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| Author | Doubt relating to initiative |
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even after reading https://www.lordswm.com/forum_messages.php?tid=1832909
I have a little bit of confusion with "initiative"
1.Lets take an example of shrews (ini 16) that means they get 1.6 turns according to Arctic's explanation. I am sure that they gain atleast 1 turn in every cycle but according to the explanation creatures having an initiative greater than 10 get more than 1 turn which does not happen ?(basically how does the remaining 0.6
effect the ATB scale)
2.Creatures like swordsmen have 'stun' ability according to that enemy creature looses all its accumulated initiative , what does that mean?
3.Delay with 0 spell power and without darkness talents lasts for 0.5 turns and decreases initiative by 20%
In this case lets take an example of shrews (ini 16). If Delay is casted on them, their initiative becomes 12.8 so put together the entire effect would be
"initiative =12.8 (1.28 turns every cycle) which lasts for 0.5 turns" so turns reduced to 1.28 (from 1.6) for 0.5 turns, How does it happen ?-_-
Please answer | Let's say a fixed unit (turn) move on the race track (ATB) with speed of 10 meters per second (ini 10). This means every 10 seconds said unit move by 100 meters on the race track, and every 100 meters is an end line. Every time this unit crosses the end line is the passing of 1 turn.
When you apply this to creatures/lords in the game, every time one passes that end line, it gets an action (replaces turn to avoid confusion).
Ini 16 is 1.6 times of ini 10, which means shrews are faster than a turn and by the end of 1 turn, they are on a new lap at 60 meters and only need to move another 40 meters to get a second action.
Accumulated initiative is how far they are on the race track, refer to the shrews example, there they have 60 accumulated initiative (60/100 meters).
0.5 turns means 5 seconds, since 1 turn as explained is 10 seconds.
So to put these in numbers:
1) 16 meters * 10 seconds = 160 meters (160 meters - 100 meters (gain an action) = 60 meters (accumulated initiative)
Let's say swordsmen stun the shrew on number 1:
2) 60 meters - 60 meters = 0 meter
3) 12.8 meters * 5 seconds + 16 meters * 5 seconds = 144 meters
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Haven't make these explanations in a while so correct me if I make mistakes anywhere. | for Empress Ansi:
Great way to explain it | | Actually after calculations I figured it out myself . So sorry for wasting your time | | closed by Veer_K (2017-06-11 20:04:36) |
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