Patch 2.3, Expertise, how it affects us

dz051104 · 11-12-2007, 06:11 AM

In Patch 2.3 Blizzard are introducing a new Skill and Rating, Expertise, which will replace the current Weapon Skill/Rating and with it introduce a new and understandable mechanic.
The Mechanics:
Expertise reduces the dodge and parry chance of the target by 0.25% per point of skill. Nice and simple. Blizzard has said that the Rating / Skill ratio will be the same for Expertise as it is for Weapon Skill. This means that 1 Expertise Skill = 3.9 Expertise Rating at level 70.
So now things are easy to understand, the mechanics of Weapon Skill have always been subject to conjecture and the analysis of statistics generated from combat. Now we have the mechanic of Expertise stated by Blizzard and it could not be simpler.

How it affects us? Check out the full version of the article!
http://www.gmbar.com/mmorpg-145.html

interman · 11-12-2007, 06:28 AM

Moving this to MMO general.

Anyway, it seems like a decent change. I don't play wow anymore though, so it doesn't affect me at all

neodudet · 11-18-2007, 12:40 AM

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Originally posted by dz051104@Nov 12 2007, 07:11 AM
In Patch 2.3 Blizzard are introducing a new Skill and Rating, Expertise, which will replace the current Weapon Skill/Rating and with it introduce a new and understandable mechanic.
The Mechanics:
Expertise reduces the dodge and parry chance of the target by 0.25% per point of skill. Nice and simple. Blizzard has said that the Rating / Skill ratio will be the same for Expertise as it is for Weapon Skill. This means that 1 Expertise Skill = 3.9 Expertise Rating at level 70.
So now things are easy to understand, the mechanics of Weapon Skill have always been subject to conjecture and the analysis of statistics generated from combat. Now we have the mechanic of Expertise stated by Blizzard and it could not be simpler.

How it affects us? Check out the full version of the article!
http://www.gmbar.com/mmorpg-145.html

It's going to benefit warrior and druid tanks out alot. It's also going to help out melee because missing getting dodged or parried means a loss in DPS. getting 8% expertise shouldn't be too hard so it will ramp up the DPS alot for melee classes

RONOLOS · 11-19-2007, 08:13 AM

that`s just a way to make the intances easier to play for those tanks(especially for druids)/healers/dpsers
with the new setting,for a really "die hard" tank:Healing is easy.dps:more dps they can do...now

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interman Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 3,961 Hellbux: 82,860	Moving this to MMO general. Anyway, it seems like a decent change. I don't play wow anymore though, so it doesn't affect me at all __________________

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11-12-2007, 06:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
dz051104 is on the 1st circle: Limbo Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15 Hellbux: 121	In Patch 2.3 Blizzard are introducing a new Skill and Rating, Expertise, which will replace the current Weapon Skill/Rating and with it introduce a new and understandable mechanic. The Mechanics: Expertise reduces the dodge and parry chance of the target by 0.25% per point of skill. Nice and simple. Blizzard has said that the Rating / Skill ratio will be the same for Expertise as it is for Weapon Skill. This means that 1 Expertise Skill = 3.9 Expertise Rating at level 70. So now things are easy to understand, the mechanics of Weapon Skill have always been subject to conjecture and the analysis of statistics generated from combat. Now we have the mechanic of Expertise stated by Blizzard and it could not be simpler. How it affects us? Check out the full version of the article! http://www.gmbar.com/mmorpg-145.html

11-19-2007, 08:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
RONOLOS is on the 1st circle: Limbo Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 37 Hellbux: 182	that`s just a way to make the intances easier to play for those tanks(especially for druids)/healers/dpsers with the new setting,for a really "die hard" tank:Healing is easy.dps:more dps they can do...now