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I'm playing with the option "Show effective speed as multiplier" enabled and the logic just keeps on irritating me. Better than those obscure numbers though. I know this is a kind of linguistic question, but as a mathematically oriented person I just can't get over it 
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Here's the deal:
@ is at (1.2x) and a monster is at (1.0x). The description states that the monster is "1.2x slower than you". On a mathematical level I don't really understand what n times slower than actually means. In my book that would mean that the monster's speed is negative. I mean 1.2 times @ speed would be 1.44 and less than would mean -0.24 speed. The real difference in speed is about 17%, so I assume that 1.2 multiplier is 1.17 rounded.
Another example:
@ is at (1.2x) and a monster is at (2.0x). The description states that the monster is "1.7x faster than you". That makes a bit more sense, since I assume it means 1.7*1.2 which is about 2. I still find it wrong, since 1.7x faster in my world means 2.7 times the original.
I'm assuming these are in the vain of saying that 6 is 2 times greater than 3 instead of saying 6 is 2 times 3. Or even saying that 3 is two times lesser than 6 instead of saying 3 is half of 6.
I would love to see the multiplier differences as percentages rather than current phrases. The examples would above would then be "17% slower than you" and "67% faster than you".
Thank you for reading. Had to get that off my chest.
.Here's the deal:
@ is at (1.2x) and a monster is at (1.0x). The description states that the monster is "1.2x slower than you". On a mathematical level I don't really understand what n times slower than actually means. In my book that would mean that the monster's speed is negative. I mean 1.2 times @ speed would be 1.44 and less than would mean -0.24 speed. The real difference in speed is about 17%, so I assume that 1.2 multiplier is 1.17 rounded.
Another example:
@ is at (1.2x) and a monster is at (2.0x). The description states that the monster is "1.7x faster than you". That makes a bit more sense, since I assume it means 1.7*1.2 which is about 2. I still find it wrong, since 1.7x faster in my world means 2.7 times the original.
I'm assuming these are in the vain of saying that 6 is 2 times greater than 3 instead of saying 6 is 2 times 3. Or even saying that 3 is two times lesser than 6 instead of saying 3 is half of 6.
I would love to see the multiplier differences as percentages rather than current phrases. The examples would above would then be "17% slower than you" and "67% faster than you".
Thank you for reading. Had to get that off my chest.
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