AA question - Sinister Strike or Offensive Prowess?

[Ilavatar]

<p>Over in the ranger section of that "web-site-who-must-not-be named" there is a stickied thread "Getting better at dps...".</p><p>In its recommendations, it says in part: <span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: #f6fcee;">S<em><span style="color: #000000;">Quick strike 5, Sinister Strike 5, Evasive Maneuvers 1</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><em></em>But what about "Offensive Prowess: Improves the skill bonus of offensive based stances and songs by 5%"Wouldn't that be better because it works all the time instead of, say, Sinister Strike, which is only available some of the time?</span></p>

[Ranja]

<p><cite>Ilavatar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Over in the ranger section of that "web-site-who-must-not-be named" there is a stickied thread "Getting better at dps...".</p><p>In its recommendations, it says in part: <span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color: #f6fcee;">S<em><span style="color: #000000;">Quick strike 5, Sinister Strike 5, Evasive Maneuvers 1</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucida grande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><em></em>But what about "Offensive Prowess: Improves the skill bonus of offensive based stances and songs by 5%"Wouldn't that be better because it works all the time instead of, say, Sinister Strike, which is only available some of the time?</span></p></blockquote><p>the cap is 420 on skills at level 80. that thread is meant for raiders and all raiders are hitting the cap in their groups so that skill does nothing for them.</p>

[Ilavatar]

<p>Thanks for the reply!</p><p>What about us who are only level 60 and level-locked to explore the missed content of the past?</p><p>Which might be better in that case?</p>

[Ranja]

<p>Are you missing alot? Check your ACT parse to see your hit rate. If it is under 98% and you are using field points, you might want to spec that and see if there is an improvement.</p>

[Ilavatar]

<p>Thanks! I'll take a look at hit rate. I hadn't thought to look at that.</p>

[Upir]

<p>the skill cap at any lvl is:  lvl# * 5 + 20          lvl 80 * 5 + 20 = 420,   lvl 60 * 5 + 20 = 320</p>

[Striikor]

<p>I believe the cap was changed sometime back and is 6.5*level or 520@ 80. So if you have lower skill Offensive Prowess is a benefit, if you are typically over it is not. </p><p>LU29</p><p>- Skill caps have increased from [ 6 * Level ] to [ 6.5 * Level ]</p>

[-=Hoss=-]

<p>In addition, I'm pretty sure those skills are checked against the mobs level, so use that in the calculation instead of your own level.  I see improved hitt rates when I go over 520. </p>