Quote Originally Posted by Deceptus View Post
WoW has attempted multiple stat squishes and they have gotten it wrong every single time they've done it. This is a company who has done it before and should know how to do it right and they STILL manage to mess it up each time.

Guess what is the biggest problem with it? Re-balancing old content. It doesn't work to just say Kefka / Omega now does 80% less damage just like you do.

So, seeing as how another company has failed at it multiple times and how SE has a proven track record of really screwing up new systems they try, I have zero faith in them that they'll get it right.

I'd love to be pleasantly surprised, but I doubt I will be.
Between the sheer negativity of this comment and your signature. I sense you are an incredibly fun person to play with.

That unnessecary comment aside, My understanding of the stat squish is just as Kabooa says, still the same algorithms, just a couple digits shaved off to reduce the likelihood of overflow glitches occuring. Who knows? I certainly have no reason to feel negative about this, seems reasonable with how the stats scale with the ilevel powercreep that's inevitable in a game like this.