For the longest time I've wondered why Brienne completely overshadows my damage output as a black mage. In hindsight that's probably because I've pumped Presence nearly every level but I only just thought of that. Before that thought, I was thinking it might be a difference in power levels of physical vs. magical damage so I ran some tests on wolves since they have equal phys and mag resist. For reference, my character was using a Curved Blade for physical tests and the Sanctified Gladius with Magic Wand for magic tests.
The test stats were:
6 str, 28 physical power and 16 armour pen
16 wil and 83 spellpower and 24 spell pen
I tested using basic attacks for physical and withering bolt, fireball and greased fireball for magic
With physical, I was doing ~52 damage on swing and ~110 on crit
With magic, Withering bolt was ~66 per cast and ~89 on crit.
Fireball was ~77 on hit and ~137 with grease.
If I was working with equal stats that'd be one thing but when I half well over double the numbers on my stats for magic, it seems bizarre that the damage output is so similar. It'd help if I could also see the output on a physically focused character but for now my only point of comparison is Brienne, who hits for ~90 per swing when I have 14 presence.
So with my admittedly limited data set taken into account... Is there something I'm misunderstanding about how stat scaling works? It feels wrong that the numbers are so close when I've put literally nothing into physical offense and everything into magic offense. Especially when I compare to Brienne who completely dwarfs anything I can do.
The test stats were:
6 str, 28 physical power and 16 armour pen
16 wil and 83 spellpower and 24 spell pen
I tested using basic attacks for physical and withering bolt, fireball and greased fireball for magic
With physical, I was doing ~52 damage on swing and ~110 on crit
With magic, Withering bolt was ~66 per cast and ~89 on crit.
Fireball was ~77 on hit and ~137 with grease.
If I was working with equal stats that'd be one thing but when I half well over double the numbers on my stats for magic, it seems bizarre that the damage output is so similar. It'd help if I could also see the output on a physically focused character but for now my only point of comparison is Brienne, who hits for ~90 per swing when I have 14 presence.
So with my admittedly limited data set taken into account... Is there something I'm misunderstanding about how stat scaling works? It feels wrong that the numbers are so close when I've put literally nothing into physical offense and everything into magic offense. Especially when I compare to Brienne who completely dwarfs anything I can do.