Hi Everyone,
Several weeks back on Discord Ashraam and myself (Alexyar) got into a discussion about how sonic weapons and UAC gear interact when it comes to flare rates. He, along with many other people on the Discord and in forum posts, continue to advocate for a sonic weapon and regular non-flaring handwraps because there is no change in sonic flare rate just for wearing non-flaring handwraps (or even specific flaring handwraps such as KO).
My advice, ever since seeing the PC forum post from SpiffyJr about OTHER flare types being negatively impacted by the UAC gear you wear (handwraps), took this to mean our own Sonic flares would be impacted as well. I had never done any testing and any testing done to discount this (Ashraam's testing) seemed flawed. He challenged me to do my own testing so I decided to take him up on it.
So to start - my test was going to be simple. I would find a critter I could hit all the time with jab. I would do 2 tests and then match the # of hits for each test. My wife used a program/language called R to do the analysis and create the graph/table.
The conditions: Test 1 - sonic cestus NO handwraps - 75 air lore ranks. Test 2 - sonic cestus and 4x non-blessed handwraps - 75 air lore ranks.
All hits that ended in a death prior to the flare were removed from count (as that did not present a flare opportunity). All other hits (jabs only counted) that landed counted as a flare opportunity.
The total amount of hits analyzed was 330 for each test.
The results:
Test 1 - Sonic flare triggered 26.28% of hits while the lore flare triggered 27.30%
Test 2 - Sonic flare triggered 13.24% of hits while the lore flare triggered 13.24%
Rplot.jpg Why is this so tiny??
The surprising results of this test is the reduction in the sonic lore flare which was always said to be independent of the main flare. But it appears this gets negatively impacted as well per the formula Finros confirmed in 2013 (1-in-N pieces of equipment).
I will send the code used as well as the two source logs that provided the data or figure out some way to put them up. Right now I can't seem to figure out the attachment feature as everytime I "upload" it the file doesn't appear. Please let me know if you see anything that looks off and want to discuss.