Talk:Focused Bolt/@comment-24634511-20141013030142/@comment-23878607-20141013234443

Adding an element was tested and the results were posted elsewhere, but I can't locate that post. Basically, an element will add a variable percentage bonus to the Focused Bolt shot.... which varies in accordance with the targeted enemy's specific resistance or weakness to that particular element.

In order to do damage testing in this fashion, you have to have an Arisen who has not maxed out the lifetime damage inflicted statistic in History. This is extremely problematical once one starts fighting the big bosses like Daimon, Death and especially doing rounds on the online Ur Dragon prior to its death, as the damage cap on the online Ur is between 27 million to 29 million points... and with the right party and setup, this isn't all that difficult to do.

To interpret the results requires a lot of knowledge about the game. It's possible to get misleading results due to inadequate range, whether you hit it with a glancing shot, hit more than one vulnerable point, you got a critical hit, enemy resistance or weakness to the specific type of damage you're using (e.g., strength or magick), resistance or weakness to the applied element... there are actually quite a lot of hidden variables.