Originally Posted by
Erdnase
Crit is deadly. A rogue buffed up to around 150% crit, theres no doubt its deadly. If an item for rogue has crit its np, the more crit the more deadly, so why not. Well thats because its a rogue. Their stats and gear are focused on crit. But for a mage, whos items and stats are focused on dmg, 2.5% crit is really nothing. Someone said that sts saw that rogues were lacking in dmg and mages in crit, so they helped them both out. This doesnt help both... So, im not trying to say the mage class isnt balanced now. Im not even trying to say this is going to effect the balance or us doing good. But Its not a fair trade.
Lets do the math. A 2.5% chance to do (we'll just say 25%) more dmg, means we should crit every 40 skill uses. So 0.25 more dmg for every 40 skills means we're doing 0.00625 more dmg on average. Have i done my math wrong, or is my calculations of crit wrong? (both of these r possible) I know i left the 250% out if u have lighting, but i also the fact that ur likely to have that every 40 skill crit be on ur main attack. Meaning its kind of a wasted. Its still 25% more dmg, but 25% more on 50 dmg.... Theres just a lot of variables, some dependent on the build. Now i dont know that its rightly comparable, but if u say that the crit was changed to 3+ more dmg, on a mage with 400 dmg thats a 0.0075 (or .75%) dmg increase. And heres the problem, its not rightly comparable! Dmg effects the actually dmg number, which is consistent, and crit effects the dmg of a particular skill at a certain time, which is inconsistent.
Ok, as i said a bit above, im not trying to say this is a major set back for mages, but it just doesnt seem to be a fair trade. Maybe the upgraded rogue helm isnt as good as it could be either. Maybe it would be better with the extra crit instead of dmg. But thats for another thread. Right now the topic is just that the mage helm isnt as good as it could be, or as expected. And for the people saying we just want to be op and its balanced the way it is. STOP, lol. Its way to early in the season to say its balanced. Just because u can have an equal fight with an arcane mage, or something like that doesnt mean its equal ha. Theres a lot of variables. The way to getting things balanced is to suggest and ask things one at a time. And for now, we're just asking about the power of the mage helm. No need for the other classes to take it personally. And further more, if there is a mage out there really whining instead of just generally asking, this is doubted to make too big of a difference in the overall balance.