User:Fankserver/sandbox-C

Layout variant C — combined formula block + single bottom variable table. Compare against A and B.

Damage calculation

The full chain in three stages — attack power, the per-shot roll, and what actually lands on the target. Formulas match the shipped Assembly-CSharp.dll.

# 1. Per-turret attack power
attackPower  = ( totalPowerStat / max(0.45, equivalentTurrets) )
               × stackingPenalty × turretEquivalentRating × powerMultiplier

# 2. Per-shot damage
shotDamage   = (attackPower / 5) × random(0.8, 1.25) / defaultAttacksPerSecond
critAdjusted = shotDamage × (2 + CriticalDamage) ^ critCount
outgoing     = critAdjusted × (1 + typeBoost + Damage)

# 3. Damage taken by the target
finalTaken   = outgoing × max(0.2, 1 − DamageReduction − typeResist)

Variables

Variable	Meaning
totalPowerStat	Ship's total CombatPower/MiningPower/SalvagePower for this turret type, plus drone-bay contributions.
equivalentTurrets	Same-class hardpoints, weighted by size. Floored at 0.45.
stackingPenalty	Diminishing returns when stacking same-class turrets — see ladder below.
turretEquivalentRating, powerMultiplier	Per-turret tuning constants set on each weapon prefab.
defaultAttacksPerSecond	Turret's base rate from _fireDelay, burstAmount, burstDelay, _maxMagSize, _reloadDelay. Does not include AttackSpeed — that bonus raises firing rate without lowering per-shot damage, effectively a flat DPS multiplier.
random(0.8, 1.25)	Per-shot uniform variance.
critCount	Crits cascade. CriticalChance rolls; on success the chance halves and rerolls. Capped by the combatMegaCrit skill-tree points.
CriticalDamage	Per-crit multiplier base; each successful crit multiplies damage by 2 + CriticalDamage.
typeBoost, Damage	Damage-type-specific bonus stat (e.g. EnergyDamage) and the universal damage bonus.
DamageReduction, typeResist	Defender's universal reduction and damage-type-specific resist stats.
Floor	Combined reduction is hard-capped at 80% — at least 20% of incoming damage always lands.

Stacking penalty ladder

Equivalent turrets	Penalty
1 (≤ 1.9)	1.00
2 (≤ 2.9)	0.85
3 (≤ 3.9)	0.78
4 (≤ 4.9)	0.72
5 (≤ 5.9)	0.68
6+	0.65

Practical implications

• Roughly, every 5 points of CombatPower/MiningPower/SalvagePower converts to 1 average DPS, before stacking penalty, attack-speed bonuses, crits, and resistances.
• Stacking the same turret class on one ship suffers sharp diminishing returns — the third identical turret only contributes about 78% of its raw power.
• AttackSpeed is stronger than it looks — it shortens the time between shots without lowering per-shot damage, so +20% AttackSpeed ≈ +20% DPS.
• Critical hits compound — with high CriticalChance and the combatMegaCrit skill, multi-stage crits multiply damage geometrically.