Making Math-Based Decisions: What's Your Choice and Why?

  • Thread starter Thread starter ƒ(x)
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Choice
Click For Summary

Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around making decisions in a gaming context based on mathematical reasoning. Participants evaluate different weapons and armor choices, considering factors such as damage output, attack speed, critical hit percentages, and dodging mechanics. The scope includes both theoretical calculations and practical implications within the game environment.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Mathematical reasoning
  • Debate/contested

Main Points Raised

  • One participant favors the green sword for its high attack speed and total damage output, calculating it to be 9000, which they claim is the maximum in the group.
  • Another participant suggests that the red sword may be superior if critical hit chance and multipliers are considered, stating a condition involving crit chance and multiplier.
  • A different viewpoint emphasizes the importance of dodging mechanics, noting that static damage reduction becomes less effective later in the game.
  • One participant expresses a need for more information about the game's damage scale to make a fully informed decision.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants present multiple competing views regarding weapon and armor choices, with no consensus reached on which option is definitively better. The discussion remains unresolved as different factors are weighed by various contributors.

Contextual Notes

Some calculations depend on assumptions about critical hit percentages and multipliers, which are not fully detailed. Additionally, the impact of dodging mechanics and damage scaling is mentioned but not quantitatively analyzed.

ƒ(x)
Messages
327
Reaction score
0
23mvgp0.png


Which one would you choose and why?

Math would probably be a good way to explain your choices.
 
Mathematics news on Phys.org
Sorry, forgot to resize
 
I think i would go in for the green sword because many attacks per minute
total damage(considering all hits) = 180 * 50 =9000 which is max in the group.
The speed also gives the opponent less chance to dodge.

For the armour ... blue one would be my choice.
 
I don't want to type everything I did, but taking into account critical hit percentage and multipliers, I got:

if x = crit chance (decimal), c = crit multiplier (integer)
xc > 5/7
then the red sword is better. But, then I realized I had to take into account dodges and got lazy.
 
Btw, I meant to put this in the brainteasers section because of the math component.
 
thank for sharing about this game..
A game like Oni with a story but not like mortal combat or virtual fighter. A game that can be played in PC.
 
Definitely the dodge, because later in the game, the percentage of total damage which will be absorbed by a static reduction will get lower.

Of course, I would also need to know the damage scale of the game (what numbers are we working with).

Also, the green sword because static damage increases are quite common (and it is also useful if special skill activation is concurrent with your next hit).
 

Similar threads

  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
1K
  • · Replies 53 ·
2
Replies
53
Views
4K
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
1K
  • · Replies 10 ·
Replies
10
Views
2K
  • · Replies 50 ·
2
Replies
50
Views
5K
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
1K
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
6K
  • · Replies 15 ·
Replies
15
Views
2K
  • · Replies 21 ·
Replies
21
Views
3K
  • · Replies 55 ·
2
Replies
55
Views
6K