is distribution of enemy health.

For instance, assume that there is a normal distribution with the average being 1 and a standard deviation of 0.1. Yellow would be the undisputed champ.

[Anonymous No.5566914]

Seriously? with yellow you hit them 10 times in the same time it takes to hit them once with red, or twice with blue. They all do the same amount of damage assuming it's over 10 measurements of time. But it would likely be best to pick yellow, because even if you miss half(somehow) you still get 5 damage in 5 times faster then blue. Seriously, why is this even a debate.

[Anonymous No.5566930]

>>5566811
When I played warcraft II I would run into this problem many times playing the tower defense custom games. I would typically put a few towers with huge damage and low speed in my maze and make them attack the strongest creep. If you were playing footman wars, the ultimate goal was to max your agility out instead of strength.
It depends on what the situation is.

[Anonymous No.5567003]

probably depends on chance to hit and hp of the enemy.

[Anonymous No.5567014]

All are the same. How stupid.

[Anonymous No.5567033]

>>5566811
Red because the character animations for yellow would make it look like someone having a stroke.

Everything else is speculation without evidence.

[Anonymous No.5567041]

Depends on what the game mechanics are; crit bonus values, hit bonuses, proc limitations, and knockback mechanics.

5/10 Hobbyist Master Race reporting for duty.

[Anonymous No.5567059]

>>5566811
Yellow, if there's a chance to miss.
If not, red.

[Anonymous No.5567095]

>>5567059
red if armor has damage reduction
if not, yellow.

[Anonymous No.5567123]

>>5566869
>everyone ignores the real answer

[Anonymous No.5567126]

Can you swing any sword as soon as the game starts? Or do you need to wait to ready your sword?

[Anonymous No.5567127]

>>5566869
This.

[Anonymous No.5567129]

Red, because I fucking hate clicking.

[Anonymous No.5567151]

>>5566811

No one should pick yellow, as there is no yellow text.

We only know the 'dmg' and 'speed' of the red, blue and green swords.

[Anonymous No.5567153]

>>5566811

Depends on the armor of the monster (if it has high armor, the yellow sword won't do anything), and the nature of the encounter (is it hit and run? is it one big enemy or weak multiple enemies?)

Without that information, I'd have to choose the blue sword because it's the safest route.

[Lion - O No.5567154]

Pic related, its what I choose

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[Anonymous No.5567167]

DPS is identical with all three, so I pick red because red is badass

[Anonymous No.5567169]

>>5567151
>implying color association

[Anonymous No.5567174]

Unless it's likely to be a one or two hit kill, take the yellow. You'll waste less time on overkill and each miss will be less costly.

[Anonymous No.5567184]

Not even OP.

>Insert Star of David Sun MS Paint Lion

[Anonymous No.5567323]

>>5566811
Red. Burst damage FTW. If you only get 1 attack, you did the most damage.

[Anonymous No.5567342]

Red

You might be facing something with low hp, but dangerous. Ie, a poisonous snake or something.

If you both attack, Red can one shot it, but in the delay something like the blue or yellow thing will have between their shots, whatever that "speed" unit is, it might get an attack on you.