"How great is the chance for a critical hit?"

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Richard (Guest) (0 posts) Sep-04-03, 00:00 AM (Pacific) "How great is the chance for a critical hit?" Yesterday, I red from another forum that the Samurai's chance for a critical strike never exceeds 4%?! Is that true? This was the info: "Critical Strike can't add more than 4% to your chance to insta-whack, so i usually leave this one to develop itself." http://www.rpgdot.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=26261&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=critical+samurai&start=15 If this is true, then why do I put 3 points into the skill every level?   Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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RE: How great is the chance for a critical hit?, nomad, 04:04 AM, Sep-04-03, (1) So, what if I say ..., Llevram, 07:19 AM, Sep-04-03, (2) RE: So, what if I say ..., nomad, 09:31 AM, Sep-04-03, (3) The way I read the quote ..., Llevram, 12:57 PM, Sep-04-03, (4) Criticals, mkaderavek (Guest), 08:16 PM, Sep-04-03, (5) RE: Criticals, Richard (Guest), 00:14 AM, Sep-05-03, (6) RE: Criticals, nomad, 03:52 AM, Sep-05-03, (7)

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nomad (43 posts) Sep-04-03, 04:04 AM (Pacific) 1. "RE: How great is the chance for a critical hit?" LAST EDITED ON Sep-04-03 AT 03:22 PM (Pacific) -- deleted by poster --   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Llevram (5413 posts) Sep-04-03, 07:19 AM (Pacific) 2. "So, what if I say ..." "Critical Strike can't add more than 44% to your chance to insta-whack, so i usually leave this one to develop itself." Who do you believe and why? My point is, where did this person get this information? It doesn't seem reasonable that taking a skill from 0-100 only siwngs the percent chance by 4%. Think about it ... if 100 points in Critical Strike only gains you a 4% chance to insta-kill, then what good is the single digit % you get with any weapon? Excaliber has 5% chance, so that is really 5/100 *.04 = .002 ... ? Unless Critical Strike (skill) and Kill % (of weapons) are factored differently. Tools for Wizardry(r) 7   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

nomad (43 posts) Sep-04-03, 09:31 AM (Pacific) 3. "RE: So, what if I say ..." LAST EDITED ON Sep-04-03 AT 03:23 PM (Pacific) -- deleted by poster --   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Llevram (5413 posts) Sep-04-03, 12:57 PM (Pacific) 4. "The way I read the quote ..." ... it was saying that the most that the Critical Strike skill would add is a 4% chance. Where is this 2% per level chance coming from that you are referring to, as a base Critical Strike chance? And more to the point, where does the original poster come up with 100 in the skill equals +4% chance? Tools for Wizardry(r) 7   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

mkaderavek (Guest) (0 posts) Sep-04-03, 08:16 PM (Pacific) 5. "Criticals" I have 2 ninjas, 1 monk (2 if you incl RFS-81) and one samurai all around level 30 at Ascension Peak (we've taken the scenic route). Critical strike is 100 for all these characters, and we have the best weapons - 2 Light swords, Z Bo, Cane of Corpus. These weapons without a doubt add to my party's critical kill ability, but the 4% you quote seems very low. If it's based on strikes, this would be only one in 25%. My party, against some pretty tough monsters on AP (playing expert level), is probably getting one-two critical per rounds when they all attack with weapons. I would imagine how high your party members senses would also be important.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Richard (Guest) (0 posts) Sep-05-03, 00:14 AM (Pacific) 6. "RE: Criticals" Well, I guess it's still worth the points, though I think I'll spend less points in the skill as it's increasing well on it's own (it's around 60-ish). I also see VERY few instant kills. In fact, in my last long battle with a couple of Juggernauts, my Samurai only made one instant kill, while my Ranger did two! And he doesn't spend a single point in Critical Hits... Anyway, the Samurai is still a cool class   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

nomad (43 posts) Sep-05-03, 03:52 AM (Pacific) 7. "RE: Criticals" If you are referring to your Ranger getting insta-kills using a bow, the skill used for that is Ranged Combat.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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