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razi · 05/14/08, 1:25 PM

Here's diminishing returns in layman's terms:

If I have five apples and I buy one apple, I have increased my appleness by 1/5 = 20%.

If I have ten apples and I buy one apple, I have increased my appleness by 1/10 = 10%

This is what people are claiming equates to diminishing returns...

But the bottom-line is, I'm still getting ONE MORE TASTY APPLE.

Compared to say, 100 apples, getting one more apple doesn't seem that great, but you could have said the same thing when you had 99 apples, and the same thing when you had 98 apples... and as a result you would never have gotten to 100 apples. That's why despite *relative* diminishing returns, that isn't reason enough to stop stacking more and more of haste or mostly any other stat for that matter.

There are however other valid arguments in favor establishing a haste "cap" (primarily referring to Hunters).

05/14/08, 1:25 PM	#138 (permalink)
razi Glass Joe cathus Human Warrior <Axiom> Emerald Dream	Here's diminishing returns in layman's terms: If I have five apples and I buy one apple, I have increased my appleness by 1/5 = 20%. If I have ten apples and I buy one apple, I have increased my appleness by 1/10 = 10% This is what people are claiming equates to diminishing returns... But the bottom-line is, I'm still getting ONE MORE TASTY APPLE. Compared to say, 100 apples, getting one more apple doesn't seem that great, but you could have said the same thing when you had 99 apples, and the same thing when you had 98 apples... and as a result you would never have gotten to 100 apples. That's why despite relative diminishing returns, that isn't reason enough to stop stacking more and more of haste or mostly any other stat for that matter. There are however other valid arguments in favor establishing a haste "cap" (primarily referring to Hunters).