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Game changing update made to EQ2
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Author:  azcn2503 [ Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:48 am ]
Post subject:  Game changing update made to EQ2
The EQ2 development team have decided that they are going to COMPLETELY REMOVE the critical mitigation stat from the game.

Oh man... I think I might have to start raiding again :D

Now I can run around with >300% crit chance after removing these critical mitigation adornments! Either that or run around with >50k HP solo as a mage...
Author:  Harry [ Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:16 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Game changing update made to EQ2
How is that fair?
That's like having the three starter pokemon, all neccesary to beat a person with all 3, and removing the fire type :|
Cause now crit is gonna <LOOK MA, I AM SWEARING> own?
Author:  azcn2503 [ Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Game changing update made to EQ2
Nah

Mobs will still crit, they just won't have crit bonus, so there's no reason for us to have any stat to mitigate their crits, since they will always hit for 1.3x or 1.5x and never any more.

Critical avoidance still exists as a check on the mobs, so you will still need a very high crit chance in current expansion content if you want to do critical damage 100% of the time on a mob. It used to be very important before for the DPS to minimise losses on failed strategies (fight takes too long, have to dodge AOE x number of times, each time is a chance to wipe) but now it won't be an issue so much.

Now it will be possible for people to participate in pickup raids again, and we haven't seen anything like that in years!

EQ2 end-game is going to be fun again :D

In summary: mobs lose crit bonus but keep crit avoidance, players keep crit bonus but never get crit avoidance. Everything else remains the same. People probably end up with more health if they retain crit mit buffs (they get converted) - this update is purely to make the game more enjoyable and to streamline the content between expansions. It also makes the dungeon finder so much more useful! It doesn't matter if a fresh 90 doesn't have 130%+ critical mitigation any more... they'll be welcomed now :D
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