Intelligence and Wisdom -- Key Breakpoints 09/27/2018 09:16 PM CDT
I am coming within sight of capping combats, and I have been considering dumping all my physical stats and spending all of my TDPs on Intelligence and Wisdom to maximize learning for non combat skills.

There was a post by Armifer that told the effect Intelligence and Wisdom have at various points on experience absorption. But he said "at key breakpoints", which makes me think there's not a continuous benefit to Intelligence and Wisdom on learning, rather, there are breakpoints that once you pass boost the learning.

My question is, am I correct, and if so, do those breakpoints continue past 120?

The post in question is here:
https://elanthipedia.play.net/Post:Experience_Pool_Size_-_Bug_Fix_-_12/10/2015_-_19:03

Thanks!
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Re: Intelligence and Wisdom -- Key Breakpoints 09/27/2018 10:17 PM CDT
I think it could just as easily be that there is a continuous benefit and Armifer was just choosing points to give us examples.

I'd be interested to know the official response myeslf.


- Navesi
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Re: Intelligence and Wisdom -- Key Breakpoints 10/07/2018 03:41 PM CDT
Based on the data I compiled from Armifer's post way back when...

You only gain a 5% efficacy going from 90 Int/Wis (125%) to 120 Int/Wis (130%). That's a lot of TDPs for minimal gain but it's up to you.

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Re: Intelligence and Wisdom -- Key Breakpoints 10/07/2018 10:03 PM CDT
>> You only gain a 5% efficacy going from 90 Int/Wis (125%) to 120 Int/Wis (130%). That's a lot of TDPs for minimal gain but it's up to you.

Thanks, but I referenced that post in my OP. I was more information on:

1. Any benefit beyond 120
2. If the benefit is continuous or discrete, and if it's discrete, if the breakpoints are every 30 or more frequent.
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Re: Intelligence and Wisdom -- Key Breakpoints 10/12/2018 02:16 PM CDT
From what I recall from Armifer's posts he never mentioned whether they were continuous or discrete, but the math suggests the benefit actually increases per point after 100.

10-30 is a 12% gain, 30-60 is a 9% gain, 60-90 is a 4% gain, 90-120 is a 5% gain.

Which I guess raises the question: is that a typographical error? Logically progressing it should be 127% efficiency at 90 Int/Wis (i.e. gain of 6%) and therefore a 3% gain at 120 which would be much cleaner math (and indicate that by 150 you're gaining virtually nothing). But it very well could turn out that every stat point is more valuable after 100.
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Re: Intelligence and Wisdom -- Key Breakpoints 10/24/2018 10:56 AM CDT
In theory the benefit should be continuous. Although due to rounding, you'll get inconsistent pulses. Actual example:

SkillRanks after pulseRank before pulseEstimated Pulse Size
Outdoorsmanship1698.57061698.56890.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.57231698.57060.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.5741698.57230.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.57581698.5740.0018
Outdoorsmanship1698.57751698.57580.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.57921698.57750.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.58091698.57920.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.58271698.58090.0018
Outdoorsmanship1698.58441698.58270.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.58621698.58440.0018
Outdoorsmanship1698.58791698.58620.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.58971698.58790.0018
Outdoorsmanship1698.59141698.58970.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.59311698.59140.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.59491698.59310.0018
Outdoorsmanship1698.59661698.59490.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.59841698.59660.0018
Outdoorsmanship1698.60011698.59840.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.60181698.60010.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.60351698.60180.0017
Outdoorsmanship1698.60531698.60350.0018
Outdoorsmanship1698.6071698.60530.0017


So you'd have to average many pulses to get a good idea of what your actual pulse size is. (The above is a moon mage in TF with 100 discipline, 100 intelligence, and 138 wisdom.)

I bumped Copernicus from 100 to 138 wisdom and the benefit was... underwhelming. I can't seem to find the logs from that though, sorry.
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