Quote (Germain @ Jun 13 2022 12:51pm)

No wonder you didn't find your answer if you don't read everything until the end. ;)

edit: I easily confirmed that CM woudn't not lower mob's res below 0., thanks to google.

Quote (LaughingSkull @ Jun 12 2022 06:36pm)

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I had this theory as well; now that I think about it, I should have also included this in OP.

Initially I suspected the same: Cold Mastery only affects monsters that DO HAVE COLD RESISTANCE in the first place and is otherwise without effect.

HOWEVER, this demonstrated itself as CLEARLY not true when I faced uniques with mods such as Spectral Hit / Cold Enchanted / Magic Resistance (which grant Cold Res) and my Glacial Spike proved to be just as impotent against them as it was before lvl 30 and my skilling of Cold Mastery.

Trust me: Cold Mastery simply DOES NOT WORK, or, if it does, it is through some very obscure mechanics that are not immediately logical.

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Quote (Germain @ Jun 13 2022 09:11pm)

Try with numbers, you will see that you barely notice a difference.

Quote (Germain @ Jun 13 2022 02:11pm)

I have no idea why you made a thread if you don't want any answers to clear your assumption.

1) Nothing happen to 0 cold res units
2) You can't lower cold res below zero and units has less res back then
3) You deal this % cold dmg = 100 - ( [MonsterColdRes] - [[MonsterColdRes] *[YouCM%]] )
Try with numbers, you will see that you barely notice a difference.

Now if your goal was to warn everyone that CM worked differently back in the day and how cool you are playing 1.06b, thanks we noticed you champ :thumbsup:

Quote (vonhizzle @ Jun 13 2022 10:29pm)

:hail:
Dude made an account just to ask this question then acts like a dickhead and doesn't listen to anyone. Peak JSP.

Quote (LaughingSkull @ Jun 12 2022 04:15pm)

My assumption now is that rather than a direct subtraction from resistances (like in LoD), Cold Mastery reduces multiplicatively:

So say if a monster has 60 Cold Resistance, Cold Mastery's "50 percent reduction" would bring it to 30 (50 percent of 60) rather than 10 (60 minus 50).

Is that so? Even if it were, I should have STILL seen an increase [in my damage output], yet I do not! :O

Quote (LaughingSkull @ Jun 14 2022 03:23am)

Wow... Good job, Blizzard... ~_~
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Quote (LaughingSkull @ 14 Jun 2022 03:23)

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Childish bickering aside, I actually think I have maybe found the correct solution to our conundrum:

Maybe the resistance granted to the unique monsters from their respective mods (Spectral Hit / Cold Enchanted / Magic Resistance) come AFTER the Cold Mastery's resistance reduction is applied in the mathcraft.
This would mean that Cold Mastery is applied to the base resistance of the monster, and then the + X res from Spectral Hit / Cold Enchanted / Magic Resistance is added.

So THAT'S WHY IT APPEARS like Cold Mastery is so impotent....

Wow... Good job, Blizzard... ~_~
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