Do hit penalties for armor ever make a difference?

Author	Topic: Do hit penalties for armor ever make a difference?
Death and Drek Apprentice Member # 6960	written Sunday, April 30 2006 11:47 Profile #0 Has anyone ever noticed the hit penalties from armor actually making a difference for a melee/pole fighter? I'm partway through the Great Cave in my game of AV4 (average party level 20), and between Blessed Breastplates, Vambraces, Bracers, and/or Helmets both of my fighters are around -30% or so to hit. Yet they never miss. They are parried/riposted from time to time. So does this miss chance actually make a difference? Does your overall chance to hit affect your damage or an enemies chance to parry? I'm curious if there is a subtle effect for miss chance going on I wasn't catching... -------------------- "The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood." - Otto Von Bismarck Posts: 11 | Registered: Saturday, March 25 2006 08:00
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, April 30 2006 11:57 Profile Homepage #1 They do make a difference. However, if you put a lot of points into strength and the appropriate fighting skills, and use good weapons, it is pretty easy to get your base chance to hit so far above 99% (the max) that you will never notice a difference from those penalties. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Garrison Agent Member # 2820	written Sunday, April 30 2006 13:39 Profile #2 For a dedicated fighter, it does not take many points into the appropriate skills in order to max out the hit percentage. You will put far many more points into these skills after this to increase damage, so a mere -30% is like nothing later in the game. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 | Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00