#Sharpness/durability tests

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surreal slate
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Method:

For sharpness, i forged two axes. One i sharpened and the other I did not. made sure both had max durability.

For the sharpness test, I ran around and hit 50 zombies that naturally spawned, for a "real world" test. I put each damage number i got through the combat text mod into a txt document. One shots just display the hp of the zombie so that is marked.

Every 100 zombies i checked the sharpness of the axe, and sharpened it if i could, i sharpened the axe 6 times and repaired the handle once (this is testing head durability, as thats the important part)

for the blunt test i did the same as the sharp test, but only repaired the handle as needed, and ignored the sharpness.
(since i forged an axe and didnt sharpen it, it starts completely blunt, worst case scenario)

heres the results for now (tests were done with lvl 10 axe, maint, and strength. I will do a 0 skill test later for a better avg dps wise)

Maintence:
Blunt axe: 518 hit for head to break
Sharp axe 773 hit for head to break

Overall damage averages(overkill excluded)
Sharp: 174 damage per hit
Blunt: 180 damage per hit

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tldr for now: sharpness doesnt effect damage, but when weapon is "blunt" you lose out on alot of durability

rigid condor
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Great test

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I'm curious if this applies the same way for crafting, like cutting denim with dull scissors

surreal slate
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im gonna check tree cutting and crafting eventually

balmy cargo
hallow mauve
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@surreal slate
the damage penalty is quite unnoticable for many weapons, but its there

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grand crystal
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It's a bit funny that a blunt axe dealt marginally more damage. I'd say it's within deviation range to conclude that they do the same amount of damage.

hallow mauve
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it seems negligible for mid-damage weapons like axes, while high damage weapons like machete/sword suffers the most from damage penalty

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with long blade 10, i can reliably kill zombies in one hit with a machete/sword, but two hits gets more frequent when those get dull

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the durability part seems interesting though

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(also can they please add ingame tips for this so that people dont have to suffer digging through how it works)

surreal slate
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yeah