Element affinity: Effect?

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Element affinity: Effect?

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Has anyone ever done research on what the effect of the elemental affinity is in this game?
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Damage, Jeane is so powerful with Lightning, Ted with his Soul Eater
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gildedtalon wrote:Damage, Jeane is so powerful with Lightning, Ted with his Soul Eater
And what are the exact damage modifiers?
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i remember the magic damage was a bit inconsistent so nobody came up with a clear set of rules.... :/
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Ok, maybe I'll test around a bit when I have some spare time.
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From my obversation, there's a cap for magic damage in this game, so that make element affinity less important.
maximum damage output is 150% of the power in description. Exemple: Heavenly thunder says : 1500 lighting damage, then it's cap will be around 2250. What ever setup I tried couldn't break that limit: Jeanne, 3x thunder ring, magic set, alerted status on, tested on different monsters to make sure they don't all resist lightning.etc.
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You mean in weapons?

Does it matter how many Rune Pieces you will attach? I tried but i saw no difference. Only weapon's element changes.
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Iir rune pieces don't stack in IV.

And no, I mean how elemental affinity will change your magic damage. I also noticed that the Suikoden IV official guide uses a strange system of looking at enemies' element weakness.
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Regarding IV.
I was curious about the effects of your weapon if you apply elemental runes to a characters weapon that has a strong affinity to said element.
Say for instance Hervey has a strong affinity to Fire. If I add Fire rune compared to Lightning runes will it make a difference in the damage dealt or does this only apply with casting?
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