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<blockquote data-quote="le Redoutable" data-source="post: 9279964" data-attributes="member: 7031865"><p>First, you have ( say ) 4 stats;</p><p>then your highest one gives you your BASE</p><p>then, you multiply each stat with the other so as to obtain 6 abilities, and refer to the chart corresponding to the BASE you're using:</p><p></p><p>BASE 4 ( means the highest of your 4 stats is 4 , the three others ranking from 1 to 4 )</p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">stat A</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">x ----- Result after Depreciation</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">stat B</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">1 ------ 1</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">2 ------ 2</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">3 ------ 3</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">4 ------ 4</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">6 ------ 5</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">8 ------ 6</span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'courier new'">9 ------ 7</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">12 ------ 8</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">16 ------ 9</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">you get it ?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">using BASE 4 your highest possible Ability is 9 ( given two 4 , i.e. 4x4 )</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">( there is no 7, using two stats from 1 to 4, so an 8 becomes a 7 ( that's what I call Depreciation )</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">( you won't use the slot of 7 until you reach BASE 7 )</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">shortly speaking,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">BASE 5 tops at 5x5 ===> 25 ===> 14<span style="font-family: 'courier new'"> ( after Depreciation )</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">BASE 6 </span>tops at 6x6 ===> 36 ===> 18<span style="font-family: 'courier new'"> ( after Depreciation )</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">BASE 7 </span>tops at 7x7 ===> 49 ===> 25<span style="font-family: 'courier new'"> ( after Depreciation )</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">BASE 8 </span>tops at 8x8 ===> 64 ===> 30<span style="font-family: 'courier new'"> ( after Depreciation )</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">BASE 9 </span>tops at 9x9 ===> 81 ===> 36<span style="font-family: 'courier new'"> ( after Depreciation )</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><span style="font-family: 'courier new'">BASE 10 </span>tops at 10x10 => 100 => 42 ( after Depreciation )</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'courier new'"><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="le Redoutable, post: 9279964, member: 7031865"] First, you have ( say ) 4 stats; then your highest one gives you your BASE then, you multiply each stat with the other so as to obtain 6 abilities, and refer to the chart corresponding to the BASE you're using: BASE 4 ( means the highest of your 4 stats is 4 , the three others ranking from 1 to 4 ) [FONT=courier new]stat A x ----- Result after Depreciation stat B 1 ------ 1 2 ------ 2 3 ------ 3 4 ------ 4 6 ------ 5 8 ------ 6 9 ------ 7 12 ------ 8 16 ------ 9 you get it ? using BASE 4 your highest possible Ability is 9 ( given two 4 , i.e. 4x4 ) ( there is no 7, using two stats from 1 to 4, so an 8 becomes a 7 ( that's what I call Depreciation ) ( you won't use the slot of 7 until you reach BASE 7 ) shortly speaking, BASE 5 tops at 5x5 ===> 25 ===> 14[FONT=courier new] ( after Depreciation ) BASE 6 [/FONT]tops at 6x6 ===> 36 ===> 18[FONT=courier new] ( after Depreciation ) BASE 7 [/FONT]tops at 7x7 ===> 49 ===> 25[FONT=courier new] ( after Depreciation ) BASE 8 [/FONT]tops at 8x8 ===> 64 ===> 30[FONT=courier new] ( after Depreciation ) BASE 9 [/FONT]tops at 9x9 ===> 81 ===> 36[FONT=courier new] ( after Depreciation ) BASE 10 [/FONT]tops at 10x10 => 100 => 42 ( after Depreciation ) :)[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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