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I was testing my build that used spotter and on the ropes for the extra weapon damage and went to test out the damage with some friends and noticed a big issues with the on the ropes talent, that it produced less damage numbers then when spotter was active. Seeing that spotter gives a 20% increase and on the ropes gives a 25% increase I knew there was a problem so I did some testing and here are the results.

All damage numbers are headshots

Base test number no talents active: 67555.8 DMG
Spotter: 81067.0 DMG
On The Ropes: 77318.4 DMG

Spotter: base damage 67555.8*20%=81066.96.
(A 13511.5 damage increase)
As you can see the results are accurate to what the talent says.

On The Ropes: base damage 67555.8*25%=84444.75
(A 16888.95 damage increase)
As you can see the results are way higher the what damage you do in game of 77318.4 DMG.

Now see what the outcome of damage you do I have found that when using On The Ropes you are only doing 14.5% increase in damage.

I took the damage numbers I got when using On The Ropes 77318.4 - base damage 67555.8 = 9795.5 which 67555.8+9795.5=77351.

Clearly On the ropes is not working as stated and I hope this is clear detail of the issue and can be looked into. Thanks

P.S all damage numbers are about +/- 100
over 5 years ago - Ubi-RealDude - Direct link
Some good science being done here. Thanks for the info iSayBoourns & co.