does + disruption help?

[Svann]

<p>I was asking in the combat forum how much +5 to skills added, and was told </p><p>"+skills hasn't been a viable game mechanic since early release.  These no longer add any tangible benefits to the game atm."  </p><p>But I remember reading differently here in this forum.  Can I get some kind of confirmation/disproof/elucidation pls?  </p>

[Svann]

no opinions on this?

[Loral]

<p>Skills at release where not handled the same way they are now.</p><p>I switched to the WIS tree on my baby Wizard (46ish) and I get a ton less resists on nukes and roots on white and yellow mobs. So, simply from that, I would be tempted to say yes it does make a difference.</p>

[Jeeshman]

<cite>Svann wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I was asking in the combat forum how much +5 to skills added, and was told </p><p>"+skills hasn't been a viable game mechanic since early release.  These no longer add any tangible benefits to the game atm."  </p><p>But I remember reading differently here in this forum.  Can I get some kind of confirmation/disproof/elucidation pls?  </p></blockquote>Especially in light of the fact that mob resist rates were recently increased, I think +skills remain somewhat important--at least regarding our disruption skill.  Would I ever take +disruption instead of +crit or +spell damage?  I'm not sure.  I think it's harder to quantify, for example, the difference +5 to disruption makes to resist rates.   But then again, I was an English major.  Maybe some of the math geniuses out there can help.

[Teh_Person]

Assuming you're not passing up spell crit+, casting/recast speed+, or int it's worth pursuing. dis+ is what makes you more likely to land spells on mobs, or at least not get an outright resist. I can't say exactly what the bonus is, but I can tell you unless it's 20+ or more it's not worth sacrificing anything that helps your dps outright. After all, we can always recast a spell right after a resist.

[simpwrx02]

<cite>Teh_Person wrote:</cite><blockquote>Assuming you're not passing up spell crit+, casting/recast speed+, or int it's worth pursuing. dis+ is what makes you more likely to land spells on mobs, or at least not get an outright resist. I can't say exactly what the bonus is, but I can tell you unless it's 20+ or more it's not worth sacrificing anything that helps your dps outright. After all, we can always recast a spell right after a resist.</blockquote><p>If you didnt realize resists kill DPS more than anything else by having you stand there doing nothing in effect.</p><p>Disruption bonus is 20% less resistability when you are at cap which is 7.5/level, however normal skill goes up by 5/level.</p><p>At hgiher levels there is a much more +casting skillz gear, however at lower levels the sta casting skills AA is worth tring out especially if you solo a lot.</p>