Body Ratio Adjustment

PIT DAWWWWWWG wrote: Will decimal point BP-ratios still give you the extra BP when they add up to whole numbers?

For instance, will someone with a 3.5 BP ratio get 7 BP for putting in 2 build? Or just 6, because the system rounds it to 3 each time?

We round up within a purchase tier. So if you have a 3.5 Ratio (2.5 with the +1 for the first 15 purchases) and you spend 2 build you would get 3.5 + 3.5 = 7 No rounded needed.

But if you have a 3.4 Ratio and spent 2 build you would see this... 3.4 +3.4 = 6.8 which we then round up to 7.

So for very small amounts of build the body numbers will end up being very close. Take that out to 15 build spent though. 3.5 * 15 = 52.5 which rounds up to 53. 3.4 * 15 = 51 (no rounded needed) A difference of 2 body between those two investments.

Let's take it one step further. Let's say that each of our examples above spent 1 more build on body. They would get 2.5 and 2.4 body each for those.

53 + 2.5 = 55.5 which rounds up to 56
51 + 2.4 = 53.4 which rounds up to 54

Make sense?

Joe H.

PIT DAWWWWWWG wrote: Will decimal point BP-ratios still give you the extra BP when they add up to whole numbers?

For instance, will someone with a 3.5 BP ratio get 7 BP for putting in 2 build? Or just 6, because the system rounds it to 3 each time?

From www.knightrealms.com/forum/Announcements...amage,-and-soak.html :

"Additional Body Points are calculated by the amount of build they have invested into their Body, multiplied by a ratio based on the amount of build they have invested into their various professions." followed by "All fractional Body Scores are rounded up."

So if you have a 2.8 ratio, you will get 3 (2.8, rounded up), then 6 (5.6), then 9 (8.4), then 12 (11.2), and then 14 - only when the fractions accumulate enough, will you see less body. Of course, if your ratio is lower, you'll see that sooner rather than later - a 2.5 will see it every other purchase, while a 2.9 will not see it until every 10th purchase of body.

In short:

* The system is designed so you can't game or plateau your Body Ratio for max body, short of taking JUST Warrior skills (Which is fine!).

* It will be generous towards the player, not detrimental, as much as possible, while preventing min / maxing and powergaming.

Dammit, Joe...

Is there any way to prevent the body total from changing upon purchasing new skills, the number changing every event (or every few events) is extremely confusing

Angelica Tartaros wrote: Is there any way to prevent the body total from changing upon purchasing new skills, the number changing every event (or every few events) is extremely confusing

Your body score should not change dramatically from month to month. It may float up or down in response to what you are learning but it should be pretty predictable. If you are concerned that you might be close to a drop in body points check your online card. The "Explain my Body Total" link should have enough information for you to figure out where you are.

But once a character is established, the month to month learning expenditures should not make much of a change to their Body Ratio or their Body Points total.

Unless you are buying more BP (In which you expect your number to change a decent amount), you will not notice the BP shift because it will be very slow and very gradual, especially the higher level you get.

So basically... one event you might have 46 BP... a few events later (at no more BP's purchased) your BP might be at 45 or 47 ... or even stay at 46. You do not calculate your body points that precisely, while in combat .. no one does... thus it really should not be a problem if a few events ago you had 46 BP, but now you have 45... but you forgot and thought you had 46... those 1 or 2 point differences are not going to factor into any problems.