Ghost Wolf & Mount

[Bobson]

ok, lemme get this cleared up. there was a debate today over how much faster the mount is than ghost wolf.

i said mount is around 14% faster - 140% of base x 1.14 is nearly 160% of base... RIGHT?

the other guy said "160 is 20 more than 140 right! right!? right!?" (as if i was stupid)

we went on to the PvP boots which make your ghost wolf go 15% faster.

i said this would be slightly faster than a normal mount, but my friend begged to differ.

he said "140 +15 is 155 right!? thats 5% slower than mount"

but... 140% x 1.15 is 161%


am i doing the maths correctly? whos right me or the other guy?

[Spottbroder]

sorry im too stupid :cry:

[Hex]

Right ok you sound to geeky to be wrong ... your right ! :shock:

[Adriel]

ok, lemme get this cleared up. there was a debate today over how much faster the mount is than ghost wolf.

i said mount is around 14% faster - 140% of base x 1.14 is nearly 160% of base... RIGHT?

the other guy said "160 is 20 more than 140 right! right!? right!?" (as if i was stupid)

we went on to the PvP boots which make your ghost wolf go 15% faster.

i said this would be slightly faster than a normal mount, but my friend begged to differ.

he said "140 +15 is 155 right!? thats 5% slower than mount"

but... 140% x 1.15 is 161%


am i doing the maths correctly? whos right me or the other guy?

alll I can say is.....

OMG! :shock:

[Bobson]

and that is how The Bobson was born.

[Zorkos]

and that is how The Bobson was born.

That made me laugh,

Thank you :wink:

[Shin]

You are indeed correct. Percentages and percentage units are different things. Your buddy could have said, the mount is 20% of the normal running speed faster than the ghost wolf, and that would have been correct, but to say that the mount is 20% faster than the ghost wolf is not.
Same thing with the boots. Your friend just adds on percentage units rather than adding 15% of the ordinary ghost wolf speed.

There has actually been similar misconceptions about the rogue talent "Dual Wield Specialization", which increases off hand damage by 50%. Off hand damage is cut in half by default, and a lot of people think that with a 50% increase it'll be back on 100% again, which of course isn't the case.

[Hallian]

Looked it up on Thottbot and came up with this.

Brown Wolf (http://www.thottbot.com/?sp=6654)
Apply Aura: Mod Speed Mounted. Value: 60

Ghost Wolf (http://www.thottbot.com/?sp=2645)
- Note: Apply Aura: Mod Speed, Value: 40

Now, The Boots (http://www.thottbot.com/?i=37765) at question.. "Equip: Increases the speed of your Ghost Wolf ability by 15%."

The Effect (http://www.thottbot.com/?sp=22801)
- Note: Apply Aura: Add Flat Modifier (Movement Speed), Value: 15
Saying the boots enchant will ADD a FLAT Value of 15 to the Movement speed. Yes?

If the Value of Ghost Wolf is 40(%), and the Boots ADD a value of 15(%).. Don't we have a total Value of 55(%)?
Meaning the Ghost Wolf plus Boots have a total speed of 55%, 5% slower then a (level 40) mount, without any other speed modifications?

You were right about the 'Increasing' the question you should be asking is Are we increasing the 40% by 15% or are we increasing Ghost Wolf by 15% speed?

Hope this awnsers your question Bob.

/edit: Complicated post :)

[Bobson]

thanks m8

[sildiara]

Of course, if you have those boots to increase the speed, the mount player should have carrot, riding skill enchant and mithril spurs taken into account.