At 03:46 PM 2/6/01 -1000, you wrote:

>I heard about how the Attack rating works a long time ago when it was
>discovered stats don't affect gameplay as much as everyone thought. When
>you add one point of STR, your Attack score raises by one as well. Makes
>sense since part of the Attack score determines how much damage you do.
>Logically, adding one point of DEX should also raise the Attack score by
>one. This should get applied to the To Hit portion of the Attack rating.
>Sadly it doesn't for a reason known only to Verant.

no, actually verant stated what the reason was. dex does not affect how often
you hit. (not that it necessarily matters in this game of EQ, but dex did not
affect how often you hit in melee in the original D&D and AD&D games either)

>Never heard that AC worked in a similar manner until now. Would like to
>know which components of AC affect Hit Avoidance and which affect Damage
>Mitigation. I would assume your Defense stat and your Agility affect Hit
>Avoidance and the AC from your armor affects Damage Mitigation. What
>happens when you get an AC buff from spells/songs? Does the extra AC all go
>to Hit Avoidance, Damage Mitigation, or split equally between the two?
>
>Galtin of E'ci