On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, B. Bedford wrote:

>
> My level 35 rogue (as of last night...yaay!) has two SBDs (serrated bone
> dirks), and a dex of 153 unbuffed...but frankly, it seems to me like the
> random number generator has more control over when weapons proc than dex
> does. I say this, because most of the time I'm fighting, my weapons proc in
> clumps, like....sometimes 2 procs in the same round, then another proc in
> the round after that, then maybe nothing for 3 more fights. Also, when

This isn't unusual in a low-frequency-of-occurrance random
sequence. If all the procs were evenly distributed, then I'd
start to worry about the RNG being out of whack.

It's only when you get high-frequency-of-occurrance (e.g. your
weapons proc an average of 10 times or so per fight) that you
should see the average remaining consistent.

There's also a human tendency to notice and remember unusual
incidents, such as clumped procs; while the multitude of
single procs aren't unusual and thus quickly forgotten. And
it's also possible that Verant coded it so weapon procs are
dependent on other things.

> buffed I have 183 dex (hehe), and really don't notice the difference between
> 183 and 153. *shrug*

Yeah, Verant has said the further you go from 75, the less
effect a 1 point improvement has. This was definitely the
case when I checked prices vs. charisma.

--
John H. Kim
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