It seems you are not going to read the idea, and have pre conceived notions that will not be swayed, which is fine.Luuca wrote: Each class has a main stat that contributes to it's effectiveness in the game. When you allow players unlimited access to any gear piece with that stat, in any combination, you are allowing min-maxing. Min-Max players "break" the game because they distort the TTK balance - in either direction.
A blanket statement, betting your account, that no two tanks will be the same is absurd. There will be an identified spec, gearing list, and rotation posted and promoted as the "BiS" by every class. This happens in every game with every class. To say human nature is to not min-max is absurd. This is why Crit% was nerfed in RoR - stacking crit for DPS classes lowered the TTK in the game significantly and destroyed the balance. Crit stacking, under your system, would not only be allowed, it would be a BiS gearing for some classes. This is the best example I can give as to why %crit was moved to 5-piece set bonus and not left at 3-piece.
If you want to be unique, use appearance items. Give up your set bonuses and gear the way you want. Noone is stopping you.
I can tell you this. Removing set bonuses, will INCREASE TTK. Not DECREASE TTK. It removes stats, and removes things like crit %.
The reason crit % was too good is two reasons. The sources of crit were easy to get - thanks to RR points. For some classes crit provided a bigger return in DPS than any other stat. So everyone stacked crit. Why wouldnt they...
Look, if I am a BW, I get waht like +150% crit damage or something crazy? Needless to say, crits do something like 200% damage? Or is it like 150% more damage either way... If I can spend 5 RR points and get 2% crit this equates to something like 3-4% more "DPS" AND its all as BURST damage. Or I can go drop 4 points in Int and get 16 Int which will give me (on average) ~1%-1.5% more damage.
This is why crit was stupid. Renown points making it too easy to get lots of crit COMBINED with crit just being far superior to ANYTHING else. For SOME classes. You take a class that has NO crit addatives, so crits JUST do 50% more damage, and everything was fine.
And no. Crit stacking is lessened in my system - you didnt read.
Look at a BW who is rocking 6 piece Conq....
2 Piece + 66 Intelligence
3 Piece + 66 Initiative
4 Piece + 66 Wounds
5 Piece on Hit : 25% chance to steal 100 Toughness from your target for 10 seconds
6 Piece + 5% Magic Critical Chance
ALL that is removed. GONE. SEEYA!
Please tell me what he is going to use to get 5% crit back that ALSO isnt going to cost him even more Int than he already lost?
What? Devastator Scorchguards for +2% crit? Ok Kudos.... You got back 2% from a 5% loss but what did it cost you? Int/Toughness/Wounds/armor/2% reduced chance to be interrupted? For what 2% crit? Sure......
SO YEAH.... This just seems silly and not thought out to me (your response)
"There will be an identified spec, gearing list, and rotation posted and promoted as the "BiS" by every class."
Whats stopping this from happening now? Oh wait... actually set bonuses basically do this for you. Want to X role? Here is your gear! No choices!
Again... I cant explain it enough. I have met several people... tanks, DOKs, etc. etc. who all VALUE different stats differently... So while POSSIBLE "min/max" setups occur - naturally... What everyone will define as BIS for them will change.
Anyways, this is pointless.
