Board News.old [context]
Sender Astark
Date Wed Feb 13 20:20:10 2013
To all
Subject Tattoo Changes
Hoping to clarify a bit more information about the tattoos as there seems to be some questions/confusion about them. The 2500qp tattoos are the only ones that changed, and they were restored to their original values that seem to have changed over the years somehow. Items and tattoos are all built using OPs, meaning option points. There are rules in place that builders use to make equipment that is balanced so that we don't have level 90 EQ that is better than 95 EQ, etc. The same concept applies to tattoos. For example, 1 OP is worth 10 hp, or worth -1 saves, or +4 to any stat. There are a lot of ways OPs are assigned, but this should help give you an idea of how they work. Prior to this change, tattoos all had a base value of "20 OPs". This design was made to coincide with translucent equipment. The bonus in brackets on the big tattoos used to have a value of 5 OPs, which is 25% of the base value. Over time, somehow, the values all got increased and some of the tattoos actually were far more powerful than the 20+5 OPs that they were designed for. For example, the Sphinx tattoo was giving +12 to all stats, and a bonus of +4 to all stats. As you will recall, I said that +4 to a stat is equal to 1 OPs. We have 10 stats, so 10 * 12 = 120. 120/4 = 30 OPs. When you add in the bonus in brackets [+4 to all stats], the tattoo was actually giving another 10 OPs bonus (4 * 10 = 40. 40/4 = 10). If you have read up on tattoos, you will know that in addition to the base bonus they give, and the bonus in brackets, they give an extra bonus that scales with level. An extra 5% bonus per level, after level 90. So at level 97, you're talking a 35% bonus to the base value. The base value on the Sphinx tattoo was +12, so 12 * 1.35 = 16.2. The Sphinx tattoo was giving +16.2 to all stats at level 97, or a value of 40 OPs. Plus the extra 10 that I mentioned. a 50 OPs bonus. For reference, even the most powerful pieces of equipment typically only offer like 40 OPs. So with the tattoo, you were getting 50 OPs, plus the 18-22 OPs from the translucent EQ. The nerf brought them back down to an overall value of 32 OPs at level 97. Darnab : Let me know if this helps. All Players: Your feedback is appreciated. The General or Personal board probably work fine.