Hi everyone!

For most of us it’s a cryptic mystery how the damage of our ground weapons is actually calculated. But not any more! Our dear friends Tirius@lordcruncher and @soludor (check out their NTTE records) give some insight on this matter and share their vast knowledge with us.

 

The general formula for ranged ground weapons is:

Total Damage = (CombatSpec + Mkmod + 0.75 * (DamageInc + 0.25 * WpnProf) + 0.02 * WpnMods) * (1 + BonusDamage) * FinalDamage

This formula could also be posed in a shorter way, similar to the terminology used in space of “Base, Bonus and Final Damage”:

Total Damage = BaseDamage * (1+BonusDamage) * FinalDamage

The BaseDamage term is slightly different for melee weapons. The full formula for melee weapons is as follows:

Total Damage = (1 + Mkmod + DamageInc + 0.5 * (CombatSpec + WpnProf) + 0.02 * WpnMods) * (1 + BonusDamage) * FinalDamage

The different attack abilities on your weapons (primary, secondary, tertiary) determine the number of affected targets and the final damage buff.

 

Types of Damage Increases

BaseDamage is essentially the sum of following enhancements:

• CombatSpec: The value of Combat Specialist is equal to 0.0333 * your level for levels under 30. After that it is 1.
• WpnProf: The Weapon Proficiency skill is multiplied by 0.25*0.75 (=0.1875) for ranged weapons and 0.5 for melee weapons. This value is then added to the BaseDamage.
• MkMod: A Mark XIV ranged weapon has a MkMod of approximately 1.287 (1.8 for melee weapons). See section “Weapon Mark Modifier” below for more information.
• DamageInc: See a list of DamageInc increases below. All Damage increases are summed up first and then multiplied by 0.75 if it is a ranged weapon before being added to the BaseDamge. Damage increases are not multiplied by 0.75 on melee weapons.
• WpnMods: Generic weapon modifier like CrtH, CrtD, KB* and Dot* provide an additional 0.02 BaseDamage increase per modifier, while Dmg, Run and Sonic do not.

BonusDamage is the sum of all Bonus Damage buffs and FinalDamage is the product of all final buffs.

DamageInc:

• [Ene] Mod on armors (5% Energy Damage)
• Target Optics (50% All Damage at III)
• Iconian Resistance Elite 3 Set Bonus (33% All Damage)
• Counter-Command Elite 2 Set Bonus (10% Phaser and Disruptor Damage)
• …

Bonus Damage increases:

• Critical Severity (base value: 50%)
• Exploit Damage (base value: 200%)
• other Bonus Damage enhancements

Final Damage increases:

• Dmg-Mods: Each [Dmg]-Mod provides a 1.03 final multiplier. Any [*/Dm] epic mod also provides a 1.03 final multiplier.
• Epic-Mod: Besides the two modifiers inside an epic modifier, all epic weapons gain a 1.03 final multiplier in addition to these two modifiers (e.g. An epic beam array with [Dmg]x4 [CrtD/Dm] has six 1.03 final multipliers on it: four from [Dmg]x4, one from being epic and another one from the “Dm” inside its epic modifier [CrtD/Dm]).
• Weapon Type Multiplier: Each attack adds another multiplier based on the weapon attack type (primary, secondary or tertiary) that is used.
• Ranged/Melee Multiplier: Multiplier of 20 for ranged and 18 for melee weapons.
• Most ranged weapons have a variance of 10% which leads to a final multiplier between 0.9 and 1.1.

 

Weapon Mark Modifier

The Mkmod for ranged weapons for each Mark can be roughly approximated by:

\(\mathrm{Mkmod(Mark)} = \begin{cases} 0.0765 * (\mathrm{Mark} – 1)& \mathrm{Mark} < 13\\ \mathrm{Mkmod(12)}+0,145 & \mathrm{Mark} == 13\\ \mathrm{Mkmod(13)}+0,301 & \mathrm{Mark} == 14\\ \end{cases}\)

Using a Mkmod modifier of 1.2878 for Mk XIV ranged weapons leads to similar results like the actual tooltip values.

For melee weapons:

\(\mathrm{Mkmod(Mark)} = \begin{cases} 0.0815 + 0.102 * (\mathrm{Mark} – 1)& \mathrm{Mark} < 13\\ \mathrm{Mkmod(12)}+0.196 & \mathrm{Mark} == 13\\ \mathrm{Mkmod(13)}+0.4 & \mathrm{Mark} == 14\\ \end{cases}\)

The Mkmod value for a Mk XII melee weapon is 1.202 and 1.8 for a Mk XIV melee weapon.

 

Weapon Type Multiplier

The most common crafted weapons are listed with their final multiplier in the table below.

Weapon	Attack Type	Multiplier	Expose/Exploit
Split Beam Rifle	Primary	1.3
	Secondary	3	Exploit
Sniper Rifle	Primary	1.85
	Secondary	5	Exploit
Full Auto Rifle	Primary	1.25
	Secondary	0.8	Expose
High Density	Primary	1.3
	Secondary	3.5	Exploit
Compression Pistol	Primary	1.4
	Secondary	4.2	Exploit
Dual Pistols	Primary	1.3
	Secondary	1	Expose
Stun Pistol	Primary	1.25
	Secondary	0.5	Expose
Wide Beam Pistol	Primary	1.25
	Secondary	4	Expose
Minigun	Primary	1.3
	Secondary	0.8	Expose
Blast	Primary	1.3
	Secondary	3.5	Expose
Pulsewave	Primary	4 – 1.5
	Secondary	6.67 – 2.5	Expose

Basic attacks of melee weapons:

Weapon	Attack Type	Multiplier	Expose/Exploit
Sword Slash	Primary	0.8	Expose
	Secondary	1.2	Exploit
Bat’leth Slash	Primary	1.25	Expose
	Secondary	1.25	Expose

A few special weapons:

Weapon	Attack Type	Multiplier	Expose/Exploit
Boolean Heavy Assault Cannon	Primary	8.8
	Secondary	4.2	Exploit
Advanced Herald Antiproton Beam Projector	Primary	1.85	Expose
	1st Chain (Primary)	0.396
	2nd Chain (Primary)	0.198
	Secondary	3.9

 

Expose-Exploit Mechanic

Some abilities have a chance to expose a target and have a base chance of 10%. Once a target is exposed, an exploit ability can be used on this target to consume its exposed state. An exploit attack deals 200% more bonus damage. After a successful exploit attack, the target is no longer exposed. Expose chance, exploit damage and expose duration can be increased eg. by traits. 

 

Kit Modules

Some stats of kit modules scale with Skills, Mark and Quality. The following list contains examples of some kit modules and how their stats are calculated.

• Ambush
  • (7+r) * 5 * (1+mk/10) * (1+Kperf/2) Bonus All Damge
• Trajectory Bending
  • 20 * (1+mk/10) * (1+KPerf/2) Critical Severity
• Rally Cry
  • min(r,3) + 4 Critical Chance
  • (min(r,3) + 4) * 10 Critical Severity

Where r is the rarity (Common = 0, Uncommon = 1, …) and mk ∊ [1,14] the kit’s mark. It appears that damage increasing stats are influenced by KPerf and mk in the same way for some kit modules.