Combat Art Damage

[jvrebi]

<p><span style="font-size: small;">I am amassing quite a number of pieces with + Combat Art Damage on it.  I thought I remembered reading about a cap on it somewhere but could not find it.  Could any enlighten me please?  My thanks ahead of time.</span></p>

[TheSpin]

<p>Combat art damage caps at 50% of the base damage for each combat art.  Quick example</p><p>Your Combat art hits for 100 to 150 damage.  </p><p>+25 combat art damage = 125 to 175 damage</p><p>+50 combat art damage = 150(cap) to 200 damage</p><p>+75 combat art damage = 150(cap) to 225 (cap)</p><p>Anything above +75 combat art damage does no good on this particular combat art.</p><p>Now what I'm not sure of is how crit works into the equation.</p>

[Daghammerskold]

I am reasonably confident but not certain that the crit is calculated first then the +dmg cap is half of that value.I tested it on my conj by equipping +dmg gear so that the total was well above the cap for a particular spell. I examined the max damage for the spell and multiplied that by 1.3 to find the max it should crit for if the mechanic is (spell+damage modifier)*crit. Then I went out and blasted mobs til I landed that spell for more than that number.I interpreted this to mean that the formula is (spell*crit)+damage modifier up to 1/2 critted value.So using TheSpin's numbersYour combat art that hits for 100 to 150 damage crits for 130 to 195 damage+98 combat art damage = 195(cap) to 293(cap)There may be factors that I am unaware of. I do know that debuffs act as damage increases and I was careful not to debuff the mobs.What I don't know is whether the +dmg cap is calculated before or after debuffs.

[jvrebi]

<p><span style="font-size: small;">Thank you both for your replies.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">In summary . . . anything totalling over +75 Combat Art damage does me little to no good correct?  I think I have like 200+ with my Mastercrafted Incarnadine armor set and now have three pieces of Ravage Onslaught as well.</span></p>

[salle]

Seing as we have combat arts with up to 2.5k damage no you have not yet hit the cap with 200.The hard cap would be max damage of the highest hitting CA x 1.3 if that thing about crit stacking is right.  (Without checking in game on a naked toon) About 1700 is the hard cap for +CA Damage. (2.5kx1.3/2)But due to how it works it's on a demenishing returns "curve" the more CA's you cap up the less you get from increasing it.