Talk:"Ayakashi Cup"/@comment-24668132-20140625021151/@comment-17760674-20140625195525

I really like the calculator. Gives me the general idea of "okay, the calculator says that I need x SW to reach lv.100, and I have 20 more saved up, so I'm good" or "aw dang, the calculator says that I need y SW to reach lv.125, and I only have two extra right now, so I probably shouldn't risk it since I'd have to save up from scratch again whether I get to lv.125 or not, and it's not even guaranteed to get lv.125" etc. And for others, it might give the general ideas of "okay, one 60-pack should be plenty but not overly excessive for my goal" or "it looks like 3x 60-packs aren't enough for my goal, but I can't spend for any more than that" etc.

So I don't think the calculator is an exercise in futility. ^.^ Not unless there's a very sudden and enormous increase in difficulty of beating the boss.

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Agreed with Unknown121 about SW predictions being off as a result of being on the borderline. The bosses from 81 through 98 increase very gradually in difficulty--nothing like the sharp increase from 70-ish to 79. From 81 though 98, the HP increases only by about a couple thousand every level, and the boss hits for only a little bit more each time.

I'm not the only one who has noticed this; someone else actually wrote stuff down in the Greatest Show on Earth spreadsheet.

Against their 140k defense, the boss at 81 hit for 64k damage, and the boss at 98 hit for 69.2k damage--ann increase of less than 6k damage over 18 levels. Compare that to the big difficulty increase from 72 to 79: against their 140k defense, the boss at 72 hit for 36k-37k, and the boss at 79 hit for 60k--an increase of 23-24k over 8 levels. (Yeah, it depends on defense and such, but this is just for a general idea.)

So the SW predictions for reaching and beating lv.80 are probably pretty accurate, because there's usually a very, very clear border/wall. But the SW predictions for reaching and beating lv.100 might not be as accurate, because the border/wall is usually not very clear.