+ Hit and Crit Rating and few other questions

[phelgmboy]

Hello all, I'm just seeking clarification if 10 hit rating = +1% to hit and 14 crit rating = +1% to crit? Also how has +weapon skill changed? I read in the patch notes that it doesn't affect glancing blows anymore. Does it mean its kinda useless now?

Big thank you if you can shed some light =)

[Twoflower]

8 hit rating = i hit, at least for spells. this will change though when you gain levels in BC, since it will be scaling whit level.

as for weapon skills, i read about it in the patch notes, but i didnt care since i play a mage. so i can not help you there.

[phelgmboy]

I was referring to melee sctually.. but thanks.. never knew abt the hit rating for spells.

[Tunga]

On a related note, there's a few mods that will put (x%) on items after the ratings (correct for your current level), try Ratings Buster or do a search :) .

[Pontupo]

+wep skill no longer affect glancing blows. As recompence, it gives +.1% crit hit rating (i.e. -not- +.1% crit). As mentioned above, 14 crit hit rating = 1% crit) which is pretty much useless if you consider that before the patch +1 wep skill decreased mitigation due to glancing blows, added +.02% crit and +.02% hit (the +.02% hit may still exist and likely does though there has been no explicit confirmation on this from either blues or player data). In order for the +.1% crit hit rating to equal the +.02% crit that existed before, you must have at least 20% crit rate. After that, +.1% crit hit rating is actually greater than +.02% crit (I can provide the numbers to show this if you'd like...). Even so.... we're talking about hundredths of crit percentages here. So, in conclusion, +wep skill is indeed more-or-less useless =)

[phelgmboy]

Thanks for that Pontupo. Why would Bliz do a nerf like that for? Might as well take out +weapon skills altogether.