Wesker's numbers are not matching
Hello everyone
I was testing wesker's passive infection rate add-on, so I went to the wiki to analyse the numbers. There it says that it requires 100 charges to fully infect and it charges in a 0.8c/s rate (125 seconds for full infection). Going with this data, I assumed that the add-on would buff the c/s to 0.8 + 30%, which is 1.04c/s, therefore fully infecting in 96 seconds.
After testing in game, I realized that nothing is matching. The real time to fully infect is 80 seconds, with the add-on is 55 seconds. this means that the add-on gives +45% of passive infection rate. Moreover, the base kit passive infection rate must be 1.25c/s, or the amount of charges required is 80, or both are wrong.
The only explanation I could think of for the add-on is that instead of increasing the passive infection rate by 30% (as the description says), it *reduces the time it takes to fully infect* by 30%, this way the numbers match.
For the wiki data, I'm certain that they didn't update it or got the wrong values. If someone has the right ones please share :)
UPDATE:
considering the "grab infection" as +20 charges (the value in wiki), we can assume that the rate is 1c/s and the amount required is 80 charges.
prove: the time it takes without the grab bonus is 80 seconds. the time with the grab bonus is 60 seconds. doing the math, we get c/s = 1, so total charges are 80.
But again, the wiki's data might may be wrong lol
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Out of curiosity, you factored in the infection from when you get bound correct?
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If you haven't yet, try using the Iridescent Uroboros Vial so that the survivors start the trial with the infection at 0 charges and determine what the infection rate is that way. I believe hitting a survivor with Virulent Bound automatically adds more infection as the wiki states that survivors will have an initial infection level of 20 charges.
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yes. I counted the seconds after the unhooking, because it goes back to 50% of infection. 40 seconds for 50%, so 80 for total
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I did that while using the passive buff add-on. It took 55 seconds
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Very interesting. Regardless, that's neat to know for the future. Thank you!
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I went into a bot match and clocked a Kate at around 66 seconds until she was fully infected after me grabbing her. That doesn't work with your numbers either.
I don't believe the wiki has the wrong numbers as such, they datamine their stuff. If anything, it's possible that the game considers other factors still when it comes to infection.
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Did you grab her? if so, you applied +20 charges, therefore taking 60 seconds to infect. You also probably started the timer a little bit earlier
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