A mini-guide to (almost) everything Ghi-related~

[Thard_Verad]

Most impressive.

But your title is misleading. You don't mention anything about what Ghi is, nor about the powerups.

Feel free to quote my favorite paraphrase: "Ghi is an energy field. It surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds the universe together." Not exactly how Frank or Leon describe it, but I think it still works.

Again, great job on the research!

Edit: It seems I've been linked to by the first post. I've already said my piece on the nature of Ghi, so here's the powerups.
Ghi Boost: An obsolete powerup, soulbound to anyone who has one. It boosted attack and healing rings by 50% for about 3 minutes.
Ghi Amp: The current powerup. Raises attack and healing power by 50% for 20 minutes.

[EliteDanneh]

An excellent read. Nothing I didn't know until approximated times, but that's some hardcore work right there.

Good job. <3

[-Shiny_Tsukkomi-]

Fr33d0m4ever

-Shiny_Tsukkomi-

See the "Thanks" post for an explanation as to why it's "only" 4 days~

Realistically, if you count previous times I tried to figure it out, it would add another 10 hours... but that was long ago~

For Ghi meter rates... well, specifically, I had something in mind along the lines of (and remember, this is currently my guesses~):

If you're not in a crew, numbers seem to be in clear 30 second intervals~

1 person on screen, no crew = lose 1 ghi every 30 seconds
2 people on screen, no crew = lose 1 ghi every 60 seconds
3 people on screen, no crew = lose 1 ghi every 90 seconds (guess)
4 (same text) = lose 1 ghi every 120 seconds (guess)
5 (same) = lose 1 ghi every 150 seconds
6 (same) = ??? (I want to assume gain 1 every 150 seconds... but it seems wrong~)
9-11 (same) = gain 1 ghi every 30 seconds (complete guess...not carefully observed enough, and people moved in & out of screen~)

When in a crew though... well... I just don't know. If my guess was 100% correct, 5 people in crew should give similar rates to 6 people not in a crew. But I haven't worked up the will to try to test it again~ ^-^;

Well, I though it would take weeks to figure out this much info... *has a skewed perception of time* gonk

Maybe I can stand outside the GB null and try this out sometime. Not a lot of movement occurs there. ^^
*wonders if a course in Statistics would help a bit*

[Lobotryas]

Fantastic guide. Massive kudos for timing how long it takes to get the various ghi levels! heart

How did you get the time required for Major Dodge? eek

[Erynne]

Abso-FREAKIN-fabulous!!!!

[Fr33d0m4ever]

Thard_Verad

Most impressive.

But your title is misleading. You don't mention anything about what Ghi is, nor about the powerups.

Feel free to quote my favorite paraphrase: "Ghi is an energy field. It surrounds us, it penetrates us, it binds the universe together." Not exactly how Frank or Leon describe it, but I think it still works.

Again, great job on the research!

Mmm... you got me there~

*thinks of how to fix that*~

-Shiny_Tsukkomi-

As long as the people required to test such things are there + the numbers are written down and exact as can be, it wouldn't take very long to figure it out with that many bits of data to work with~

Only thing is... well, it really doesn't matter given how often people in crews will have full ghi. But I'll look into it again later today~

Lobotryas

You mean major dodge to major accuracy?~

Quite literally sitting in front of the compy moving a screen on zOMG every minute (or less) for 4 hours~

As more time passed and I got lazy/sloppy, I ended up letting the timer run for about 10 minutes before writing down that many minutes passed~

Anyway, it's just an approximate figure. If I decide to farm/play zOMG again (actively), I'll redo that timing. I'd expect it to change by... about 10 minutes of time at most~

...Not currently up for 4 more hours of continuous playing to get to the point I can test it again though~ >>;

Erynne

Thanks~ :3

[Red Kutai]

Fr33d0m4ever

Edit: Specifically, I found out there were 102 segments first via screenshots (as you saw in the animated gif~).

Just as a curiosity, do you think 102 segments represents the whole bar? After some tests with the Rage bar not long ago, I found that only 98% of the bar was actually visible (thus some of the issues having visibly full Rage, but being unable to use RR4) - since 102 seems like a similarly unusual value, do you think there's room for a similar issue, here? sweatdrop

Anyhow, a wonderful Guide, and a much-appreciated effort on your part - this was long overdue, and you are a brave soul indeed for taking it on, yourself... 3nodding

[Myrielle]

I can get rid of my old GHI explanation copypasta now that I have this thread.

[Fr33d0m4ever]

Red Kutai

Fr33d0m4ever

Edit: Specifically, I found out there were 102 segments first via screenshots (as you saw in the animated gif~).

Just as a curiosity, do you think 102 segments represents the whole bar? After some tests with the Rage bar not long ago, I found that only 98% of the bar was actually visible (thus some of the issues having visibly full Rage, but being unable to use RR4) - since 102 seems like a similarly unusual value, do you think there's room for a similar issue, here? sweatdrop

Anyhow, a wonderful Guide, and a much-appreciated effort on your part - this was long overdue, and you are a brave soul indeed for taking it on, yourself... 3nodding

Possibly~

Maybe it's how I ended up counting it; I count a completely empty bar as 1 of the "segments". Then there's how the very first and last segment visible segment took less time than what I found to be the "average" time to fill. (It's roughly half from what I've been seeing). Soo... in that sense, it could be the equivalent of 100 actual segments~

...Except I feel I'm just confusing myself now. I'll think that over more later. I'll fix the estimates in a bit~

[Fr33d0m4ever]

I was wrong about ghi meter rates being simple... joy~

Also a bump~

[Fr33d0m4ever]

I blame gataka for this shameless bump~

[Definitive Destiny]

So if I log in and just keep switching between two screens my ghi xp will go up?

[Fr33d0m4ever]

Chromatic Bird

So if I log in and just keep switching between two screens my ghi xp will go up?

Yep~

You can spam chat as well~ (As long as you don't do it too fast.. then I think it stops you from spamming for another 30-60 seconds... haven't typed that fast in awhile though~)

[Definitive Destiny]

Fr33d0m4ever

Chromatic Bird

So if I log in and just keep switching between two screens my ghi xp will go up?

Yep~

You can spam chat as well~ (As long as you don't do it too fast.. then I think it stops you from spamming for another 30-60 seconds... haven't typed that fast in awhile though~)

Awesome!

Thanks for the guide~!