Question: Focus and sweating

[Devask]

Hi!

Focus helps you to stay concentrated at sweating. But what I'd be interested in is: Has anybody every tested how much focus affects sweating? Yesterday I charged myself with focus und and it seamed that I also got more sweat (than the average 20% success rate). What do you think? Does focus also pay off when you already have high evade skills?

[Kaitlyn]

I wish there was an option that says...I have no idea, never gave it much thought...but would be interesting to find out.



~Kate~

[Borr]

I have never noticed a difference.

You will get more sweat per hour, but not more succesful tries after the focus stage has finished. Also you will not get more sweat per successful try.

[Nor Alien]

I didn't really do a proper test but.....

1000 bottles with focus took me 1.2 hours.
1000 bottles without focus took me 45 mins.

LOL But was a weird day. For some reason I have never been able to duplicate the results. The next time I did it.....

1000 bottles with focus took me 2hrs and without focus took me 1hr and 58mins. LOL

These where on ambu and not alone... I guess I will have to try and do a solo to see if there is a difference

I'll give it another try and see what I get out of it lol I voted no untill further info

[Borr]

OK, we need to get clear how you measure performance.

Focus obviously has effect on the amount of sweat per hour, because you dont get disturbed while concentrating. The effect is a positive one and does not need to be tested, it's a fact.

But these are interesting performance criteria:
- Do you get more successful pulls when you are focused?
- Do you get more sweat per successful pull when focused?

My gut feeling tells me it does not make any difference, but if someone is determined to do a test with a large enough amount of tries, it could be interesting.

[kosmos]

I havn't don't extended testing but when I am focused I get more sweat per hour due to not having broken concentration. But there are ways I have found to sweat without focus and still do well sweat per hour. A organized team at neas or sweating near people tends to draw argo off me. I tend to take less hits (losing little to no concentration) and the sweat per hour seems to be steady. But when a sweat area is dead and no one is around to draw a mobs attention the sweat per hour is pretty bad. I am curious if focus does help the success rate but i doubt it.

[Hally]

Its all in your head, thers no spoon

[Indigo Wyrd]

Focus - good at Sweat Camp, when you're new.
Not so good when you're at Nea's.

Pests at sweat camp jump around from target to target, and it's easy to end up with three of four or more around you while trying to sweat - focus is handy for dealing with this.

At Nea's - it's a bit of a different story though - Ambu hit hard, hard enough that, unless you've got your own, personal healer, you'll run out of life long before you run out of focus, loosing all focus charges on death.

Hence it's uncommon to find someone at Nea's focusing.

Does it make a difference?
Not from what I've noticed - focused or otherwise, sweat happens.

[Gluepot]

It will make your mindforce spell not be disturbed if you're hit, I don't believe it does anything more.

[CozMoDan]

I agree that the only help you get is not losing concentration. I don't think you get more sweat per try but you will get more attempts per hour because of no lose of concertration. The more attempts per hour the better the odds.