Why does 'Big Luck' give +2 armor on my Mage and only my Mage?? *Confused*

[JaytB]

When equipping 'Big Luck' on my mage, it gives me 2 more armor (134->136), although it says +1 armor. I saw it before but discarded it as a possible buff or something. So I went somewhere alone again today, and I guess the screenshots say it all.

Not that I'm complaining or anything, but anybody has a sensible explanation for this?


My stats without any vanity item (armor: 134)
http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j344/JaytB1/06dad882.jpg

My stats with 'Big Luck' (armor: 136)
http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j344/JaytB1/8c9428bb.jpg

now my math could be a bit rusty, but 134+1=136??


For comparison, here's a screenie with another random vanity item:
http://i1081.photobucket.com/albums/j344/JaytB1/308c4e8c.jpg

I tried it on my bear and bird too, but no..eh..luck. It's almost magical :)

[Echelong]

Strange bug I will try it on my mage lol.

[Kalielle]

This happens with other gear/weapons too sometimes. I believe it's because all stats are rounded. So maybe your initial armor is somewhere between 134-135 and your armor with hat between 135-136, and some quirk of the rounding algorithm makes one display as 134 and the other as 136.

[drewcapu]

It's not a bug.

It's a feature!

[neko]

This happens with other gear/weapons too sometimes. I believe it's because all stats are rounded. So maybe your initial armor is somewhere between 134-135 and your armor with hat between 135-136, and some quirk of the rounding algorithm makes one display as 134 and the other as 136.

+1

I think you're onto something. Not with this particular case, but I've seen my stats round up once in a while when I'm switching other gear around.

[JaytB]

@Kalielle
I thought this too at first, that's why I posted a screenshot with another vanity item that doesn't show this bug/feature. It seems only logical that all vanity items add exactly the same amount of armor, therefore a rounding error wouldn't explain this specific case. I know what you mean though, I've seen it before too.

[Kalielle]

But what if they don't all add the same amount of armor? Maybe some hats add, say, 1.5 armor.

[Pharcyde]

Well, it works like this, all stats are rounded to the nearest tenth.

Lets say your total armor = 134.00445
Lets say vanity items = 1.00555 armor

Once you add them, you get 135.01000, or 136 armor, if that makes sense.

Hope that helps.

Note: None of the items in the game are actually just the stated amount. Vanity is not a perfect 01.00 in the system, it is a large decimal number which does not equal one, just rounded.

[Tempest]

That happens to me, just equip the vanity which gives u the most armor, and vise versa.

[JaytB]

Well, it works like this, all stats are rounded to the nearest tenth.

Lets say your total armor = 134.00445
Lets say vanity items = 1.00555 armor

Once you add them, you get 135.01000, or 136 armor, if that makes sense.

Hope that helps.

Note: None of the items in the game are actually just the stated amount. Vanity is not a perfect 01.00 in the system, it is a large decimal number which does not equal one, just rounded.

That makes perfect sense :) I didn't realize the armor rating wasn't a perfect 1 or could vary slightly per item.

Thanks for clearing that up!

@Kalielle
Seems you were right all along ;)

[Kalielle]

@Kalielle
Seems you were right all along ;)

Lol I'm gonna put that in my sig. :cool: