So you saw your weapon now says "
Increases critical strike rating by 3" instead of it once before saying "
Increases your critical strike chance by 1%" and you are confused...
Fear not! I will attempt to de-mystify this new combat system WoW now boasts as best as I can from the information thats been provided to me and my experiences in the Beta realm.
Previously, fixed percentages such as "
2% critical strike chance" were constant at every level, however with the new combat rating system, they diminish in potency as your character increases in level. For example, 2% crit is the same at every level from 1-60 (soon 70), while 28 critical strike rating grants 4% crit at level 34, 2% crit at level 60, and 1.27% crit at level 70. Blizzard did this to allow the ability to create and add new and better items to the world without eventually reaching a point where every character has a 100% chance to critically strike.
There is a series of formulae that can be used to determine the bonus each of these numbers gives in actual % which is below:
| Rating | Effect | Lvl60 | Lvl70 | Formula |
|---|
| Weapon Skill | +1 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 2.9 * q(L) ^ 4.21 + 1 |
| Hit | +1% | 10 | 15.8 | 14.8 * q(L) ^ 3.18 + 1 |
| Spell Hit | +1% | 8 | 12.6 | 11.6 * q(L) ^ 3.23 + 1 |
| Critical Strike | +1% | 14 | 22.1 | 21.1 * q(L) ^ 3.09 + 1 |
| Spell Critical Strike | +1% | 14 | 22.1 | 21.1 * q(L) ^ 3.09 + 1 |
| Haste | +1% | 10 | 15.8 | 14.8 * q(L) ^ 3.18 + 1 |
| Spell Haste | +1% | 10 | 15.8 | 14.8 * q(L) ^ 3.18 + 1 |
| Defense | +1 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 1.4 * q(L) ^ 6.58 + 1 |
| Dodge | +1% | 12 | 18.9 | 17.9 * q(L) ^ 3.11 + 1 |
| Parry | +1% | 20 | 31.5 | 30.5 * q(L) ^ 3.02 + 1 |
| Block | +1% | 5 | 7.9 | 6.9 * q(L) ^ 3.48 + 1 |
| Resilience | -1% | 25 | 39.4 | 38.4 * q(L) ^ 3.00 + 1 |
Now, if all that makes your head hurt, theres an easier way to see all this information. Someone built a plugin that does all these calculations for you to see what the bonus will be on items to your stats. That can be found here: Ratings Buster (http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info5819-Rating_Buster.html)
Since as of the moment the plugin sites are overloaded and it makes downloading hard, ive also attached the addon to this post for convenience.
RatingsBuster has been moved to the Twilight Download Section and updates will be made as available here:
http://www.twilightonalex.com/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_details&gid=67&Itemid=5