icegrx Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 I'm sure its been asked a billion times.. But what gives a greater advantage? Stacking power or crit/surge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infalliable Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) I'm sure its been asked a billion times.. But what gives a greater advantage? Stacking power or crit/surge? Depends a little on spec. Lethality relies more +crit than the others b/c of energy regen, so there is a secondary factor to consider. Sithwarrior.com and mmo-mechanics.com have some added details on it. mmo-mechanics.com for instantce has a nice plot of rating vs. % bonus to see the deminishing returns. In general, +crit up to about 35% +surge up to about 75% +power after that. about +8% to accuracy, but that typically is trivial to get with all the power/accuracy mods on endgame gear. Edited April 23, 2012 by Infalliable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icegrx Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Depends a little on spec. Lethality relies more +crit than the others b/c of energy regen, so there is a secondary factor to consider. Sithwarrior.com and mmo-mechanics.com have some added details on it. mmo-mechanics.com for instantce has a nice plot of rating vs. % bonus to see the deminishing returns. In general, +crit up to about 35% +surge up to about 75% +power after that. about +8% to accuracy, but that typically is trivial to get with all the power/accuracy mods on endgame gear. Thanks a bunch! Currently I am doing MM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psi_overtake Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 about +8% to accuracy, but that typically is trivial to get with all the power/accuracy mods on endgame gear. Actually +10% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghobe Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Actually +10% That's pvp only. Pve is only 8%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aravanus Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 That's pvp only. Pve is only 8%. No, it really is 10%. Source: http://mmo-mechanics.com/swtor/forums/Thread-Boss-armor-values?pid=18324#pid18324 If you have data demonstrating the contrary, I'm sure the community would love to benefit from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghobe Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) huh...when did that change... EDIT: ah i see...it changed with 1.2... Edited April 23, 2012 by Ghobe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aravanus Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) huh...when did that change... EDIT: ah i see...it changed with 1.2... Its always been 10%. Based upon some preliminary testing the theorycrafting community postulated it was 8% early on. The SWTOR community as a whole took that as fact and ran with it. This led to a widespread misconception, so, no harm. Edited April 23, 2012 by Aravanus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbel Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 (edited) +crit up to about 35% +surge up to about 75% +power after that. about +8% to accuracy, but that typically is trivial to get with all the power/accuracy mods on endgame gear. I want to point out that crit rating's value is more dependent on your current rating, not crit chance. The reason is that the diminishing returns on crit is separate between crit from cunning, crit from crit rating, and ranged crit from aim. For MM, the best way I can simplify it is: Surge is really good at first, but it quickly gets pretty weak. You'll be soft-capping accuracy, so you'll end up with lots of surge anyway. Crit is dependent on how much surge you have, and since you'll probably have lots of surge, crit is good too. You want your crit rating to be somewhere around 1/4th of your surge rating (so if you have 300 surge, aim for about 75 crit rating; this isn't exact) -- after that, power is better than crit. If you want any more precise numbers, have a look at the Sniper/Gunslinger Spreadsheet or the Marksmanship Sniper/Sharpshooter Gunslinger Compendium. They're linked in my signature below. Edited April 23, 2012 by Tibbel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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