Honestly, Ive done a lot of testing on this and since I just noticed the thread I figured I would share it with you.
Hit is deffinately more important than damage.
Here is why.
Hit influences your ability to connect, and more importantly, the rate at which you do critical hits. (the red bursts)
Critical hits are a end multiplier. After all of your base damage, cunning/fury bonuses, invisible, angle of attack, thats when you get your critical attack multiplier. That is why when you get that red blast it does 3-5 times more damage.
Dam on the other hand, i hate to tell you all, is largely useless.
Here is why. The Dam score is simply factored into base damage. Because it is calculated into the formula before any multipliers, it really doesnt make that large of a difference.
Lets take Phalance for example.
I have 156might and 15 damage most of the time.
my base damage is:
156/8 + 15*2.5+8.8125 damage as a free bonus for being either a rogue or warrior+ weapon dam rate/2.
So, with a enchanted blood: 19.5+37.5+8.8125+75 to 125.
As you can see, my total base damage with an enchanted blood is: 158 to 208.
Now... the dam score as you can see is largely unimportant in the overall scheme of things. If i had 15 or 5 on my dam score it really wouldnt a significant difference. lets say i had 5 damage.
Might+Dam+bonus+weapon damage rate divide by 2. 19.5+ 12.5+8.8125+75 to 125.
115 to 165.
See what i mean? its really insignificant. Where the difference is made, is with the multipliers. Invisible, ingress, cunning/fury, where you are hitting, and critical hits.
So, if you are looking to do savage damage, focus on hit fellas. I wont lie to you. You cannot get a high enough score to really get a great chance of getting critical hits, but you can improve it by enough that you will atleast notice it.
I generally have 20 hit when im hunting with a blood.
and I generally average 1 critical hit out of every 5. I know it seems unlikely but thats a 20% chance of a critical hit, which just happens to be my amount of hit during a hunt. Now im not saying that every 5 swings I get a critical hit. Im saying that every swing I make i have a 20% chance of it being a critical attack.
It's alot like the lottery. If you buy 1 ticket or 1,000,000 tickets; your odds didnt not improve. Only your chances. Its the same with attacking.
At anyrate, thats how you do impressive blow to blow damage. Damage is alright, but hit is where its at.
Give it a try sometime. Take out a weapon with 0 hit, or very low. Take off all of your hand items that give hit and get it as low as you can. Then go out and beat on something and see just how long it takes to get a critical hit.
Then equip your blood, hand items, etc. Get that score as high as you can and then try again. You'll notice the difference.
Have fun hunting out there fellas. The PC paths will join you very shortly.
Phalance H. Spy Elder
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