wow Not a Bug Once More: Parry, Dodge, Block, Miss and Crit

[Starym 3,800]

 

Yesterday we saw a great forum post discussing how parry, dodge, block, miss and crit worked in the Classic beta and whether the values corresponded to the actual patch 1.12 ones or to later expansion ones. Today we got the answer and it seems even this detailed and well argued issue is going onto the ever-growing "not a bug" list!

Blizzard were nice enough to provide their own detailed analysis instead of just saying it was working as intended, and we get the exact numbers for the parry, dodge, miss and crit relative to how many levels above your enemy is!

Parry Dodge, Etc. (source)

As I suggested in my first reply, we did a deep dive on this one to compare combat table values directly between our Reference client and WoW Classic. Apologies for the data dump, but because your observations were so detailed, we wanted to be equally detailed in our reply!

We created Troll Warriors in both games and watched the combat table values for auto-attacks.

• We checked three player levels – Levels 15, 40, and 60.
• At each level, our weapon skill was maxed, and we used the same weapon for all tests.
• All attacks were against enemy creatures, not other players, to remove any additional variables.
• We tested attacking creatures at -5, +0, +1, +2, +3, +5, and +15 levels relative to our level (so for the level 15 test, we attacked level 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, and 35 mobs).
  • For our level 60 test, there were no normal mobs available at higher levels. We instead attacked elite raid creatures at +1, +2, and +3 levels.
• The exact same creature IDs were tested against on both clients.

In all cases, the Reference client combat table values matched the Classic combat table values:

• Creatures that are 3 levels above the player have a 14% Parry chance in our Reference client. This holds true for our Classic client as well.
• Creatures at your level have a 5% chance to Dodge your attacks. Each additional level the target has over the player grants them 0.5% additional chance to dodge. This is observed in Reference client and in Classic.
• Players have an 8% chance to miss a creature that is 3 levels above them in our Reference client. This holds true for our Classic client as well.
• Critical Strike chance is reduced by 1% per each additional level the target has over the player. (So if you have a 4% chance to crit an at-level target, you have a 1% chance to crit a +3-level target, in both clients.)

A briefer look at having non-maxed weapon skills also showed identical values between the Reference client and Classic. We also ran several tests while dual wielding, and the results from those tests was also identical between Reference and Classic.

Based on these results, we are confident that the combat behavior in Classic properly reflects the combat behavior of 1.12 WoW. However, we’re always grateful for players looking out for discrepancies, so keep your feedback coming!

[Prophet001 598]

This is some great dev feedback.

 

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