Hi slashers,

I got a nice armor with +8 Critical Strike ability, but when playing with it I didn't notice much of a difference. So I decided to spend half an hour testing to see how much Critical Strike actually helps--

I tested 300 attacks with a +8 critical strike charm versus no critical strike, using a weapon with consistent damage (tier II axe) so that it was clear which hits were normal damage and which ones were crits.

Here were the results:

93 dex, +0 critical strike, vs lvl 15 monster: 51/300 crits
93 dex, +8 critical strike, vs lvl 15 monster: 46/300 crits

This suggests that critical strike is not working. The chances of a getting a crit with 93 dex and +0 critical strike is about 16%, and with +8 critical strike, it should be 24%. Instead, I only got 15% crits with 93 dex and +8 critical strike.

You might argue the numbers are too small and I just got unlucky. Plugging these numbers into a simple chi square statistical test, the probability of getting 46/300 crits with a 24% crit rate is 0.002. Pretty unlikely. So does Critical Strike simply not work?

Appreciate your help!
--kidney

dood dex increases critical strikes.... lol

Too tired to look at your math or anything.

Assuming your math is correct, I'd say this: it doesn't say +8% critical strike. +8 could just be some arbitrary variable that factors into a formula.