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Incendiary Rounds
Extirminator:
--- Quote from: ZanC on February 17, 2015, 07:31:47 pm ---This confused me as a diminishing stack like that would be (32+4)% = 36% fire chance. However, after many rounds of testing, it is still 40%. And within this 40%, there is a small chance you get 2 fires instead of 1. Not sure if this is intended, but it does make incendiary slightly stronger.
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It isn't a 36% chance but it's 40%. Since the 40% is referred to setting one stack of fire. 4% to set two stacks translates into 8% chance to setting 1 stack on fire which would add up to 40% in addition to the 32% to set 1 stack of fire. This is intended, since this is how probability works. You have one chance of 20% for setting stuff on fire for direct and 20% for setting stuff on fire for aoe, as depicted below(handdrawing it was easier)-
Koali:
--- Quote from: Extirminator on February 18, 2015, 06:23:36 am ---
--- Quote from: ZanC on February 17, 2015, 07:31:47 pm ---This confused me as a diminishing stack like that would be (32+4)% = 36% fire chance. However, after many rounds of testing, it is still 40%. And within this 40%, there is a small chance you get 2 fires instead of 1. Not sure if this is intended, but it does make incendiary slightly stronger.
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It isn't a 36% chance but it's 40%. Since the 40% is referred to setting one stack of fire. 4% to set two stacks translates into 8% chance to setting 1 stack on fire which would add up to 40% in addition to the 32% to set 1 stack of fire. This is intended, since this is how probability works. You have one chance of 20% for setting stuff on fire for direct and 20% for setting stuff on fire for aoe, as depicted below(handdrawing it was easier)-
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Gentlemen, you have given me faith in my math classes.
Indreams:
Actually, isn't possible for the secondary AoE damage (say, from heavy flak) to hit a large component (Balloon or Hull), more than once?
Or is that not a thing?
Extirminator:
--- Quote from: Indreams on February 20, 2015, 10:04:26 am ---Actually, isn't possible for the secondary AoE damage (say, from heavy flak) to hit a large component (Balloon or Hull), more than once?
Or is that not a thing?
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Nope, that isn't possible.
Gambrill:
I love using incend as my first or second salvo on a gatling gun. With its peircing / shatter combo recuding most components to low HP a few fire stacks to help knock them down is nice, as an engie can't both extinguish and repair at the same time.
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