Questions about Fallout New Vegas damage calculations
- I guess the modifier is supposed to be 2 x 2.5 = 5
AFAIK, limb damage only moidfies how quickly limbs get crippled, not the damage to the enemy's health pool. Note also, that you can't target limbs in VATS with unarmed/melee
Critical hits do not ignore armor. Critical damage adds the static critical damage, which is defined for each weapon individually (usually 1x base damage)
Disregarding perks, target armor, chems etc., the damage calculates as follows:
((Damage x Power + Unarmed Bonus) x Special + Critical Damage) x Sneak attack modifier
Power = 2 in case of Power attack/VATS attack
Sneak attack modifier = 5 for melee/unarmed
Unarmed Bonus = (Unarmed skill / 20) + 0.5
Special attack damage bonus = 1.10 for Cross attack
Critical damage = 75 for Fist of Rawr
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