Can someone please explain what the formula's mean?

[Croix]

I feel like such a noob for asking this, but as I was going through FFTorgASM (and FFTPatcher)  there were options for changing the weapon formulas and I don't want to mess around with those unless I have at the very least a basic understanding. Any help would be useful thank-you in advanced.

[Jon]

Thats simple - the formulas are exactly how you read them, replace usually X or Y with a number and it changes the damage value. Example:
Open FFTPatcher and find Agrias's ability Statis Sword. It says 2D Dmg_(PA*(WP+Y)) 100% Status. That means Agrias's Phyisical Attack (PA) is multiplied with the Weapon Power (WP) and add the Y which is 2 normally. You see the X and Y below the Formula right? Change the 2 to another number and Agrias will either deliver more or less power. So if Agrias has 3 PA and a sword with 5 WP, it would look like this: 2D Dmg(3*(5+2)). If you don't know basic algebra, I think changing values will become very difficult, especially when it involves X and Y. Hope I clarified this for you Croix!

[Croix]

It did thank-you very much, The abbreviations just caught me off guard and I didn't know what to do

[Jon]

Anytime!