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Old 05-27-2005, 11:42 AM   #687 (permalink)
Lasereth
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Originally Posted by Stompy
...kinda disappointing though. I mean, that ring is a purple epic and you only get +5 str, +8 sta, +1% chance to crit and +30 attack power. WTF? What's with the lame stats?

Make it +15 str, +16 sta, +10% chance to crit and +100 attack power and we can talk... but other than that it seems like people put in a lot of work and don't really get much out of it.

I dunno, maybe I'm expecting "ultra rare" items to be much more powerful... but those stat boosts aren't really all that. Maybe they are, I dunno... everyone on the other WoW forums seems to be up in arms about this ring so... yeah. I'm not even lv 50 yet and an item like that doesn't even really appeal to me because of the trivial stat boosts. I have a ring with +7 agi and +6 sta (I think.. I might be a bit off, but I know it's a HUGE agi boost) and I really don't see giving it up for a measley 1% increase in crit.

What good is 1%? That means that out of 100 strikes, you get ONE extra that deals a crit. Big whoop? Hmmm
It's really hard to get crit % in WoW. It's almost impossible to find a ring that gives crit chance. There is a few, but they only have crit % and no stats. A ring that has 5 STR, 8 STA, and 30 attack power is insane, not to mention the crit. With the crit chance on it it's definitely epic. Epic items are epic because of their rarity in some cases...it's like finding a high-end dagger in the game. The DPS might not be that high, but there aren't many high-end daggers in the game period so they all sell for a lot. In this case, there aren't many crit rings in the game period, much less ones with extra stats.

+1% is a lot. 1% crit chance is basically a permanent +1% DPS increase total. That's all many melee characters go for.

The video was pretty funny. It was bastardly and fucking mean, but it was funny.

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