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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thewok" data-source="post: 5160113" data-attributes="member: 60907">I'm not sure the WoW comparison holds up under scrutiny.In WoW, you can get enough hit rating to ensure that you *never* miss an attack or spell (ignoring expertise).  However, in raiding (where reaching the "hit cap" is a requirement), you're going up against mobs that have millions of hit points, while your character has maybe 20-30,000.  They can stand up to repeated hits without missing because their health pools are so large.Monsters in D&D don't conform to that.  Their hit points are roughly similar to the PCs' health pools.  In such a case, I don't really think that a 60-65% hit chance is all that bad.Let's turn it around.  In WoW, most non-tanks don't have a decent enough avoidance to really make a difference in the amount of damage they take from mobs.  For the most part, if a mob throws a punch, you get hit.  Solo mobs are weaker than Elites, and Bosses are even tougher.  Most bosses can one-shot player characters who stand in the wrong place.Back in D&D land, monsters have roughly the same chances of hitting as a PC, about 60-65%.  The rules apply both ways.  Do players want to be hit every round, possibly by multiple monsters?  I know I don't.  I like that tension when the GM rolls the die, and I try to pierce the veil of his poker face to see what the result was.  I like being down to 1 hit point and having the monster miss, only to be downed the next round.It comes down to predictability.  I don't really want combat itself to be predictable, at least not to the extent that such a high hit rate would bring about.  And, seriously, at that point, why bother with dice at all?  Why bother with the combat at all?  What becomes the point of it?</blockquote>

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