A Statistical analysis of Charm Duration

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by Goregasmic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't think golem MR matters since it was the same for all tests? If anything, with no tash and high MR it helps mitigate the possibility that charisma is hidden behind already squelshed resists. You'd just have to keep in mind you'll get lesser returns on mobs with low MR if tash already nullified all potential resists.

It is known mob level and MR has an effect on charm duration, here I think the level difference really shows and makes some "room" for charisma to do something. I hypothesized you might see no return on charisma on very low level mobs since the level difference is so big it nullifies any possible resists anyway. On a higher mob with resists that aren't buried under tash/level difference charisma could help. It seems to follow the logic of AC mechanics too so it wouldn't be a wild idea.

Yes and no. Based on the EQEMU code, there is a minimum resist chance. This means the MR and level difference of the mob can't be so low that you hit the minimum resist chance. In that case you are correct that the effect of CHA would be hidden, because you would be at the minimum resist chance already.

However, if MR is too high, you may not notice CHA's effect either.

In my streak calculator:

https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...4&postcount=38

You can see that once you get to a certain resistance chance, the average duration of a charm doesn't change much. For example, you'll only get an average difference of 2-3 ticks per charm when going from a resist chance of 70 to a resist chance of 90 when rolling against a d200. If the CHA scaling is correct, you only get -18 to the resistance chance at 255 CHA.

My streak calculator is doing millions of dice rolls, so it can be hard to see an average 2-3 tick difference on a smaller set of data.