Is Lull not classic?

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

There's plenty of evidence of people running experiments for things like CHA effectiveness for mez, etc and we've lost a ton of data over the years to link rot.

Maybe some people tested on obscure boards but the knowledge base back then was fucking terrible in the general playerbase to stay polite. Most people didn't know how dual wield works and didn't know about bonus damage formulas. Almost every single monk was running a wu stick and a KD or canes of the tranquil long into velious+ vs. today where those are considered junk. I'd argue the general knowledge base is much much better today which makes sense because the game is 25 years old.

In the pacify bug thread I snapped appropriate comments from the relevant era and most people knew ench/bard needed cha but it seemed really unclear why and how much they needed it. Seemed like a secondary stat if not an afterthought for them. I don't think you can claim those mechanics were well known, we're still discovering stuff and debunking myths to this day. I'm not saying everyone was dumb, the warrior boards did some fine work but it wasn't the majority of players, there were a ton of casuals back then who couldn't be bothered beyond the basics.