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Jul 19 2020 07:17am
Horadriki Leaks has come into the possession of several fragments of what appear to be two stone tablets, found on the a shattered body of a necromancer, thought to be descending from Mount Arreat.
These tablets hold no identifying information but are said to contain a revelation, and ultimate and conclusive evidence, that Bonesnap may be (secretly) the ultimate weapon when it comes to Barbarian fighting efficiency.
Apparently this Necromancer has repeatedly used a slain and resurrected barbarian, to run Boss routes again and again like a zombie, in rigorously documented tests.

The Arreat Council has warned: “All knowledge obtained in this manner, ‘though it may be of strategic importance and even save lives,
should not me spoken of or cited, because it was obtained through depraved experimentation on martyred heroes!”

The Fragments as they are being transcribed by HL read as follows:

Fragment 1: Gear

“ …level 87. I ironically dubbed King, because I found him frozen in ice, wearing a Topaz Grand Crown, Angelic Armor and Death’s Disguise.
With some of my old cr/lr galoshes I sent him off. After considerable effort and optimization, the dubject shows speed of 50 frw and promise, but still has occasional difficulty to open the Seis seal.”

Fragment 2: Mart

“ … proven difficult to obtain battle worthy weapons for comparison. As barbs don’t shy away to pry adorned hammers from the cold, dead hands of their brethren.
This 144-231 (187.5) mart with ml, will have to do. Coincidentally a second mart exactly matches the first one 143-232 (187.5), except for 50% Chance for Monsters to flee, which should provide entertaining.
We will just make do, with 73% efficiency (normalized to the highest numerical battle efficiency of 257) and compare that to a high Bonesnap.”

Fragment 3: Snap

“To gain mana steal with Snap 117-168 (142.5) 291ED, angelic Armor will have to be swapped for Silk, which nicely picks up the +1 skill point missing otherwise.”
Difference in def rating, should be of little consequence and missing 50% fire resistance is nicely covered, by Snap’s own 30….”

Main Fragment:

“… results promise to be a staggering success. 32 out 51 runs finish victoriously, in an average of 9:07 min, with very tight variation ranging from about 7 to 12 min (deviating from the mean by plus-minus 67 s standard-like).
As expected the ‘Monster Flee’ mart pushes the duration of further 21 runs to an average of 10:26 min, ranging from 8 to 13 min (σ = 82 s).
The fact that “50% chance for Monsters to Flee” prolongs their ultimate demise by more than a minute, may not be an earth shattering insight! Yet, it betrays the fact that all of them hat to be targeted and chased down.
However a 14% increase in run-time is a significant change, that shows the methodology is working. There will be no further controls recorded at this time. Maybe when I return from my supply run.

  • Dmg_142,5_duration__8:58_Tests 18/44 (291ED Snap)
  • Dmg_187,5_duration_ 9:07_Tests 32/51 (135ED Martel)
  • Dmg_187,5_duration_10:36_Tests 21/35 (Monster Flee)

It seems that the mighty Bonesnap outperforms a 135ED martel at 1.32x times its damage by an ever so slight 9 seconds, in a solo run.
It is conceivable that against higher HP monsters Bonesnap could achieve parity to even higher marts.
A slight blemish on the data obtained is the lower success rate with Bonesnap, it may be an indication that more lifesteal and or fire resist, may be required.
In additional solo tests a scale could be calibrated by comparing very high, very low, and average marts, as further testing is requ.... “

We trust in our readers’ discretion, especially since the data may hardly be news, but mere confirmation to our battle hardened barbarian readers.
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Jul 19 2020 10:49am
Is there a tldr?
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Jul 19 2020 12:28pm
good read :thumbsup:
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Jul 19 2020 01:08pm
Quote (vonhizzle @ 19 Jul 2020 18:49)
Is there a tldr?


TL;DR
A high Bonesnap is about equal to a 135% ED Martel in [1/8 player] time trials.
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