Talk:Better Criticals

Does this perk apply to sneak-attack criticals as well? -accountless avenger.

Does anyone know if this applies to sneak-mode criticals too ?? because that would be awesome with 100 sneak and silent running.

Yes, it does apply to sneak criticals.76.123.119.26 16:01, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Damage Calculation
What is the damage bonus applied to? This comes from a lack of understanding of the game's dynamics but, When you strike a critical hit is the damage boost from Better Criticals applied to both Base Damage and Critical Damage or just the Critical Damage? This make a rather big difference for say the Lincoln Repeater as the base and critical are both 50 which would be a difference of 25 damage(50 in a Sneak Attack Crit).--Kael Drake 23:53, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Okay I've answered my own question. The Better Criticals perk in GECK say that is only increases critical damage. Kael Drake 07 August 2009

The article on critical hits is ambiguous... the calculations on repeater imply that the bonus applies to both crit and normal damage, but the article says it does not.

Fallout 2 Screenshot
Not sure why my screenshot for Fallout 2 was taken out, so I'll just stick it here instead.



How does this stack with sneak attack criticals?
I was having trouble figuring out how this perk stacks with sneak attack critical. Some of the related pages imply that sneak attack criticals double the critical damage after other modifiers; other pages make it seem like it adds with other modifiers. So there are two possible formulas that I can imagine.

BaseDam + CritDam*[1(base) + 1(S.A.C.) + .5(Better Crit)] = Base + 2.5*Crit

BaseDam + [CritDam*1.5(Better Crit)]*2(S.A.C.) = Base + 3*Crit

If I had to guess, I would say that SAC's just add +100% crit damage, but some clarification would be nice. ~Shadowcat
 * From my understanding it goes [(DAM+CRIT DAM)*1.5]*2 = Sneak Attack Crit Dam. UserGreatMara.pngge 18:59, October 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Finally found a page that seems to know its stuff, and you were closer than I. Fallout:_New_Vegas_combat. [Dam+(CritDam*1.5)-DT]x2 ~Shadowcat