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Originally Posted by Bridget
If you stop assuming that 20% and 25% are percentages of the same number, then it stops being so mind-boggling. The Scout has to subtract 20% of his 400 move speed (which is 80 points) to equal the Medic. The Medic has to add 25% of his 320 move speed (which is also 80 points) to equal the Scout.
The only way to get "symmetry" between the two percentages is to make it relative. Relative to the Scout's 400 move speed, the Scout is 20% (20% of 400 is 80) faster and the Medic is 20% (20% of 400 is 80) slower. Relative to the Medic's 320 move speed, the Scout is 25% (25% of 320 is 80) faster and the Medic is 25% (25% of 320 is 80) slower.
But, wording it as "The Scout is 25% faster than the Medic, but the Medic is 20% slower than the Scout" confuses people because they assume that those percentages are of a common number. That statement literally says "400 is 80 points faster than 320. 320 is 80 points less than 400."
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As long as someone understands.
Of course I'm comfortable in simply knowing that the scout is faster than the medic. I don't really need to know by how much. That's just me though. Thanks to bridget for clearing up the math however.