I remember reading a post here at the Lounge where somebody said they had never seen Throwing mastery produce a critical strike. This is true. My throwing barb, I noticed, that little white sparkle for critical hits never shows when he is throwing, But, he did get a critical hit today.I was low on sticks, and was going hand to hand with my last cracked javelin, and while I was going hand to hand, I noticed I was getting a lot of critical hits in.
Funny, I thought throwing mastery meant you actually throw something. Seems to me that the critical hit factor only applies when you are going hand to hand with missle weapons.
Sort of defeats the purpose of being a ranged assault character.