User:Oblio/Stopwatch

So, anyway I have a stopwatch now. Also, I am obsessive compulsive (undiagnosed of course).

Fixed Goal Trapping
There are many times that I have wondered about the efficacy of different minor variations on trapping, this section will give me the opportunity to have hard data to back up my thoughts. Many of the tests below don't really have real usefulness except to show some baseline numbers. Usually a trapper knows how many traps they want to lay down, they do it, then they pull. Other times, pullers on teams give people X seconds to lay down as many traps as they can. Hopefully, I'll have data for all of them eventually.

Below is the build I used to test. I will occasionally refer to casting order by number. That will refer to the below bar. Raw data is also linked below. My meager testing is 5 samples per test, which I am comfortable with as long as variance of samples is low.


 * Raw Data

Test A: Lay 4 traps

 * Methodology : Since we are casting 1 of each trap, methodology doesn't matter.
 * Mean :
 * Variance :

Test B: Lay 4 traps under Serpent's Quickness

 * Methodology : Since SQ only effects the recharge of skills, I enter the stance immediately following the cast of the first trap.
 * Mean :
 * Variance :

Test C: Lay 4 traps under Trapper's Speed

 * Methodology : I precast TS and give it a second before starting trapping (to avoid possible aftercast delay). Time begins on the activation of the first trap.
 * Mean :
 * Variance :

Test D: Lay 8 traps

 * Methodology: 6543...5436. Casting Dust Trap other than first means this takes about 8 seconds longer.
 * Mean :
 * Variance :

Test E: Lay 8 traps under Serpent's Quickness

 * Methodology: 6543...5463
 * Mean :
 * Variance :

Test F: Lay 8 traps under Trapper's Speed

 * Methodology: 6543...5463
 * Mean :
 * Variance :

Test G: Lay 12 traps

 * Methodology: 6543...5436...5436
 * Mean :
 * Variance :

Test H: Lay 12 traps under Serpent's Quickness

 * Methodology: 6543...5463...5436
 * Mean :
 * Variance :

Test I: Lay 12 traps under Trapper's Speed

 * Methodology: 6543...5463...5436
 * Mean :
 * Variance :