Kruhl

Fungie,

So assuming 1 melee crit equals approximately 19-20 +CA damage, how does melee crit compare to double attack? 1 melee crit = how many double attack?

Fungie

If you go from the numbers on the previous page, and assuming it was made with 10% DA, then 1 more DA will be worth about 9 dps, so about 1 crit = 1.33 DA, but that's assuming that those numbers are representative of your parse. If your autoattack is not 25% of your dps, then that will change. If the 4k dps was broken down into CA = 3400, AA = 600, for example, then that would yield 1 crit = ~2.2 DA.

Off the top of my head, a good esimate would be 1.8 DA. The math can get sorta complicated, but that figure should be pretty accurate.

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Kruhl

So +1 melee crit is no doubt better than +1 double attack?

Fungie

No doubt about that. It's almost impossible for that to happen for any class (besdies those who are 100% or higher melee crit, like some clerics).

For normal people, for 1 DA to be as good as 1 MC, you need to have 50-60% of your dps to come from autoattack, and 0 DA. As your DA goes up, you need even an even higher % of your damage to come from autoattack. I could work the math for the parse stated on the previous page, but most people here don't care for math. ;p

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Orochan

nvm i hate misreading.

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TheUndertow

I've focused towards Melee Crit at the expense of wearing the Chelsith Bracers (Nug-Soth's +2 MC, +2 AS, +6 piercing) instead of the +50CA Mirrored Armguards from PR...I may go back to the CA ones to test them but overall the Chelsith ones seem better overall. I also picked up the Chain Sabatons of the Minion (want the Spider to drop her boots but we dont' hit Thuuga much) and have been wearing them over Daredevils, but if 1 MC is only = to 30 CA as has been speculated, then I need to go back to the old boots w/ 1 melee crit and +CA since they shoudl output more dps right?

ATM I'm at 62% Self buffed Melee Crit and have just my Fabled Epic. In the right group and with a potion, I'm in the 70s MC and have been at 81 MC at spikes in the right group.

I guess the other factor being I need to spec down WIS due to raid requirement, so I can't cycle CAs as fast as with Poise (Spec Mirror FTW).

Sorry if I'm rambling

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Karel

Why the fuck and for what the fuck would they ask you to spec Wis?

Skratt

Guess his guild wants to know how uber smokebomb really is!!!

TheUndertow

Yeah Smokebomb - It's viewed as bringing utility i guess and I will say it's come up big in spots in Raids and Solo...I do like the 8% stealth damage boost which i get from the line - I just line up Mortal and MoonBlade (and execute) with those stealths and so while I'm sure I'm losing dps, I'm trying to make some of it up (and looking at the bright side).

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Orochan

Leave the utility to the rogues and bards plz lulz.

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