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I just got hunting IV so now I can see this statistic, but what does it mean and how can I use this knowledge?

The "to hit" bonus is passive. Whenever you are using a normal ranged attack against a creature foe you are getting this bonus.

Normal means whenever you are attacking without using special manuevers ie - health shot

Hello,

I recently made Hunt Master, and as such I get some new information when I examine animals. I now see something called "Base To-Hit" or similar. Sorry, can't remember exactly what the correct term was, but I hope you understand which one I mean.

My question: what does this mean? And how do I put this piece of theoretic info into practice? =)

Thanks for any help,

/Tann Loxgrim - Hunt Master

From my understanding its the base chance the creature successfully hits vs misses its target. The bigger, closer to 1.0, the better.

Dunno if 1.00 is good for us or the beast. If 1.0equates tothe beast hitting everytime with no misses, that sucks to be us. I want low numbers for them, like .02... lol

Just an observation

JB

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Oshadagea wrote:
From my understanding its the base chance the creature successfully hits vs misses its target. The bigger, closer to 1.0, the better.

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Correct.

To give a geekier, more pedantic answer, the "Base To-Hit" is the chance the critter has to hit you before any modifiers are factored in, such as movement penalties, range penalties, melee defense of the target, ranged defense of the target, and so on.

Player characters in the game have a base chance to hit of 0.65 before any other factors are taken into account.

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JBMat wrote:

If 1.0equates tothe beast hitting everytime with no misses, that sucks to be us. Just an observation

JB

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Yes, that would suck. Fortunately that's not how it works. The base to hit is only a starting point. From there the numbers get modified 17 ways to Sunday before it finally finishes with a result.

So what can you use this info for? Not a whole lot unless you are comparing creatures to one another. And even then, the creatures you are comparing need to be very similar already in other factors such as how they con to you (green or blue vs red), what attacks they are vulnerable toor protected from, what armor type they have and whether or not your weapon is armor piercing. Those factors are SO much more important that comparing a .50 base to a .95 base that the base-to-hit becomes meaningless.

So, is it at master ranger that one gets the ability to see how much damage a creature does?