Good day folks. I have decided to put together a video showcasing the hypothesis that the Necromancer has lower Downed State HP than other classes. While it is not proof that the hypothesis is true, it is certainly evidence.
Method: Care was taken to remove any possible variables present. Here are precautions that were taken:
- All recordings and measurements were taken in the exact same area. Both characters are at lvl 80, but leveled down to 13. Neither character had any food boosts.
- The Ice Wurm’s attacks were uniform and predictable. If there was a “Critical Hit” or “Glancing Blow” while the character was downed, the observation was discounted.
- The Necromancer had all gear removed and all traits emptied.
- The Warrior had all gear removed and all traits emptied.
- All WvW bonuses were accounted for. The recordings in the video are taken within 15 minutes of each other. No new bonuses occurred during this time span.
- While only one video was shown of each downed state, there were many more iterations performed behind the scenes. The above videos simply showcase the most frequent occurrences.
- Timing for downed state began when the HP “Bubble” at the bottom of the screen began to fill when downed. Timing ended when the skills for Downed State completely disappeared. This was done to keep uniformity in measurements.
- The Warrior was used due to its identical passive HP pool to the Necromancer.
Results:
- The Necromancer had an approximate downed time of 13;06 for the above video.
- The Warrior had an approximate downed time of 21;19 for the above video.
- The Necromancer survived approximately 4 strikes by the Wurm when no glancing blows or criticals were made.
- The Warrior survived approximately 6 strikes by the Wurm when no glancing blows or criticals were made.
- The Necromancer suffered 12 ticks on Downed State Degeneration.
- The Warrior suffered 21 ticks of Downed State Degeneration.
Should the health numbers appearing when downed be trusted, we have:
- Necromancer illustrated approximately 962 HP while downed.
- Warrior illustrated approximately 2824 HP while downed.
Conclusion: There is good reason to believe that the Warrior has more Downed State HP than the Necromancer in PvE (when downleveled and in a level 80 zone). I cannot make any conclusions about other classes in comparison to the Necromancer.
I apologize for the informal presentation of the above information. I do not have time to offer more numbers and analysis. My sample size was, unfortunately, fairly small due to my time constraints. However, due to the disparaging difference in numbers observed, I suspect more iterations would produce results that were similar to the above incidents.
Have a nice day!
Update
In order to remove any more potential variables, the experiment was repeated in Frostgorge Sound, where there was no downleveling. The same foe was used and the exact same conditions were met as stated above. These are the findings after one iteration of testing:
- The Necromancer had an approximate downed time of ~13 seconds.
- The Warrior had an approximate downed time of ~21 seconds.
- The Necromancer survived 4 strikes by the Wurm when no glancing blows or criticals were made.
- The Warrior survived 6 strikes by the Wurm when no glancing blows or criticals were made.
- The Necromancer suffered 13 ticks on Downed State Degeneration.
- The Warrior suffered 21 ticks of Downed State Degeneration.
Should the health numbers appearing when downed be trusted, we have:
- Necromancer illustrated approximately 15,301 HP while downed.
- Warrior illustrated approximately 43,846HP while downed.
(edited by OmegaProject.9831)
