Newbie question about 10% sword powerups.

[shadow9d9]

The sword powerups in the dungeons give 10%. Does it ever make sense to wait til you become a higher level before getting these? In other words, is the increase based on how much you have at the time or is it somehow a flat bonus?

Thanks!

[dislekcia]

None of the powerups in the game punish you for taking them early:

Attack powerups are a 10% bonus, your damage is actually a base damage amount multiplied by a bonus percentage, the bonus gets increased by powerups. So at level 1, you'll have 5 base + 10% bonus for 5 total damage; At level 4, you'll have 20 base + 10% bonus for 22 total damage. You can see your current base and bonus damage amounts by mousing over (or tapping on) the damage icon under your player portrait.

Health powerups work similarly: They give you a max health increase equal to your current level, but they also add +1 to the amount of health you get when you level up, so picking up a health powerup at level 1 is exactly equivalent to picking one up at level 5 by the time you get to level 5: Level 1 health pickup gives +1 max health, and an extra +1 per level up, so health bonus at level 5 = +5 max health; Level 5 health pickup gives +5 max health. See how that's the same?

And mana powerups, well, they only ever give you +1 mana anyway, so picking them up later doesn't matter

[Tinker]

There are odd specific cases (intended JJ/Dracul desecration, self-cannons) in which you may want to hold off taking boosters. Also some cases (i.e. Humility) when you desperately want to grab all boosters (health in this case) ASAP. Other than these, good rule of thumb is to just pick'em up as soon as you see them!

[Blovski]

You'd have to be doing something *extremely* niche to not want to pick them up as soon as possible.