Based on your data, even if the SOFT cap for glancing reduction damage is 308, theres still a 10% glancing chance reduction with 310 to 315 (delta 5 to delta0 skill). I think your 2nd table for glancing reduction vs weap skill (def/skill delta) should also include glancing chance as well to more accurately represent weapon skill's value.
Please let me know if I'm misinterpreting. If I am understanding this correctly, going to 315 is far more significant than the small amount of +hit you get, with 308 being a "soft" cap. Basically +skill will have a lower value above 308, but not as low as the table would suggest. +10%hits without the 5% glancing damage penalty is still significant.
edit: To put it another way, at 308 (310) vs 315, your glancing damage reduction is still at 5%. However going from 310 to 315 reduces your glancing chance by another 10%, so you get +10% hits at normal white (100% - X%) dmg at 315 skill that would have been (95% - X%) as glancing blows at 310 (where X is armor, etc).
edit: I see I made an incorrect assumption: glancing chance is hard tied to deltaLevel and not deltaSkill, so increasing weapon skill can't reduce chance vs bosses
Hi magey,
Based on your data, even if the SOFT cap for glancing reduction damage is 308, theres still a 10% glancing chance reduction with 310 to 315 (delta 5 to delta0 skill). I think your 2nd table for glancing reduction vs weap skill (def/skill delta) should also include glancing chance as well to more accurately represent weapon skill's value.
zhevra courser (+0 levels, delta0 skill): ~10% glancing chance ~4-5% glance dmg reduction
target at +1 level (delta5 skill): ~20% glance chance ~4-5 glance dmg reduc
Please let me know if I'm misinterpreting. If I am understanding this correctly, going to 315 is far more significant than the small amount of +hit you get, with 308 being a "soft" cap. Basically +skill will have a lower value above 308, but not as low as the table would suggest. +10%hits without the 5% glancing damage penalty is still significant.
edit: To put it another way, at 308 (310) vs 315, your glancing damage reduction is still at 5%. However going from 310 to 315 reduces your glancing chance by another 10%, so you get +10% hits at normal white (100% - X%) dmg at 315 skill that would have been (95% - X%) as glancing blows at 310 (where X is armor, etc).
edit: I see I made an incorrect assumption: glancing chance is hard tied to deltaLevel and not deltaSkill, so increasing weapon skill can't reduce chance vs bosses