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| − | == Combat Flag == | + | == Combat Mechanics == |
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| | * [[Stages of Combat (Game Mechanics)|Stages of Combat]] | | * [[Stages of Combat (Game Mechanics)|Stages of Combat]] |
| | * [[Combat Flag (Game Mechanics)|Combat Flag]] | | * [[Combat Flag (Game Mechanics)|Combat Flag]] |
| − | * [[Stats (Game Mechanics)|Stats]] | + | * [[HAM Bar (Game Mechanics)|HAM Bar]] |
| | + | * [[Stats (Game Mechanics)|Character Stats]] |
| | + | * [[Weapon Stats (Game Mechanics)|Weapon Stats]] |
| | * [[Targeting (Game Mechanics)|Targeting]] | | * [[Targeting (Game Mechanics)|Targeting]] |
| | + | * [[Combat Queue (Game Mechanics)|Combat Queue]] |
| | * [[Attack Speed (Game Mechanics)|Attack Speed]] | | * [[Attack Speed (Game Mechanics)|Attack Speed]] |
| | * [[Weapon Certifications (Game Mechanics)|Weapon Certifications]] | | * [[Weapon Certifications (Game Mechanics)|Weapon Certifications]] |
| | * [[Accuracy (Game Mechanics)|Accuracy]] | | * [[Accuracy (Game Mechanics)|Accuracy]] |
| | * [[Secondary Defenses (Game Mechanics)|Secondary Defenses]] | | * [[Secondary Defenses (Game Mechanics)|Secondary Defenses]] |
| | + | * [[States & Posture (Game Mechanics)|Posture, States & Negative Effects]] |
| | + | * [[State Defenses (Game Mechanics)|State Defenses]] |
| | + | * [[Dot Defenses (Game Mechanics)|Dot Defenses]] |
| | * [[Hit Locations (Game Mechanics)|Hit Locations]] | | * [[Hit Locations (Game Mechanics)|Hit Locations]] |
| | * [[Combat Difficulty Rating (Game Mechanics)|Combat Difficulty Rating]] | | * [[Combat Difficulty Rating (Game Mechanics)|Combat Difficulty Rating]] |
| | * [[Damage Calculations (Game Mechanics)|Damage Calculations]] | | * [[Damage Calculations (Game Mechanics)|Damage Calculations]] |
| − | * [[States & Posture (Game Mechanics)|Posture, States & Negative Effects]]
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| − | Players, Npcs and Creatures have three bars representing their Health, Action, and Mind pool. When you target something, its name and HAM bar will appear in your heads up display, as well as over the target's head. Red represents the Health pool, green represents the Action pool, and blue represents the Mind pool. When you deal damage to a target through combat, you will notice that its Health, Action, and Mind pools deplete, based upon the amount and type of damage dealt. This can be seen in the HAM bar by a shortening of the colored bar that represents the pool that was depleted. When any one of the three pools is completely depleted, the remainder of the colored bar will disappear and the target will die if it as npc or creature or become incapacitated if is a player.
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| − | Default or auto attacks require no HAM to use. Almost every special attack or ability in the game has a base value associated with it. This base value represents the HAM that will be deducted from the player whenever they use that ability. Weapons are also given base values which are found under the Special Attack Cost category on the item. When a special is used with a weapon, a multiplier for that particular special comes into play. The multiplier for that particular special is multiplied against the current Special Attack Cost values on the weapon, then the values are added to the base special HAM costs. The value that comes from this process is then passed on to be affected by the player's secondary stats for each HAM attribute. The final HAM cost to the player is the remainder from this process. If a player does not have sufficient HAM to cover the costs of using the special either by itself or with the equipped weapon, then the player is simply denied the ability to use the special.
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| − | Note: Base cost in the following example is the summation of the actual base ham cost of the special plus the calculated multiplier against the weapon special attack costs. For example if the base costs on a special were 50, the multiplier on the special was 1.5 and the special attack cost value on the weapon was 50 then the base cost of the special prior to going through secondary stats would be 125.
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| − | Final Ham Cost Formula:
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| − | '''Cost = Base * ( 1 - ( Stat / 1400 ) )'''
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| − | 1. Unarmed Hit 2 has a base cost of 12/18/12.<br>
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| − | 3. HAM cost for these stats is 9/14/8. That's 8.75 / 13.5 / 8.14 rounded.<br>
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| − | HAM cost formula where Base is the Health, Aaction or Mind base cost for the skill and Stat is the relevant Strength, Quickness and Focus value:<br>
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| | ==Source References== | | ==Source References== |
