The Monk Temple

[Perthaneus-Magnum]

Now let's assume you have a fairly high amount of Skillspeed. Assume that with 3 stacks of Greased Lightning you're at a flat 2.0 GCD (this will keep the math easier to follow). OK?

Sooooo, how in the world are you going to not stack SS if you need it to be at 490 to be at 2.0sec GCD ?

You stack SS to 492~497 and then you use crit....which is a CHANCE to crit. This is not over 100 times, it is EACH hit has a % to crit. The same as with melding. Just because you have 40% chance to successfully meld an item doesn't mean that you will have 40 successful melds every 100 tries. This game doesn't work that way.

[Powercow]

Sooooo, how in the world are you going to not stack SS if you need it to be at 490 to be at 2.0sec GCD ?

You stack SS to 492~497 and then you use crit....which is a CHANCE to crit. This is not over 100 times, it is EACH hit has a % to crit. The same as with melding. Just because you have 40% chance to successfully meld an item doesn't mean that you will have 40 successful melds every 100 tries. This game doesn't work that way.

That first example was someone with a heavy emphasis on SS. That was the point -- even if you heavily emphasize SS, it's still going to suck.