Quote (izParagonzi @ 23 Jun 2017 00:06)
Don't rely on ratios to grant you more chances of Critical Strikes... this is my opinion based on a test done 6 months after they were introduced.
We took a level 100 Samurai with maxed out dexterity and dex gear and tested two of his weapons. Dagger vs Longsword level 35 with 120% enhanced effect on each.
Outcome was pathetic, the Longsword did 68% more critical strikes than the dagger, BUT, the dagger output was so great it would kill my toon within 3-5 attacks vs
Longsword 6-10 attacks.
Note: Both weapons have a 90/10 ratio... one being Str/Dex and Dagger Dex/Str.
Dex no longer effects Critical Strike, but, I know of two(2) people that would argue that it does, but, not as much as it used too... this is based on the fact that daggers have
a higher critical strike factor vs sword ... again 90/10 ratios ... they have literally counted each critical strike done in runs with both weapons and came to this conclusion that
dex does have a better chance.
Note: They both don't play the game anymore, since 14 months ago.
Items with +Crit does effect amount, as for a theory on %, I have no clue, but more crit without compromising damage output is a good thing.
I know my long winded post did not give you any answers, but, it may help you put some things to rest.
10/90 - 75/25
+ comparing a fast vs a slow weapon and attamepting to make statistics with a probably low amount of samples, which are also different in amount by a factor of 2.
seriously????
i suggest the following test:
take t1 weapons of normal speed, search for a mob with low dmg, even out your stats to 50/50 and reapeat the test, just count the crits for each weapon on a basis of at least 1000 hits.
repeat the same test with a different distribution of stats... lets say 75/25, but with all weapons again. and same for 90/10 and 10/90 and so on, then you can come up with results and conclusions, which would be coherent.
the test you have done has a bad basis and may if even at all indicate something, but you can't say what, because the test is leaking too many important aspects.
This post was edited by derDrops on Jun 23 2017 02:06am