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Aug 14 2012 04:45pm
btw what did u socket the non eth alma with?
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typical amish not replying :angry:
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Aug 14 2012 11:18pm
Quote (Fusa @ Aug 14 2012 03:45pm)
btw what did u socket the non eth alma with?


It's a secret.
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typical amish not replying :angry:


Who brad? :lol: seems like hoz is better..even though, its not even up it could be better then alma lol.
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Aug 14 2012 11:28pm
25k ar is the sweet spot of ar so it makes sense it would be #1. :)
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Aug 14 2012 11:34pm
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25k ar is the sweet spot of ar so it makes sense it would be #1. :)


Yeah, it looks like. I hit a lot more then 26k..+ It's kind of wierd.

Even with Edc... lol
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Aug 15 2012 12:21am
Ugh, you kids. There is no such thing as a "sweet spot" for attack rating per se.

The only reason you notice a performance difference is because you gain other things by sacrificing attacking rating. Maybe it's more defense, which scales better than ar in the chance to hit formula. Or maybe it's damage, or a damage modifier. But more ar always means more chance to hit, period, given that you aren't relying on high damage attacks forcing fhr animations with lower ar and getting more hits that way (fhr animations, by the way, are counted down for in lost frames when you get hit but aren't displayed graphically - the "uninterruptability" of zeal is a falsity that is misrepresented by the graphics engine of the game.

This post was edited by inkanddagger on Aug 15 2012 12:24am
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Aug 15 2012 12:40am
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Ugh, you kids. There is no such thing as a "sweet spot" for attack rating per se.

The only reason you notice a performance difference is because you gain other things by sacrificing attacking rating. Maybe it's more defense, which scales better than ar in the chance to hit formula. Or maybe it's damage, or a damage modifier. But more ar always means more chance to hit, period, given that you aren't relying on high damage attacks forcing fhr animations with lower ar and getting more hits that way (fhr animations, by the way, are counted down for in lost frames when you get hit but aren't displayed graphically - the "uninterruptability" of zeal is a falsity that is misrepresented by the graphics engine of the game.


It's way different then furys, though .. you can have 90k def on zeal and you still get hit like by any zeal which is wierd, tbh lol i think theres some cap in def but i dont know.. my friend used estone/ss/pally vis and etc.. he still get hits by crappy alma build lol.
but you actually wrong one part, it's actually less ar you got more chances you will hit.. you have a lot of ar with fools/gelics, you won't hit anyone. :/
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Aug 15 2012 01:09am
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Ugh, you kids. There is no such thing as a "sweet spot" for attack rating per se.

The only reason you notice a performance difference is because you gain other things by sacrificing attacking rating. Maybe it's more defense, which scales better than ar in the chance to hit formula. Or maybe it's damage, or a damage modifier. But more ar always means more chance to hit, period, given that you aren't relying on high damage attacks forcing fhr animations with lower ar and getting more hits that way (fhr animations, by the way, are counted down for in lost frames when you get hit but aren't displayed graphically - the "uninterruptability" of zeal is a falsity that is misrepresented by the graphics engine of the game.


I'm well aware of everything you just said. Thought it was obvious I was joking. But I'll respond to your post anyway. I always aimed for a certain ar for each of my setups since there was a certain amount of ar I wanted each one to have. Only thing I would "sacrifice" was ar. I'm just superstitious like that. But hey it never failed me so I wasn't about to change it ;)

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I'm well aware of everything you just said. Thought it was obvious I was joking. But I'll respond to your post anyway. I always aimed for a certain ar for each of my setups since there was a certain amount of ar I wanted each one to have. Only thing I would "sacrifice" was ar. I'm just superstitious like that. But hey it never failed me so I wasn't about to change it ;)


Why aim for a certain amount of ar? Yes ar had deminishing returns but always more gives a better chance to hit. So no reason to worry about your ar too much. Just wear the everyday gear a zvz would wear. That's how I like thinking of things.
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Aug 15 2012 09:29am
Aim for higher stat everything :)

I don't believe in sweet spots, get highest you can of everything (ar, def, dmg, etc)! B)
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