Angel wrote:
Taking rough numbers from the zon I play with and have played.
3k base life
63% BO(cta)=4,890
110% Oak(druid)=8,190
Now you cast decoy
460%=45,864
63% bo=74,758
110% Oak=125,208 life
It would appear that these numbers are pretty close to correct (
reference), which helps to explain the power of the decoy.
They are of course fairly idealized and it is important not to base all balance decisions on numbers like that. Some more realistic numbers that members of the community are likely to encounter (level30 decoy):
Worst case:Zon life: 2500
Decoy: 2500 *400% = 10,000
"typical" case:Zon life: 2500
CTA boost (60%): 4000
Decoy 3800 x 400% = 16,000
So it looks like getting a 10-16k life decoy is not terribly challenging. Just to check what happens earlier in the game, here are some lower level numbers:
Low level zon:
Zon life: 1000
Level 10 decoy = 2000 HP
There are a few variables in skills.txt which can tweak this:
lvl*par4 bonus hp%
par3 %hp of caster
par3 is currently set to 100 and par4 is set to 10. My thought is to drop par3 to 75% and set par4 to 2%.
That would net the following decoys:
ideal decoy (from Angel's numbers) = 32,197
worst decoy = 3000
typical decoy = 4800
low level zon = 900Those numbers seem like solid targets to strive for.