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Title: Data on Power Strike and knockdown?
Post by: Beans on February 09, 2011, 05:00:12 am
Is there any legit info about how power strike effects knockdown? People are always saying it does, and that weight of the weapon also is a factor but it's always 'I heard it' rather than someone actually knowing.
Title: Re: Data on Power Strike and knockdown?
Post by: Kong Ming on February 09, 2011, 05:31:37 am
Well, the formula for Crush-through (which I've specifically seen before) depends mostly on damage dealt (affected by powerstrike) and weapon weight.  Not sure if knockdown uses something similar or not though.
Title: Re: Data on Power Strike and knockdown?
Post by: John on February 09, 2011, 10:41:59 am
I'm not entirely sure knockdown is boosted by damage dealt.  I've knocked people down with glances before, and it's not nearly as consistent on my high strength character as crushthrough is.
Title: Re: Data on Power Strike and knockdown?
Post by: Kalam on February 09, 2011, 11:20:26 am
I believe that Matey's current mosquito build wielding an iron mace is proof that knockdown isn't affected by power strike or at least the differences aren't too noticeable.
Title: Re: Data on Power Strike and knockdown?
Post by: Leesin on February 09, 2011, 04:52:03 pm
Well it was said before that Knockdown was merely determined by weight and chance, unsure myself though as it's been a while since I've played around with such things.
Title: Re: Data on Power Strike and knockdown?
Post by: Vibe on June 16, 2011, 04:23:12 pm
Sorry for necroing, but here's some nice info

Knockdown is:
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[16:17] <@Urist> (rand(0.0, 1.0) < min(item_weight * 0.33, 2.0) * min((raw_damage - 20.0) * 0.5, 10.0) * 0.015)
[16:18] <@Urist> raw_damage has str, wpf, ps etc
[16:19] <@Urist> so ps etc influences kd but it is capped early
Title: Re: Data on Power Strike and knockdown?
Post by: zagibu on June 16, 2011, 04:51:30 pm
If I read this right, max knockdown chance is 30%, when your char has a weapon that is 6 kg or more and does raw damage of 40. Min knockdown chance is 0.

Also, the last parenthesis is superfluous.
Title: Re: Data on Power Strike and knockdown?
Post by: Gurnisson on June 16, 2011, 08:22:02 pm
iirc, the chance of knockdown increases when you hit the legs.
Title: Re: Data on Power Strike and knockdown?
Post by: Kafein on June 16, 2011, 09:09:44 pm
iirc, the chance of knockdown increases when you hit the legs.

As the raw damage increases with lower armor, it makes sense.
Title: Re: Data on Power Strike and knockdown?
Post by: Paul on June 16, 2011, 09:26:29 pm
raw_damage has nothing to do with armor. In fact, it is the potential damage BEFORE the armor calculations take place. So armor DOES NOT influence knockdown chance.