Danny89 wrote:Mages are my heart (right beside archers - who are not viable on 1.65).

Nirgon wrote:

Danny89 wrote:Mages are my heart (right beside archers - who are not viable on 1.65).

Archers are viable in zerg along with tons of other classes who are reportedly "unusable" because of this 8v8 centric focus.

8v8 is not the only way to play this game. Nor will it be if our alliance has anything to do with it :}. More fights, more action, more welcome classes. See you out there.

neighborhoodwatch wrote:no one cares about stealthers

resists are definitely not 12.5% or w/e was quoted

Madix wrote:I doubt devs will ever admit to anything or fix it if there is an issue.

Q: Spell resists. Can you give me more details as to how the system works?

A: Here's the answer, straight from the desk of the spell designer:

"Spells have a factor of (spell level / 2) added to their chance to hit. (Spell level defined as the level the spell is awarded, chance to hit defined as the chance of avoiding the "Your target resists the spell!" message.) Subtracted from the modified to-hit chance is the target's (level / 2). So a L50 caster casting a L30 spell at a L50 monster or player, they have a base chance of 85% to hit, plus 15%, minus 25% for a net chance to hit of 75%. If the chance to hit goes over 100% damage or duration is increased, and if it goes below 55%, you still have a 55% chance to hit but your damage or duration is penalized. If the chance to hit goes below 0, you cannot hit at all. Once the spell hits, damage and duration are further modified by resistances.

"In general, RvR is between opponents within 1 quanta of each other (in the frontiers for example, L45-50), and the spells cast are L40+. This results in a 2.5-5% modifier, which is somewhat lost in the noise of the bonuses from Int/Acuity, realm abilities, and modifiers from resistances. For characters using spells around L30, they will see a more significant reduction however, and this factor is part of it."

Mastery of focus is a realm ability that raises the effective level of the spell, with a cap of level 50. So, with mastery of focus 2, a level 41 spell would be resisted just like a level 50 spell.

Direct damage spells have a higher chance of success than combination or non direct damage spells in high level PVE. A level 50 player casting a level 50 DD against a level 50 target will have a lower chance of being resisted than a level 50 player casting a level 50 DD/Snare against a level 50 target.

I don't have any idea which order these are calculated, Marty would have to help me out on that. I'm also unsure as to exactly what differences there are between players and Mobs, though I'd wager a guess that players have a lower chance to be resisted than a Mob.

Things that do NOT factor in to this equation are:
-Resists (10% cold) from spells, RAs, MLs, items, etc.
-Acuity (200 intellegence)
-Bonuses to your spell line from RAs, items, etc (+10 to All magic)

Note from Mighty Marty: Levels matter the most - level of player, level of spell, etc. Things like what type of spell (nuke or combo), are less important. (One exception to the above is the buff shear category - player level matters less with that particular spell type.) Also, there should be one small side factor DJ didn't mention. If you are being clobbered by multiple attackers, you are less likely to resist magical attack.