Chris - Please fix the free attack formula

A long long time ago in a release far far away, @Chris revealed various formula, such as:

Free attack damage multiplier

1+tickCount*0.35


However, the problem with this formula is that it is advantageous to *not* fully tick up, but instead to do many smaller ticks combined. For example, assuming the usual max of 6 ticks and say your base HP damage is 50 points:

1.35*50*6 = 405 damage (6 of a 1 tick shots)
1.7*50*3 =255 damage (3 of a 2 tick shots)
2.05*2 = 205 damage (2 of a 3 tick shots)
3.1*1 = 155 damage(1 of a 6 tick shot)

As you can see, the more ticks you go for, the /less/ damage you do, assuming you can do 6 1 tick shots in the same time frame as a single 6 tick shot. Thus it's never to your advantage to fully "tick" up. I would suggest modifying the formula so that the payoff comes from fully charging a free attack. For example, something along the lines of:

(1+(tick/6))+tickCount*0.35. With this scale, you would get:

1.52*50* 6 = 455 damage
2.03*50*6 = 610 damage
2.55*50*6 = 765 damage
4.1*50*6 = 1,230 damage

Obviously the scale is a bit wrong (but PLEASE PLEASE do this OMG ), but you get the point. It's actually more worthwhile to fully charge an attack than to do multiple small tick counts.

 

You cannot. There's a minimum amount of time between shots. You should give it a try.

 

Even if you cut it down to 3 shots at 1 tick, it's still better than 1 shot at 6 ticks.

1.35*50*3 = 202.5 HP damage