Update on Iron Banner/ToO Damage curve scaling *IMG* *Math* (Destiny)
by CyberKN 
, Oh no, Destiny 2 is bad, Tuesday, June 02, 2015, 16:47 (3508 days ago)
edited by CyberKN, Tuesday, June 02, 2015, 16:54
Derek Carroll just posted this on twitter:
HoW Damage Curve Update: Damage scales linearly @ 1%/level for 4 levels, then curves to 10% at a delta of 10 levels.
![[image]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CGg5qWhVIAADrRz.png)
What this means in practice, based off of my eyeballing the charts:
-33s will take a little bit more extra damage from 34s - 1% instead of ~0.5%. Inverse is also true.
-32s will take and deal about the same amount of damage when fighting 34s as before
-31s will take a little bit less extra damage from 34s - 3% instead of ~5%. Inverse is also true.
Update on Iron Banner/ToO Damage curve scaling
that's some good stuff. wish they did that BEFORE. did he say if Iron Banner is using the new curve or it's own?
Update on Iron Banner/ToO Damage curve scaling
by CyberKN , Oh no, Destiny 2 is bad, Tuesday, June 02, 2015, 18:05 (3508 days ago) @ ChrisTheeCrappy
More from Derek Carroll:
FAQs:
- Trials and IB use the same damage curve.
- The "IB2" chart is old, and the HoW chart is what's live right now.
- this is PvP only
2 levels difference isn't much
at 2%, most of the time you won't even need an extra bullet, and the more impact a weapon has the lower the effect of the reduction. A red hand will still be doing 87 dmg a shot, and with a goal of about 200 dmg, you are going to need 3 shots, same as if you were the same level.
It would take a 42% reduction to require an extra head shot, and a 30% reduction to require an additional body shot.
So if you are lower level, switch to high impact weapons and you minimize the IB scaling effect.
2 levels difference isn't much
by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Tuesday, June 02, 2015, 17:21 (3508 days ago) @ Durandal
at 2%, most of the time you won't even need an extra bullet, and the more impact a weapon has the lower the effect of the reduction. A red hand will still be doing 87 dmg a shot, and with a goal of about 200 dmg, you are going to need 3 shots, same as if you were the same level.
It would take a 42% reduction to require an extra head shot, and a 30% reduction to require an additional body shot.
So if you are lower level, switch to high impact weapons and you minimize the IB scaling effect.
That only thing that matters is abilities that do the exact amount of damage needed to kill. But that has always been true, so I will stop talking now.
2 levels difference isn't much
That only thing that matters is abilities that do the exact amount of damage needed to kill. But that has always been true, so I will stop talking now.
What's an example of that? The different special melees? Don't most supers kill guardians in one go, even if they are stronger?
2 levels difference isn't much
by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Tuesday, June 02, 2015, 18:15 (3508 days ago) @ Earendil
That only thing that matters is abilities that do the exact amount of damage needed to kill. But that has always been true, so I will stop talking now.
What's an example of that? The different special melees? Don't most supers kill guardians in one go, even if they are stronger?
Shoulder charge does exactly enough damage to kill someone, also I believe trip mine. So when a level 33 hits a level 34, it brings them within an inch of their life.
2 levels difference isn't much
by Speedracer513 , Dallas, Texas, Tuesday, June 02, 2015, 19:30 (3508 days ago) @ MacAddictXIV
That only thing that matters is abilities that do the exact amount of damage needed to kill. But that has always been true, so I will stop talking now.
What's an example of that? The different special melees? Don't most supers kill guardians in one go, even if they are stronger?
Shoulder charge does exactly enough damage to kill someone, also I believe trip mine. So when a level 33 hits a level 34, it brings them withinan incha pixel of their life.
FTFY