Dragon Age: Origins – Strength modifier vs damage

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I got one question. I just found two 2-handed weapons:

  1. Battleaxe (Red Steel) tier 5
    Damage: 14.00
    Strength Modifier: 1.10

  2. Maul (Veridium) Tier 4
    Damage: 11.70
    Strength Modifier: 1.25

Character Strength: 32

My question is, what is Strength Modifier? Which weapon is better in terms of damage? I am thinking of testing both weapons, but armor penetration stat makes the difference, so I still won't be sure, its better to have high modifier, or higher weapon damage.

Best Answer

This if the formula that comes from the wiki, it's a hit probability formula.

 AttackValue = 55 + 0.5 * {(Strength - 10) + (Dexterity - 10)} + AttackBonuses

They did not clarify what the 55 + 0.5 means so an exact calculation i can not make for you. As you can see it takes strength into the calculation and if a weapon has a higher strength modifier you have more chance to land an physical attack.

If i would know how to make html tables on this site or have any other way of formatting my text i would put up a table with the actual values what chance an attack has to hit an opponent. Might figure that out later and edit this but for now check out: http://dragonage.wikia.com/wiki/Combat_mechanics

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