STR: Has anyone actually parsed it?

[Vira108]

Do we truly know how much of a difference STR is really making on xp giving mobs? Has anyone parsed this? I've heard things like 50 STR amounts to as little as 1% more dmg. Can we prove or disprove?

[Vira108]

Dug this up from here

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=43565

Revisiting and bumping this for Kanras, found a few older posts.

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PWR is the portion of displayed ATK that relates to damage calculation after a hit has successfully landed. The other portion of displayed ATK is ACC which relates to your chance to hit. Yes, STR has an impact on PWR.

My question -- Are the effects of STR for ATK on P99 too high?

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Also, several of us have tested stats and their effect on damage & accuracy using logs of fights and found that no statistic influences accuracy (which was later confirmed by Verant) and that strength only slightly influences damage output at high levels.

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STR does increase maximum damage and *therefore*
it increases average damage. However the effect
on average damage is *extremely* small (a few
percents for a +100 STR buff, with most formulae),
which means for most purposes you can ignore the
effect of STR on your damage output.

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You must not be playing the same game, then. No amount of stats will significantly change your damage output - the highest strength I saw tested was 240 and average damage (i.e., damage/second) barely changed; less than a single point increase by moving from 60 strength to 240.
Lots of other info in the thread also:

http://paladinsofnorrath.yuku.com/to...n#.UQcalKnB-uI

Here he also states that the effects of STR on ATK were changed at some point:

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We all know that ATK is valuable. We ask and answer a lot of questions about ATK. We're seeing now that ATK from strength actually works the same as "pure" ATK (a change from days past). However, unless someone is at least a little mathematically minded, explaining that it makes you "hit harder" can be difficult to understand and unsatisfying without knowing why.
http://paladinsofnorrath.yuku.com/to...n#.UQcaSKnB-uI

[demokatt]

If that's true, it makes me sad. I rerolled my 42 iksar SK just to have more strength for increase my dps when I solo :-)

[Vira108]

If that's true, it makes me sad. I rerolled my 42 iksar SK just to have more strength for increase my dps when I solo :-)

If I can figure out how to use gamparse I will parse it. Would like to know for sure.