Guild Wars 2

I was wondering to make some suggestions to forum abaut weapons, and i really want to know how doo Weapons skill dmg get caluclated.

I mean ok you have a longbow as ranger and get a skills : Hunter’s shot.
Deals X damage plus vulnerability and swiftness on 1200 range.
How do you get X ?

Equiped weapon str plus (if dual wilding, offhand weapon or focus str) Power plus tooltip on skill dmg = dmg?

Or the tooltip on skill shows the end number?

Does skill base dmg scale with level? Or it only scales becouse power does go up at each level?

Anyone got accurate info on this?

I do not, although I have a hunch the final damage is calculated from a formula of the form: damage = a*level + b*power + c

I’m also curious if anyone has looked into this yet; it will save me the time if they have and are willing to share. If not, I do plan to look into this as well as mitigation after I’m done validating some downscaling mechanics.

This question is easy to find answer for with PvP equipment. In Heart of Mists, there’s a vendor that gives all max damage PvP equipment for free. Every stat normally on armor is combined in amulet. There’s different amulets for different power levels. From here we should be able to find if there’s some formula like Damage = Base + 0.8*Power. I’ll go gather some data.

Findings: (Done with level 80 Human Ranger)
Base stats with no equipment or traits
Strength, Precision, Toughness, Vitality = 916
Critical Chance 4%
Health = 13965 (I took away WvW bonus to get this number)

Skill stats with PvP Longbow equipped (Attack = 1996) (this is base for my comparisons)
Long Range Shot 176, 229, 317 (second value is always 130% of first value and third 180% of first. I calculate based on first value)
Rapid Fire 1320 (x10) á 132
Hunter’s Shot 141
Point Blank Shot 282
Barrage 1692 (x12) á 141

Changing Precision doesn’t change listed skill damage. Using Longbow with +5% damage sigil doesn’t change listed skill damage.

Skill stats with Longbow + Amulet with Celestial jewel (Attack = 2341)
Long Range Shot 243, 316, 437 (67 damage for 345 attack)
Rapid Fire 1820 (x10), á 182 (50 damage for 345 attack)
Hunter’s Shot 194 (53 damage for 345 attack)
Point Blank Shot 388 (106 damage for 345 attack)
Barrage 2328 (x12) á 194 (53 damage for345 attack)

Skill stats with Longbow + Amulet with Cleric’s jewel (Attack = 2640)
Long Range Shot 300, 390, 541 (124 damage for 644 attack)
Rapid Fire 2250 (x10) á 225 (93 damage for 664 attack)
Hunter’s Shot 240 (99 damage for 664 attack)
Point Blank Shot 481 (199 damage for 664 attack)
Barrage 2880 (x12) á 240 (99 damage for 664 attack)

Skill stats with Longbow + Amulet with Soldier’s jewel (Attack = 2919)
Long Range Shot 354, 460, 637 (178 damage for 923 attack)
Rapid Fire 2660 (x10) á 266 (134 damage for 923 attack)
Hunter’s Shot 283 (142 damage for 923 attack)
Point Blank Shot 566 (284 damage for 923 attack)
Barrage 3396 (x12) á 283 (142 damage for 923 attack)

Formulas:
Long Range Shot 0.19 Damage per Attack
Rapid Fire 0.14 Damage per Attack
Hunter’s Shot 0.15 Damage per Attack
Point Blank Shot 0.30 Damage per Attack
Barrage 0.15 Damage per Attack

Are you saying that the power sigils dont give any extra damage as intended?

Presicion effects crit chance i think

I’m saying power sigil’s +5% damage doesn’t show up on skill tooltip. I don’t know if it works or not.