4th Job WoE Progressive Damage System

Overview

With the introduction of 4th Job classes, new equipment, higher refinement levels, and stronger end-game items, player damage has increased significantly.

While this power growth is healthy for PvE and character progression, extremely high PvP burst damage can negatively affect War of Emperium (WoE).

Without adjustment, battles can become:

A single skill instantly defeating a player.
Defensive builds becoming less meaningful.
Team strategy becoming less important.
Equipment progression creating an extreme gap between players.

To solve this problem while preserving character progression, our server uses the Progressive Damage Reduction System.

This system does not use a fixed damage cap.

Instead, it reduces only the excessive portion of damage.

Players with stronger equipment will still deal more damage, but extreme damage values receive diminishing returns.

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System Concept

The Progressive Damage System works similar to a progressive scaling system.

Damage is separated into multiple tiers.

Each tier has its own efficiency rate.

Lower damage values receive full effectiveness, while excessive damage receives reduced effectiveness.

Tier	Damage Range	Efficiency
Tier 1	0 - 1,000,000,000 damage	100%
Tier 2	1,000,000,001 - 10,000,000,000 damage	35%
Tier 3	10,000,000,001 - 50,000,000,000 damage	15%
Tier 4	Above 50,000,000,000 damage	3%

The calculation is performed from Tier 1 upward.

Only the damage inside each tier is affected.

The entire damage value is not reduced by one single percentage.

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Why Progressive Damage Instead of a Damage Cap?

A normal damage cap removes the value of equipment progression.

Example:

Player A:

+7 Equipment
Raw damage: 5 billion

Player B:

+18 Equipment
Raw damage: 50 billion

Using a damage cap:

Player	Raw Damage	Damage After Cap
+7 Equipment	5,000,000,000	1,000,000
+18 Equipment	50,000,000,000	1,000,000

Both players become identical.

The stronger equipment loses its purpose.

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With Progressive Damage:

Player	Raw Damage	Result
Lower Equipment	Lower damage	Lower final damage
Higher Equipment	Higher damage	Higher final damage

The stronger player remains stronger.

The difference is simply controlled to prevent extreme one-shot situations.

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Damage Calculation Examples

Example 1: Normal Damage

A player deals:

500,000 damage

The damage is inside Tier 1.

Calculation:

500,000 × 100%

= 500,000 final damage

No reduction is applied.

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Example 2: Medium Damage

A player deals:

5,000,000,000 damage

Tier 1

First 1 billion damage:

1,000,000,000 × 100%

= 1,000,000,000

Tier 2

Remaining damage:

5,000,000,000
-
1,000,000,000

=
4,000,000,000

Tier 2 efficiency:

4,000,000,000 × 35%

=
1,400,000,000

Final result:

1,000,000,000
+
1,400,000,000

=
2,400,000,000

The damage becomes:

5 Billion → 2.4 Billion

The player is still significantly stronger than lower damage builds.

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Example 3: Extreme End-Game Damage

A player deals:

75,586,616,496 damage

Tier 1

First 1 billion:

1,000,000,000 × 100%

=
1,000,000,000

Tier 2

Next 9 billion:

9,000,000,000 × 35%

=
3,150,000,000

Tier 3

Next 40 billion:

40,000,000,000 × 15%

=
6,000,000,000

Tier 4

Remaining damage:

75,586,616,496
-
50,000,000,000

=
25,586,616,496

Tier 4:

25,586,616,496 × 3%

=
767,598,494

Total Progressive Damage

1,000,000,000
+
3,150,000,000
+
6,000,000,000
+
767,598,494

=

10,917,598,494

The damage becomes:

75.5 Billion

↓

10.9 Billion

The player remains extremely powerful, but excessive damage receives diminishing returns.

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Additional WoE Damage Reduction

After Progressive Damage Reduction is calculated, normal WoE damage modifiers are applied.

These include:

Weapon damage reduction
Magic damage reduction
Melee damage reduction
Long-range damage reduction
Race reduction
Size reduction
Element reduction
Class reduction
Equipment bonuses

Example:

After Progressive Damage:

10,917,598,494 damage

WoE damage modifier:

0.01% damage received

Calculation:

10,917,598,494 × 0.0001

=

1,091,759 final damage

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Defensive Builds

Players can improve survivability through:

Higher Maximum HP
Defensive equipment
Resistance cards
Damage reduction bonuses
Proper build customization

However, defensive stacking has limits.

The purpose is to avoid situations where:

Damage dealers cannot defeat anyone.
Tanks become completely immortal.
WoE becomes decided only by defensive stacking.

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Future Scaling

The system is designed to handle future equipment updates.

Instead of adding more and more damage caps, only the efficiency values and tier boundaries need adjustment.

For example:

If future equipment increases maximum damage from:

100 Billion

to:

1 Trillion

the system can be adjusted by changing the tier values.

The core mechanic remains unchanged.