Weapon Speed Ratings - how do these work?

[Quantum]

I'm a bit puzzled with these weapon speeds. I've looked at the weapons and I can see which is a fast one or which is a slow one, but it's only through a comparison between weapons. The number scale associated with the weapon seems very arbitrary - they hover around 100, some a little slower, some a little faster.

Does anyone know how this equates to the in-game play exactly? Howe much faster is a speed 102 weapon to a speed 95 weapon?

The Duke

 

[Sir Bogan]

How much faster is a speed 102 weapon to a speed 95 weapon?

107.36842105263157894736842105263% faster.

 

[Arch]

How did you get that?! 

 

[Sir Bogan]

How did you get that?! 

(102 / 95) * 100 will give you the percentage.

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/58173.html

Edit
Although the answer might be, the 102 speed weapon is an extra 7% faster than the 95 speed weapon, rather than 107% faster.....  This is of course unless Taleworlds use a different calculation.... they may use the difference between the two weapons in their calculations...etc ?

 

[Arch]

Ah alright, so... it's about 7.3% percent faster when you swing?

Or would you have to subtract 107.36842105263157894736842105263%  by 93.137254901960784313725490196078% which would equal , 14.23116615067079463364293085653%, which would be about 14.2%.

EDIT: Oh, there's your edit, about thirty-eight seconds after my post too.

 

[Sir Bogan]

Ah alright, so... it's about 7.3% percent faster when you swing?

Or would you have to subtract 107.36842105263157894736842105263%  by 93.137254901960784313725490196078% which would equal , 14.23116615067079463364293085653%, which would be about 14.2%.

Could do.... although I must admit I'm stumped as to where you got the value of 93.13... from?

 

[Arch]

Well from what I read, I assume you'd do this:

(95/102) * 100, which equals, 93.137254901960784313725490196078

 

[Sir Bogan]

Well from what I read, I assume you'd do this:

(95/102) * 100, which equals, 93.137254901960784313725490196078

This will give you the percentage of how much slower the 95 weapon is.

 

[Arch]

Hmm... then how would you get the calculation in another way? I'm curious because I'm having a math exam next week, so if I can't get this much I'm probably gonna get screwed over.

 

[Sir Bogan]

Because we are finding the percentage of the faster weapon...

For example, if I have $102 and you have $95, then to found out the percentage of how much more money I have, then I divide 102 by 95 and then multiply it by 100, which tells me that I have 107% of the money you do.

If you wanted to find out what the percentage of your money is compared to mine, then you would divide $95 by $102, multiply it by 100 and then you would have 93% of the total money I do.

DISCALIMER

I am not a maths teacher. No responsibility will be taken for exams failed after reading my posts.

 

[Arch]

But it makes since to me, I think I get it. However, I don't even think that's one of my units this semester... oh well, getting ahead of the class is good too!

 

[Quantum]

I understand the maths you are doing, but, you are making a big assumption that it is a linear scale.

If say a speed of 100 equals a 1 second swing, then a speed of 105 would have a swing of what length exactly? 0.95 seconds? Just five hundredths of a second faster? I can't see this being true, it seems too small a difference.And this changes further if the speed of a 100 doesn't equal 1 second, say 0.5 seconds....

I have a feeling that the speed rating uses arbitrary points on a scale, with each point giving a specific set swing time, each point a set amount faster than the previous point.

I'm surprised this has never been worked out, as it affects the game considerably.

The Duke

 

[Sir Bogan]

Getting ahead of the class is always good.
Keeping an open mind and learning every moment of your life is even better.

Take it from this 30+ year old, who finally went back to uni last year, to improve his wellbeing and make something of himself.

I understand the maths you are doing, but, you are making a big assumption that it is a linear scale.

The Duke

This is of course unless Taleworlds use a different calculation.... they may use the difference between the two weapons in their calculations...etc ?

As I'm saying above, this is just my two cents, maybe if you posted your question in the modding forum someone might actually know the details of the calculation the program uses?

 

[HTAPAWASO]

Remember that proficiency plays a large role in how fast you swing a weapon.

So just because you're going up against someone with a slightly slower weapon does not mean you will swing faster, it depends on your faction/class.

 

[Quantum]

Sorry Bogan, I wasn't specifically dismissing your maths  I just stopped reading the intimate detail of all the posts.

I suppose I was hoping for a definitive answer, maybe even from someone close to the dev team, on how it works.

TheDuke

 

[Sir Bogan]

Don't worry Quantum, there was no offence taken at all.