Game Mechanics: Monk kick accuracy

[azeth]

oh and i backstab for 418 now with the Efreeti War Spear, 88 more damage than the 330 cap I saw the last time I backstabbed anything.

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[Aadill]

I combined a hate and fear clear from 12/8 and got this:

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Ain't nothin stoppin that flying kick.

[Ralexia]

Originally Posted by Aadill [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I combined a hate and fear clear from 12/8 and got this:

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Ain't nothin stoppin that flying kick.

...except for dodging, blocking, parrying and riposting.

[Torqumada286]

What parsing program is that?

Torqumada

[Aadill]

Originally Posted by Ralexia [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

...except for dodging, blocking, parrying and riposting.

Touche. However the kick was capable of connecting, every time.

Either the parser isn't parsing missed kicks right or this is actually an issue with top-end monk abilities. I don't have a monk on P99 so I cannot provide any direct feedback on it. I know Kick for rangers has a large chance of missing and is reported correctly in the parser (GamParse) so take that as you will.

[Loke]

Originally Posted by Torqumada286 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What parsing program is that?

Torqumada

Looks like GamParse.

[Ralexia]

I think you're on to something. While messing around on my 48 monk for about 20 minutes I saw flying kicks only fail to connect on blocks, dodges, ripostes, parries. I haven't seen any "misses" from flying kick despite about 10 failed flying kicks.

[Trimm]

Originally Posted by azeth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

oh and i backstab for 418 now with the Efreeti War Spear, 88 more damage than the 330 cap I saw the last time I backstabbed anything.

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Sounds like the melee code that's being used on the test server made its way on to P99. Once I get down from Sky I'll post my findings as well.

[azeth]

bump, any dev thoughts?

[Daltheb]

As someone who regularly enjoys being #1 in DPS, I'm gonna have to ask that this thread be locked and deleted!

In all seriousness though, I went through my parse logs and came up with the following figures for my damage over 415 fights:
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For comparison, here's what I see from Azeth over the same period:
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If we decided to make Flying Kick work the same as Backstab for rogues, dropping it from 100% accuracy to 61% accuracy, we'd be looking at over a 10% drop in total damage for monks, which would be quite a hefty nerf. It'd also mean that % by dmg type for Flying Kick would drop from 27% to 18%. I'm not sure how it worked in classic but here's hoping my class doesn't suddenly find itself getting raped!