Int Stat Cap

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Archibald wrote on 2010-08-18 19:20

I didn't know this but apparrently the INT stat is capped at 999. In trans I often hit this cap and even with int food I cannot break into 1k+. I hope they change that for the new int formula in g13.

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Which probrably means that STR/WILL/DEX all capped at 999 also. Not that anyone will have over 1k in those categories without the old food spamming.
abc33kr wrote on 2010-08-18 19:27

zy as of g13, the 999stat cap is still there.
Archibald wrote on 2010-08-18 19:30

Kinda fails then. I wont need much int by g13 to be near cap even non trans.
Kaeporo wrote on 2010-08-18 19:48

I don't see a viable reason for the stat cap. 2,000 intelligence only doubles magic damage...and that's a lot of int.
Vanof wrote on 2010-08-18 20:01

If you want to be technical, storing 4 numbers on a server takes more than storing only 3 numbers. It might not seem like a big deal, but when you have millions of characters to store data for I guess it might be, especially considering the game was first made quite a few years ago.(2006 was it's first release, I think?)

I just don't think it really was a design decision. If it was, I'm guessing it was probably because when mabinogi was first released DevCat did not expect players to achieve over 999 of any stat.
abc33kr wrote on 2010-08-18 20:40

Quote from Vanof;130101:
If you want to be technical, storing 4 numbers on a server takes more than storing only 3 numbers. It might not seem like a big deal, but when you have millions of characters to store data for I guess it might be, especially considering the game was first made quite a few years ago.(2006 was it's first release, I think?)

I just don't think it really was a design decision. If it was, I'm guessing it was probably because when mabinogi was first released DevCat did not expect players to achieve over 999 of any stat.

Actually, people reached over 4 digit stats, when the stats gained from food weren't nerfed.

Back when the food stat system wasn't nerfed, people didn't rebirth, but they ate berries the whole day. Eventually they got haxy dex stats and everything died in one arrow.
Thus, devcat fixed this by limiting all the stats to 999, but back then, devcat didn't expect people to reach 999stats without food.

Personally, base stats should be capped to 999, but not the total stat
Lan wrote on 2010-08-18 22:23

Quote from Vanof;130101:
If you want to be technical, storing 4 numbers on a server takes more than storing only 3 numbers. It might not seem like a big deal, but when you have millions of characters to store data for I guess it might be, especially considering the game was first made quite a few years ago.(2006 was it's first release, I think?)

I just don't think it really was a design decision. If it was, I'm guessing it was probably because when mabinogi was first released DevCat did not expect players to achieve over 999 of any stat.

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Vanof wrote on 2010-08-18 23:22

Quote from abc33kr;130137:
Actually, people reached over 4 digit stats, when the stats gained from food weren't nerfed.

Back when the food stat system wasn't nerfed, people didn't rebirth, but they ate berries the whole day. Eventually they got haxy dex stats and everything died in one arrow.
Thus, devcat fixed this by limiting all the stats to 999, but back then, devcat didn't expect people to reach 999stats without food.

Personally, base stats should be capped to 999, but not the total stat

Ahhh~ That makes sense. I think I remember seeing a screenshot of some hax KR infra doing a 10k+ magnum or something from eating berries.

Also, base stat cap agreed on. Sadly, I doubt it will be implemented, though! :c
kotarou3 wrote on 2010-08-19 09:04

Quote from Vanof;130101:
If you want to be technical, storing 4 numbers on a server takes more than storing only 3 numbers. It might not seem like a big deal, but when you have millions of characters to store data for I guess it might be, especially considering the game was first made quite a few years ago.(2006 was it's first release, I think?)

I just don't think it really was a design decision. If it was, I'm guessing it was probably because when mabinogi was first released DevCat did not expect players to achieve over 999 of any stat.

The numbers would probably be stored as a signed short: range from -37xxx to 37xxx
EndlessDreams wrote on 2010-08-19 17:38

Quote from kotarou3;130705:
The numbers would probably be stored as a signed short: range from -37xxx to 37xxx

Why would they make memory to include the negative values? I think they made it so it can only store positive values. The (luck/str/dex/int/will) stats actually have two decimal places, but for those people without mods, it is shown to you without any decimal places.