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Originally Posted by Zyz
nice work, thanks for the update :)
Kalman, how does the cycle analyzer work with the 4pc BS bonus?
Does it just add an extra backstab in before the 5pt SnD?
Oh and Pf, think you can include the 200ap buff from DM in a later version?
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4pc BS bonus is modeled as a reduction in the cost of backstab. For a given cycle, any excess energy is converted directly into damage (technically, it's converted directly into extra instant attacks whose CP generation is ignored, but that's more a detail of how CPcycle was merged than anything else) at the proper DPE ratio, so the BS cost reduction (and thus CP cost reduction) models twice, which is appropriate; once, in providing more energy at the end of the cycle to be converted into damage, and once by increasing backstab DPE by way of reduced cost.
So, if 4 pc BS opens up a new (more efficient) cycle, it's modeled properly for increased CP generation, and if it doesn't, it's modeled as giving you the occasional backstab with the CP thrown away. In practice, people tend to use the "waste" backstab method, since there doesn't seem to be any cycle BS opens up that's more efficient.