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Offline Airic Knyght

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Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« on: December 21, 2011, 02:15:28 PM »
Absorption increases the % of damage improved by a successfully shielded/blocked attack, and is analogous to block value in World of WarCraft.

Accuracy is improved by Accuracy Rating, and determines the chance for your attacks and force/tech abilities to hit the enemy. After a certain breakpoint (when 100% hit is achieved), it instead reduces the likelihood of deflection and resists.

Alacrity is analogous to Haste in World of WarCraft; it reduces activation and channeling times. (NOTE: Does NOT affect Global Cool Downs.)

Armor is a valuable stat, providing Kinetic and Energy damage reduction.

Critical Chance is the chance to score a critical strike, which improves the damage/healing of an ability by 50%, and is improved by Critical Rating and the dominant stat.

Defense increases our chance to parry/deflect melee/ranged attacks, and is analogous to parry in World of WarCraft and similar games.

Power increases damage dealt/healing done by the relevant prefix - Attack, Force or Tech.

Shield increases your chance to shield/block attacks, and is analogous to block chance in World of WarCraft.

Surge increases the magnitude of critical effects, improving their extra damage/healing beyond +50%.

Pushback Reduces the amount being attacked sets back your casting of abilities. (ie: At 100%, you won't be delayed by receiving damage while activating a power/ability)

Expertise is a solely PVP based stat. It offers a PVP damage boost, damage reduction, and healing boost. All rolled into one.

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Re: Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2011, 02:23:56 PM »
Good call on putting this up, I had to spend an hour just cross checking stuff to make sure this did that and such.

Thank you!
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Re: Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2011, 03:36:12 PM »
Thanks Airic, probably should sticky this I would think for easy to find searching 8)
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Re: Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2011, 08:52:14 PM »
I always thought it odd that there was no info in game on these stats... I'm having a blast but there a lot of things like this, target of my target and the GTN that need some love.
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Re: Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2011, 08:52:48 AM »
Good post, thank you.
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Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2011, 10:57:18 AM »
This is a great informative post and answers all the questions I had about the stat system.

Now they just need to fix the nightmare that is posting items on the market...


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Re: Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2011, 11:22:49 AM »
Great post. Not everyone is familiar with these stats, and their associated mechanics.
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Re: Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2011, 01:52:29 PM »
Awesome awesome, posted on Facebook as well. ;)
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Re: Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« Reply #8 on: December 22, 2011, 02:53:36 PM »
Good info; but how about some ideas/suggestions for what is best to stack.

For my sentinel it is obviously power, crit and surge.

But what about tanks? Absorption or defense?

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Re: Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« Reply #9 on: December 22, 2011, 02:54:49 PM »
Does alacrity affect the channels of melee skills?

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Re: Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2011, 03:32:15 PM »
Thanks for the post!
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Re: Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2012, 07:05:13 PM »
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Power increases damage dealt/healing done by the relevant prefix - Attack, Force or Tech.
If there is no prefix, does it apply to all types? (for example, an armor piece with "+7 power").   I have been passing up on +power, thinking that it is for some other class, since my Smuggler doesn't have a "power" stat.
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« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2012, 03:00:37 PM »
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Power increases damage dealt/healing done by the relevant prefix - Attack, Force or Tech.
If there is no prefix, does it apply to all types? (for example, an armor piece with "+7 power").   I have been passing up on +power, thinking that it is for some other class, since my Smuggler doesn't have a "power" stat.
Yes, +Power affects all abilities.  If I remember correctly, the Attack/Force/Tech bonuses are usually higher than general Power bonuses, so it might be better to go for the specialized version that benefits your class abilities.
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Re: Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« Reply #13 on: January 07, 2012, 12:36:37 PM »
Generic Power is definitely not a stat to really seek for, at least for my 'Slinger. When a blaster gives you, oh, +700 tech power or so, and then this certain mod gives you... 15? 20? Not a big amount.

It can add up but I prefer to stack Crit and Surge, myself. Alacrity is pretty worthless for the tree I'm specced into because I only have three abilities I regularly use that have activation timers at all.
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Re: Hidden Stats and Their Meanings
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2012, 06:31:18 AM »
hmm no vamp ? thought that absorption was ment to gain health from the mobs 2 bad though
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