Crit-rate nerf?

[Hyrist]

I've a LS member who seems to be of the mind that critical hit rate has suffered a noticeable nerf in the last patch, can anyone confirm this? I don't trust a single source.

[Antanias]

I've a LS member who seems to be of the mind that critical hit rate has suffered a noticeable nerf in the last patch, can anyone confirm this? I don't trust a single source.

Rates were just fine when I was soloing company leves last night.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

The algorithm for calculating the following parameters has been revised:
Critical Hit Rating / Critical Hit Attack Power / Magic Critical Hit Rating

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[Majidah]

meh not like having a crit build was any good to begin with, not with the % cap for it to parser.

[Zyph]

Yeah if anything I think they were increased, what was he fighting?

[NoctisUmbra]

All of those stats regarding criticals, save for magic critical hit potency, were buffed.

[Hyrist]

He's claiming that specifically, critical hit rate was nerfed, not buffed. He's not made mention to me as far as critical hit potency.

His tests were focused around the 54 range, and I'm looking for parses to counter his (he was saying when I had to leave for work that his crit was was down to about 9% on 54-55 level range.) I'm wanting to see evidence to the contrary, or confirmation that that is the correct rate.

[Technyze]

Im not sure Crit Atk Power has been buffed, I think it may have been decreased with increase of crit rate. The quote above just states that the algorithms for those stats have be revised. Which implys no increase or decrease. However in the patch notes below that line it is stated that you will see an increase in crit rate on higher level mobs. Therefore I would not say that Crit Atk power received an increase, the jury is still out on that one.

Sort of off topic, I know. But food for thought. Furthermore, I haven't spent anytime looking at crit rates on parses yet, so I cannot say wheter or not it actually did receive an increase.

[Molly_Millions]

That's because the poster left out this critical piece of info (no pun intended):

The algorithm for calculating the following parameters has been revised:

Critical Hit Rating / Critical Hit Attack Power / Magic Critical Hit Rating

* Players will find the impact of these parameters more pronounced when facing higher-level enemies.

Based on that, it looks like they changed the way the algorithm works in relation to the difference in your level vs the mobs level.

[Hyrist]

That's because the poster left out this critical piece of info (no pun intended):



Based on that, it looks like they changed the way the algorithm works in relation to the difference in your level vs the mobs level.

The wording in that is vague at best, and that's the problem. If I were to take everything I've been hearing from both sides adequately, that would mean they made the base crit rate/damage weaker, but the gear more effective. But I would like to have confirmation of that theory, and sadly I have no parses of my own to compare against pre-patch. So even if I were to start researching myself, I'd have no basis to work from.