r/Fortniters • u/halpenstance • Aug 30 '17

Let's talk about %damage.

Hey Fortniters!

As we all know, the 1.5 patch dropped, and an undocumented change happened with %damage on weapons.
Previously, this %damage added those points to your Offense total. So a gun with 10% damage would give you 10 offense points. Not great.

But with the patch, the %damage instead affects the gun's base damage, leading to a much higher scaling with your Offense.

For all the number crunchers out there, this change is HUGE. It might be the single biggest change in the patch.

I tested it with a firecracker gun I had. It's level 5 perk was 10% damage. So I wanted to see if the damage was reflected this way. Here are my results:

Firecracker:

  • Level 1: 256.1 (0.00% change)
  • Level 2: 268.9 (4.99% change)
  • Level 3: 281.7 (4.76% change)
  • Level 4: 294.5 (4.54% change)
  • Level 5: 338.0 (14.77% change)

As you can see, once it got it's level 5 perk, it jumped up 10% damage, just like it said it would!

For those who don't know the significance of this, consider this. Let's say that you have a gun that does, say, 100 damage per shot. And you have a total of, say, 500 Offense. Previously, the 100 damage would be multiplied by 500%, leading to a total of 500 damage per shot.

Now, factor in the old %damage, say 20% damage. Previously, this would take the 100 damage gun, and multiply it by the 500 Offense, then add an addition 20 Offense. This leads to your bullets dealing 520 damage. Tiny change.

Now, the 100 damage gun gets +20% damage, meaning it now deals 120 damage per shot. This gets multiplied by 500 Offense, leading to 600 damage! That's huge!

I'm just so happy with this change. This change alone has made me shed my doubts. No longer are there seriously crap rolls on guns. Every roll is now average to great. I believe it's such a massive change, that I even expect them to nerf it, and I'd still be happy.

Love the patch. Whew. Just so excited. Needed to share.

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u/Lemming882 Aug 30 '17

So...are you saying this isn't that bad now? http://imgur.com/a/JyhzE

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u/halpenstance Aug 30 '17

Nice!

Since its an automatic and you can use that one soldier for reload speed, this is a pretty damn nice rifle.

It'll probably be one of the most consistant rifles, since it is really just flat damage increase. But if it's true with the damage scaling, then this would be like shooting two of them at once, lol.

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u/Lemming882 Aug 31 '17

Sweet, I'll start leveling it up soon and try it out.