Empower only buffs base heavy attack damage

ecceau · February 2022

It seems that on live and the pts Empower only buffs the base heavy attack damage BEFORE other buffs. For my current setups this results in a buff of like 500 damage on top of a 10k heavy attack, i.e. negligible. Given that its duration is usually very short (eg. 3 seconds from might of the guild) it seems that it is supposed to be more powerful. Especially, since it is now also a 5-piece bonus on Queen's Elegance on the current PTS cycle, where other 5-piece bonuses are usually at least 1k dps from procs and can be much higher for other sets. Is this intended behavior?

vesselwiththepestle · February 2022

Most if not all buffs like that only affect your base damage. It's how the math in this game works

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Ythotha · February 2022

If you are talking about other % damage buffs yes empower is additive with those and thats the norm in this game
But if you have a set like undaunted unweaver that does not sound right because it increases your base damage

ecceau · February 2022

Yeah sorry, I meant it does not consider buffs like Undaunted Unweaver, where you actually increase the base damage... The 5-piece bonus on Queen's Elegance still makes me think that its not intended as it is.

Sluggy · February 2022

Sets like UU and Sergeants don't add to the base damage. That would be insane.