I believe it to be like this (regarding the complete lack of other options):
We have a hero with base attack cooldown (speed that is) of 2.
That means 1 attack per 2 seconds.
Now, applying a 50% modifier to this would yield: 2*0.5=1.
That means 1 attack per second.
Now, applying a 50 modifier (flat rate) to this would yield: 2-0.5=1.5
That means 0.75 attacks per second.
Flat rate is useful the lower the Base attack speed of the hero is, following the diminishing returns of the AS%. If you have a hero with 1 base attack speed you will gain the same with 50 flat rate or 50% as. I have no idea how it would work for more than that, if it would be 0 at some point.
AS% works better with slower attacking heroes. Max attack speed is 400% meaning 4x the normal attack speed.
I don't have any other explanation, as flat rate is not used in WC3 as often. I assume it would be like this ^^
Ack! My previous comment is no good >.< (as far as attack speed % goes)
50% attack speed doesn't work like that (scales differently)
I believe flat rate works the same, but AS would work like this:
1 second base cooldown. +50% attack speed = 1+1/2 attacks per second.
1 second base cooldown. +100% attack speed = 2 attacks per second or 0.5! I was wrong >.<
400% attack speed on a 1 second base would be = 4 attacks per second or 0.25 base cooldown. I think the flat rate is still as i explained it before, since i see no other logical solution ^^
I'm on a page about incorrect corrections, and spent the better part of like two hours trying to get someone to understand that -5^2 = -25, not 25, and then that post had comments get reposted because that group is self sustaining, and that person was in turn trying to explain what I just explained to them. And I'm taking that as a victory
I will be AFK for a couple of days you guys hold down the fort while I am gone. I will be checking in on my phone but that will severly limit me. Be back saturday!
I just got to watch the video because even though I was there I was trying to work out tech problems with the chat since I was the social media guy so I was distracted but check it out guys the video is super fucking great!