A3: damage scaling factors?

[Marty]

Also , don’t critisize somebody who is stronger , and know the game better . Always stay humble .

Hahaha

[Shotokan_Symphony]

Do you think this A in my ISM stands for FRANCE?!

[System_1]

Do you think this A in my ISM stands for FRANCE?!

What a quote which hide a way of hate about France. It’s really immature and ridiculous…
Also, the level in there is pretty high so please stfu when you don’t know the Fighting game community and do such comments, thanks.

[System_1]

No personnal offense , but that’s maybe one of the most useless thread I have been able to read past in the week .
Seriously , do any of you make an analysis about damage scalling like a uncertain situation in a chess game ? …
For your information,because I am not a monster , damage is reduced each time by a part of the real damage it has to do clear isn it ?

Damage scaling is important in about every fighting game. I’ll give you an example of Guilty Gear Accent Core’s:

In GGAC, there is a very special type of damage scaling called “Prorating”, a damage scaling different from GGAC’s other, normal damage scaling. Prorating is the procentual reduction of an entire combo in terms of damage that a move, with the ability to prorate, does.

Now you have to know that only certain moves feature Prorating, not every move prorates. And not every prorating move prorates at the same rate. Most prorating moves scale down the damage of the combo when done at the beginning of the combo, i.e. as first hit. Prorating is a manipulative damage scaling, a scaling you actually can control and might even be able to take advantage of.

Let’s say you want to do the following combo X, A, B, C, D and let’s say that “X” is a move that prorates the combo only if done as the first hit of the combo and that X scales down the entire combo’s damage for about *25%.

And let’s say that every move X, A, B, C and D does exactly 20 points of damage. Now, everyone, take out your calculators for some kick-ass math lessons with Sevenskirt:

20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 = 100

        Y = 100 - 25% = 75       Exclusion of GGAC's regular damage scaling

Let’s call the end damage “Y”; Y like “YES, I love math”

Now, I have to note that I have EXCLUDED the additional damage scaling for GGAC’s combos in general, the scaling that counts for every move. I won’t include it as I don’t know it and it would make things even more difficult than they already are.

If you did X, a move that only prorates the combo if done at the beginning, NOT at the beginning this would change Y (end damage) for the entire combo, it would change Y to YOUR FAVOR as it would do more damage to your opponent than Y if done with X at the beginning:

A + B + C + X + D = 100

    Y = 100 - 0 = 100              Exclusion of GGAC's regular damage scaling

Now, the point of my comment is to show you how damage scaling can be crucial in an actual match against somebody and that it’s sometimes even possible to trick the game for additional damage (crouch-cancelling in SFA3) or even for damage prevention (Roll-cancelling in CvS2).

That’s why we do lots of research on this subject because it is part of a strategy.

*There aren’t any moves in GGAC with a prorating scale of 25%, that would be like… Heaven AND Hell…