How do I use cards/Will they help my DPS a lot?

[Zeryph]

(02-19-2016, 08:46 AM)vosavo Wrote: *I may have added some extra info just incase ;P.

Yes, it's true; cards are approximately 85% of my Base Damage.

When you reach inferno Mode (level 130) the card drop rate goes to 1/500 chance, from there you can start farming cards. At the moment you shouldn't worry about cards, most of the card damage will come from opening card packs as your current drop rate is a little low in order to be efficient.
To see the drop rate: click on the Character tab. It will be near the bottom of the screen.
*Be sure to use packs on Bosses (every 5 stages) and focus one until you reach the most effective milestone, then move to the next.* 100 is the most efficient 1st milestone.
So:
If you have 50 cards on 1 boss and 0 on another boss. Focus the one with 50 cards until you reach the 100 milestone then grab 100 on the next boss, moving on to the next until you achieve 100 on all. Then you can grab 250 on all one by one, then 500, 1000 etc…



Each enemy has the same drop rate, though if you kill them faster of course your overall chances of a drop will increase. Each ascension will increase this drop rate; 1/500 will be the highest. Every enemy drops 1 card until inferno mode, you may see +2 cards dropping but that's because there's a double card bonus from the event.

Once you reach Inferno Mode the amount of cards dropped becomes: 1 + (random number from 0 to Inferno tier).
Inferno tiers replace ascension and you can change it accordingly to increase the enemies level (which increases gold/exp gains).
Ex/ 
If I'm farming Inferno 100 and a card drops, the amount of cards dropped can be from 1 to 101. 
(1 + (0)) or 1 + ((100)) or any number in-between.


Card bonus is simply increased by the Card milestones you achieve. +46 is you're bonus but at Inferno levels you get a 5% increase per-level on your card bonus. So no it's not for people who only reached inferno, it just starts becoming more significant then. 
But don't get confused, there isn't really a "card dps bonus", cards just boost up your Base Damage which will increase your dps.



Guess I kinda answered your final question already (turns out wildfire did too)… But ugh one more time for clarity!?
It's not worth farming cards until you reach at least level 130, this way you can farm them from the Inferno tiers drop increase. Focusing on them that early will only cripple your EXP gains, which isn't worth it early on as you will be gaining constant card bonuses in the future. 
Even if you farm cards early on it would take forever to notice a difference as you will only gain 1 card per drop. 

PS: Keep the questions coming if you have one!  
It may be much better learning from advice instead of regretting the massive mistakes you could make later on.

Let me just say, I appreciate your answers so much! Detailed enough for me to totally understand, I just love reading them! I feel so informed.

Let me follow up with a quick question, why do we only get cards on bosses? Or do you mean put your packs on them only? Should I also farm the normal enemies for their cards? Basically, why should we focus on aiming for 100, then 250, etc etc only on bosses and not on the normal enemies? Aren't they all the same bonus or did I miss something stupidly? Thanks!!