8

Throughout the game I've seen a few dozen things use these, and they're probably not interchangeable, but what is the difference? For example, in a Soul Tree, I see:

  • Block Rate Up - Boosts Block Rate by 10%
  • Block Rate Up - Increases Block Rate by 15 percentage points.

A quick read of those would lead me to believe they're the same effect, but what is the difference here?

Improve this question
7
  • Would you mind providing screenshots for comparisons?
    – Wondercricket
    Aug 2, 2022 at 3:22
  • 8
    I have never played this game, but in mathematics this is a common way to differentiate multiplicative from additive percentage scaling. In other words, two "50 percentage points" bonuses would combine to +100%, while two "50% bonus"es would combine to 1.5*1.5=2.25, or a total of "125% bonus". However I'm not making this an answer because it could just be an error in translation.
    – BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft
    Aug 2, 2022 at 5:59
  • @Wondercricket I certainly can get screenshots, but there are no visual differences on those screens, just text, which is why I didn't add any.
    – Seiyria
    Aug 2, 2022 at 6:04
  • 1
    It works as BlueRaja said. You can check that with accessories having the same kind of descriptions. I'll write an answer with screenshots when I can make some, if nobody made an answer by then.
    – Unown K
    Aug 2, 2022 at 8:27
  • 1
    @BlueRaja-DannyPflughoeft This GameFaqs post seems to back that up
    – Wondercricket
    Aug 2, 2022 at 12:24

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
9

As explained in comment, the first one multiplies the statistic by the value, while the second adds a flat value to the statistic.

Example with 2 accessories (one gives block rate, the other physical def, but the formulation is different).

  • This first one boosts block rate by 32%. As you can see, I get a bonus of 32% of 27 = 8% block rate (rounded down, since 27 * 32% = 8.64).

Sena with 32% percent

  • This second one increases my physical defense by 6 percentage points. As you can see, I get a flat increase from 48% to 54%.

Sena with 6 percentage points

It works the same with gems and the Soul tree.

Improve this answer
4
  • 1
    If someone has pictures in english, feel free to edit, as it doesn't seem I can change the game language (only the audio from english to japanese)
    – Unown K
    Aug 2, 2022 at 20:18
  • I uploaded English photos (Since I'm allergic to French ;) ), and altered the text to account for the different items and values. I also added a small info regarding calculations. Please let me know if I missed anything
    – Wondercricket
    Aug 8, 2022 at 3:17
  • @Wondercricket I changed an old mention of the critical rate you left (since now it's block rate and physical def), but the rest is perfect.
    – Unown K
    Aug 8, 2022 at 8:14
  • Awesome, thanks for catching the one I missed. I posted a question regarding the rounding I noticed
    – Wondercricket
    Aug 8, 2022 at 15:53

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .