Lancer Knightz (Guild)/Bomb Damage (Depth 19)

The guild Lancer Knightz has a long-running project to collect data on the speed and damage of various weapons. If you'd like to help, then please contact Donkeyhaute.

Here, the data marked ^Z were collected by Zeddy, and the other data were collected by Donkeyhaute. The tables show the damage dealt by many of the 5-star bombs, at heat level 10, against every kind of monster, at every level of damage bonus from -2 (Medium penalty) to +6 (Maximum!). These data are from depth 19; see also the depth-24 data.

Nitronome and Dark Briar Barrage:

Big Angry Bomb^Z:

Irontech Destroyer^Z:

Scintillating Sun Shards:

Deadly Splinter Bomb, Deadly Crystal Bomb, Deadly Dark Matter Bomb^Z:

Ash of Agni, Shivermist Buster, Venom Veiler, and Voltaic Tempest (and probably Stagger Storm):

Graviton Vortex:

Dark Retribution:

This plot shows one way of thinking about damage bonuses. On the x-axis are damage numbers with damage bonus +0, +2, +4. On the y-axis are the corresponding damage numbers with damage bonus +2, +4, +6. For example, Nitronome's four numbers 211, 231, 252, and 272 plot at the three points (211, 231), (231, 252), and (252, 272). The plot is nearly linear. The best-fit line of the form y = m x has slope m = 1.09784, suggesting that each two levels of damage bonus increase damage by 9.784%. The square root of 1.09784 is 1.04778, suggesting that each level of damage bonus increases damage by 4.778%.