Trying to do the Math: AC vs. -DFE?

[Hammerskjold]

I've been asking myself the same question.
The readme only says “Two MS-related bugs fixed”. Did your tests indicate anything? Yes, I know, disclaimer.. unreliable... but still; did your results lean in one direction? Or did unreliable mean inconclusive?

Kinda both I guess. By that I mean I don't have the modding\testing tools to say, set a monster damage to 10-10, to make it more consistent and easier to see. And I don't have the time or the interest to do a 'statismagician' approved tests in the hundreds and thousands. Not that this is one of those cases where it needs hundreds of tests I think anyway.

The 2 bards I have are very similar, both same clvl. One has MS at slvl 14 (12 natural, 14 with Thinking Cap), one at slvl 1. (I think the magic number for the bug was slvl 7 and above.) Both informally tested at normal and hell mode. And after some more playing around, it does seem to be fixed at least to my own eye.

I couldn't say with absolute 100% certainty, but if there is any differences it seems to be very small. As in literally, 1 point of damage difference, and that could very well be due to damage variables and not the slvl MS bug.

But from my own very informal finding, it does seem to be fixed.

On mods, Z&Z's The Dark is also quite good from what I hear. I had it somewhere in the old comp, but I never made it past church level due to time constraints. But The Dark and HFF is IMO the top 2 reason to buy a Hellfire disc.

Though if I had the skill to mod HF\D1, the first thing I would try to do is change the Warrior's swing to built in Speed\haste. The Sorceror has the fastest cast speed, Rogues fastest bow speed, yet most Warriors need a to hit+ weapon and speed\haste weapon, or preferably a to hit+speed in the same weapon. The poor guy needs a break in the gear dependence department IMO.

But I'm just kvetching out loud. At least in HF finding a Shirotachi is doable.