r/classicwow • u/plants4life262 • 12h ago

Humor / Meme “Buff”

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At this point all we can do is laugh, cry and pray.

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u/Imprettystrong 12h ago

2% base crit is OP but 2% damage is nothing, at least make it like 5% crit damage

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u/plants4life262 12h ago edited 12h ago

Even at 30% crit rate 5% crit damage still under performs 2% crit chance. And that’s not even factoring all of the things that landing a crit can proc.

I think crit damage is a bad racial stat because the numbers you need for balance feel to big and are unsettling.

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u/tonyjaa 7h ago

My napkin math is showing that at 30% crit, 2% crit damage is about the same as 1% crit for yellow hits, and for white hits the crit damage is more than twice as good. Are you assuming crit damage is additive or multiplicative (like retail)?

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u/plants4life262 7h ago

Assuming it’s additive. So doing 2% more damage 30% of the time (.02 x .3 =0.006 or .6% more damage). That goes up modestly if it’s multiplicative and dependent on how much other crit damage adds you have (talents namely)

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u/tonyjaa 6h ago

Gotcha, ya I'm pretty sure it's multiplicative in retail/TBC, so by your napkin calc it is likely 1.2% more damage which imo is good and better than hit (for non casters) since it gives more hit cap headroom for gearing.