Thread: [Event 12] Apocalypse & Phoenix Rematch

Originally Posted by Fikari

In maths, we call percentage difference or relative difference the ratio between the difference of the reference value and observed value, divided by the reference value.

Which give you :

relative difference = (x - xref) / xref

In this case (2.8 - 2.4)/2.8 = 0.4/2.8 = 0.14

Relative difference is an unitless indicator that takes into account the size of the value. For example if we considered now that the buff value weren't a 2.4 and 2.8 multiplier but a 222.4 and 222.8 multiplier, would you still call that a 40 % loss ?
Even if your maths would still give you the same result you clearly see that in this case the loss is negligible (0.18 % loss to be precise).

Oh, I see where you guys are getting at now, the value of the .4 difference from the highest value to calculate the difference in percentage in comparison to the lowest. Seems to be my poor choice of wording. The multiplier difference is still .4 but the percentage of that .4 is 18%.

But should we not be comparing the 2 values to the value of the specific attack (regular attack being your basic x1 multiplier), so 1, 2.8 and 2.4.

In this case (2.8 - 2.4)/1 = .4/1 = .4?

The 222.4 and 222.8 example turned into percentages is 22240% and 22280%, which is still a 40% difference if comparing to a regular attack.