Post:Thrown test from last night - 01/24/2014 - 23:33

Re: Thrown test from last night · on 01/24/2014 11:33 PM CST	745
The 66% number is wrong for PvP. Likely my fault - we've changed it a number of times this past year in response to testing and player feedback. A purely even attack in PvP has closer to a 25% chance to hit. I often forget that 7 out of 10 Critters don't use all 3 defenses. They suffer a moderate to large defensive penalty because of this and your chance of hitting one in even combat is close to 66%. Defense is favored in DR combat because offensive buffs count almost twice as much as defensive buffs. They apply before the OF gets scaled up and compared to the defense score. This includes AIM bonuses and maneuver bonuses. Defense is also more heavily penalized by balance, hindrance, debuffs, previously attacking, etc. Please keep in mind that 18 extra stance points is pretty equivalent to a defensive buff spell, and combined with the defense bonus from DODGE, lack of balance bonus to the THROWN user and the random THROW penalty (which is now much less)... it isn't as balanced as it might first appear.
This message was originally posted in Dragon Realms 3.1 Test \ Combat, by DR-KODIUS on the play.net forums.