We all know that the avoidance change
is a nerf, but there's a lot of confusion about how much of a nerf
it is. It's easy to punch in the numbers and gasp, but a lot of
people don't include diminishing returns because it takes more then
a pencil and paper. I'm going to try to help give people an idea
about how much avoidance they're going to lose with the changes. To
recap, here they are:
Q u o t e:
* Agility: The amount of agility required per percentage of dodge
has been increased by 15%. This change required recalibrating the
amount of dodge a player has with 0 agility by a slight amount as
well, so all players will see their dodge percentage vary a small
amount.
* Dodge Rating: The amount of dodge rating required per percentage
of dodge has been increased by 15%. This is before diminishing
returns. Combined with other changes, this makes dodge rating and
parry rating equally potent before diminishing returns apply.
* Parry Rating: The amount of parry rating required per percentage
of parry has been reduced by 8%. This is before diminishing
returns. Combined with other changes, this makes dodge rating and
parry rating equally potent before diminishing returns apply. Parry
still diminishes more quickly than dodge.
I'll be using the armor sets found in Communism's Happy Thread of
Numbers, I believe they're all listed out here:
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=17900052692&sid=1
These are just examples. Individual mileage may vary.
Druid:
3.1
Dodge = 7% (base) + 10% (talents) + 35.316% (everything else)=
52.316%
3.2
Dodge = 7.4% + 10% + 32.039% = 49.439%
Net change: -2.877% avoidance
DK:
3.1
17.340 + 10 = 27.340% dodge
14.585 + 5 = 19.585% parry
3.2
15.946 + 10= 25.946% dodge
15.224 + 5 = 20.224% parry
Net change: -1.394% dodge, +0.639% parry = -0.755% avoidance
Warrior:
3.1
18.253 + 5 +5 = 28.253% dodge
11.443 + 5 +5 = 21.443% parry
3.2
16.852 + 5 +5 =26.852% dodge
11.878 + 5 + 5 = 21.878% parry
Net change: -1.401% dodge, +0.435 parry = -0.966% avoidance
Paladin:
3.1
19.504 + 5+5 = 29.504% dodge
11.218 +5+5 = 21.218% parry
3.2
17.955 + 5 +5= 27.955% dodge
11.658+5+5= 21.658% parry
Net change: -1.549% doge, +0.44 parry = -1.109% avoidance
[ Post edited by Communism
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