I've had a question wracking my brain for the last few hours, and I decided to find a solid answer through some data I collected. The question was:
"Does Blood Beam do better damage than Light Beam?"
The reason this question came up was because I noticed that even if you went full Holy for Pve healing the Blood Beam tree was still a great option for solo dps. So I went and made a new priest to gather base line data. Now I got incredibly bored and stopped collecting at level 16, but this is the data:
Now to those who are wondering: this data was all recorded at a rate of +3 intellect per level up and without anything equipped. NOTE: All damage out puts are from the level one version of the respected spells.
OK, now this is how I figured the damage out puts..
For Blood Beam, the equation seemed simple enough. I simply took what I saw from the tooltip: y=(0.80*MATK)+18+(0.04*HP)
For Light Beam, I did y=MATK+(0.44*MATK)+(0.53*Heal)+20 .. I added the whole MATK to the front because when I calculated it without it, the numbers were too far from what my character was doing on the screen and after adding it the number was in a far more reasonable range. I also took into consideration that the number on the screen was susceptible to other factors such as a monster's resistances and such.
After looking through the base line information, I tried to make a few models that made sense. I tried exponential and linear, and exponential was just waaaay too out there once you got past the 60s. So stuck with the linear model:
If some of you are wondering, yes I did change the equations to the level 1 version of the next in line. At 40 I changed to Improved and at 80 to Master.
To answer the question: Going in this fashion, it would seem that the Light Beam tree is superior. However, if you were to factor in the loads of health from gear and such, and the fact that it is EXTREMELY cost efficient to use Blood over Light, I want to say that the Blood Beam tree is the best option for any type of priest dps.
**PS. This is my first post and I hope it helps at least someone out >< Feel free to comment and ask questions.
"Does Blood Beam do better damage than Light Beam?"
The reason this question came up was because I noticed that even if you went full Holy for Pve healing the Blood Beam tree was still a great option for solo dps. So I went and made a new priest to gather base line data. Now I got incredibly bored and stopped collecting at level 16, but this is the data:
Now to those who are wondering: this data was all recorded at a rate of +3 intellect per level up and without anything equipped. NOTE: All damage out puts are from the level one version of the respected spells.
OK, now this is how I figured the damage out puts..
For Blood Beam, the equation seemed simple enough. I simply took what I saw from the tooltip: y=(0.80*MATK)+18+(0.04*HP)
For Light Beam, I did y=MATK+(0.44*MATK)+(0.53*Heal)+20 .. I added the whole MATK to the front because when I calculated it without it, the numbers were too far from what my character was doing on the screen and after adding it the number was in a far more reasonable range. I also took into consideration that the number on the screen was susceptible to other factors such as a monster's resistances and such.
After looking through the base line information, I tried to make a few models that made sense. I tried exponential and linear, and exponential was just waaaay too out there once you got past the 60s. So stuck with the linear model:
If some of you are wondering, yes I did change the equations to the level 1 version of the next in line. At 40 I changed to Improved and at 80 to Master.
To answer the question: Going in this fashion, it would seem that the Light Beam tree is superior. However, if you were to factor in the loads of health from gear and such, and the fact that it is EXTREMELY cost efficient to use Blood over Light, I want to say that the Blood Beam tree is the best option for any type of priest dps.
**PS. This is my first post and I hope it helps at least someone out >< Feel free to comment and ask questions.
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