Forum:Anyone know the Better Critical mechanics?

Does Better Criticals increase your TOTAL damage by 50%, or just the Critical Bonus damage by 50%? As an example- Lincoln's Repeater deals 50 damage per shot, and on a critical gets a +50 damage bonus added. With Better Criticals, does Lincoln's Repeater deal (50+50)*1.5 = 150 damage on a critical, or does it deal 50+(50*1.5) = 125 damage on a critical? How about Sneak Attack Criticals? They supposedly grant a double damage bonus, so would Lincoln's Repeater deal (50+50)*2 = 200 damage, or 50+(50*2) = 150 damage? If you add Better Criticals into the mix as well, does that become 300 damage, or 200 damage? Some Sort 00:56, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

it's +50% to the CRITICAL, so 125 damage, and sneak attack criticals don't do double damage, they just ignore DR. Yes, with the better criticals perk you'll deal +75 critical damage. So, if you are dealing 125 damage on a critical, a sneak attack critical would deal 250. A sneak attack critical to the head would deal 500, if the enemy is completely unarmored.BSMaker 18:41, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Sneak Attacks don't ignore DR, but deal double damage.

The mechanics involve it being a badass perk that you should definitely get...!! Pgoon 16:42, 21 April 2009 (UTC)