Idea for Foot Heirlooms

[Gravoth_iii]

I dunno about this, this would make people run even faster than they already do... no thanks. Str builds would gain alot from this, they can skip out on some athl and just use loomed boots, crazy damage and yet decent movementspeed.

[Darkkarma]

Yess then ill be able to lace up my fackin J's bro

They should replace tunics over mail with these beauties


http://sneakernews.com/2012/01/25/nike-hyper-elite-platinum-basketball-uniforms/

[Cyclopsided]

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No. The "differences are less than 1 equivalent bonus rank" part was about the variance between different starting amounts of power strike on a character, but I see how that was unclear rereading what I wrote. +3 damage weapon heirlooms normally add more damage to an attack  than +1 ranks of power strike would.

Here is an example of how to use the equations for damage in case that part was unclear as well: for a 26 base damage weapon, +3 damage from the heirloom bonus, and a character with 9 power strike (this is my current character with his +3 long spear by the way) 

BWD = 26
HBD = 3
PS = 9

We want to solve for BPS to determine how many "bonus ranks" of power strike are effectively added by using the heirloom weapon instead of the normal weapon.

Damage1 = (BWD + HBD) * (PS * 0.08 + 1) * Held Weapon Damage Bonus * WPF Damage Bonus + Strength Bonus Damage
Damage1 = (26 +3) * (9 * 0.08 + 1) * Held Weapon Damage Bonus * WPF Damage Bonus + Strength Bonus Damage
Damage1 = (29) * (1.72) * Held Weapon Damage Bonus * WPF Damage Bonus + Strength Bonus Damage
Damage1 = (49.88) * Held Weapon Damage Bonus * WPF Damage Bonus + Strength Bonus Damage

Damage2 = BWD * ((PS + BPS) * 0.08 + 1) * Held Weapon Damage Bonus * WPF Damage Bonus + Strength Bonus Damage
Damage2 = 26 * ((9 + BPS) * 0.08 + 1) * Held Weapon Damage Bonus * WPF Damage Bonus + Strength Bonus Damage

Set the damage equations equal to one another (this is when the bonus to power ranks would adds the same amount of damage as +3 to weapon damage)
Damage1 = Damage2
(49.88) * Held Weapon Damage Bonus * WPF Damage Bonus + Strength Bonus Damage  = 26 * ((9 + BPS) * 0.08 + 1) * Held Weapon Damage Bonus * WPF Damage Bonus + Strength Bonus Damage

For a fair comparison the Held Weapon Damage Bonus, WPF Damage Bonus, and Strength Bonus Damage are the same for both (this means nothing else about the attack or attacking character change)
49.88 = 26 * ((9 + BPS) * 0.08 + 1)
BPS = 2.48

So, for a character using a 26 base damage weapon with 9 ranks of power strike, having the weapon heirloom add 3 damage is the same as having the weapon add 2.48 ranks of power strike.

For all the Diablo references, my +3 long spear currently gives the bonuses of +2.48 power strike and +2 weapon mastery in terms of time per attack. I am already using a Jagged Long Spear of Readiness.

Respect just went even higher, Diablo references <3, and correct ones too!