Thread:Double Slap/@comment-3017217-20150220082723/@comment-4091261-20150221143650

My familiarity with derivatives is as limited as that. In a larger scope, I don't understand derivatives that well. My math was rushed so hard in grade school that I could not even pass Calculus due to the lack of understanding on the most basic concepts in math. In college, I've learned difference quotients at the algebra level. I haven't been even aware of difference quotients beforehand! Basically, I've gone far through math, but it went by so fast that there are things that weren't discussed for me.

Despite that, what I do know about derivatives is that dy/dx is the change in y over the change in x. (still not used to using f, indicating f is the function of x) So the graph of f'(x) is the rate, or slope of each tangent line, at every point in the graph of f(x). Beyond that, I don't know what the purpose of a second grade derivative is--I'm guessing the derivative of a derivative, i.e. f''(x). That fact is quite ironic, because if diminishing returns deals with second grade derivatives, then I had a whole essay written without even that fundamental piece of knowledge.''

Based on what I do know, isn't the issue with attack speed reduction better represented with the multiplicative stacking? That being, having both would achieve attack speed reduction of 27.75% rather than 30%. Though h'(x) results in a negative number, the negative represents that through further increase of enemy attackspeed, there will be a constant rate decrease in the enemies' attackspeed--the desired effect.