The recent nerf on AR (1k AR used to provide 50% CDR now 40%. 1500 AR now provides 50% CDR) is think is unwarranted and the real issue is alacrity not AR.
1.49 version is the baseline for comparison. Here comes the math.
A skill with unmodified 45 sec CD will have (assume 1500 AR provides 2/3 CDR, I'm not sure but I think this is close) 15 sec CD. Assume a 8 attack warrior using BR will trigger alacrity 2.4 times a sec at AB 1500. Alacrity reduces CD by 2 secs for every trigger. So that is 4.8 sec raw CDR per sec. This number I believe is modified by AR. So a net 1.6 sec CDR is produced by alacrity per sec. Therefore that 45sec CD skill is 15sec CD by AR alone and becomes 5.8 sec CD with Alacrity at the same 1500 AB. Imagine how high you would have to stack AR to bring it from 15 to 5.8 secs. Alacrity makes the bulk of the difference.
Now the 1.59 beta nerf to AR makes 1500 AR 50% CDR instead of previous 2/3. This is a big nerf has the same 45 sec CD skill is now 22.5 sec CD instead of 15 sec CD. However let's see how alacrity plays into this. Assume same warrior dw build at 8 attack a sec, you are still triggering a raw 4.8 sec CDR. Now modified by the new AR nerf, the net CDR produced by alacrity is 2.4 per sec. So what is the end result? 45 Sec CD skill is 22.5 sec CD after nerfed AR but only 6.6 sec CD when you factor in alacrity.
Alacrity reduced the skill from 22.5 to 6.6 sec by itself.
Alacrity is the hidden CDR monster. Everything else pales in comparison. The nerf on AR hurts those of us who are not topped out in gear and not already high end in attack speed. And yet it produces little difference to top end players.
Recall the nerf on BR recently from 7 sec to 5 sec? The only people that feels the nerf are us middle class players. It had practically no effect on top end players as they can depend on alacrity to keep BR up 100% still. It was just more tedious, drawing the symbol every 5 sec instead of every 7 sec.
Here is the plead to the Devs, reverse the nerf on AR. It only hurts us not already at the top tier. It does little to nothing at the top/end game. The real issue is alacrity, not AR.
1.49 version is the baseline for comparison. Here comes the math.
A skill with unmodified 45 sec CD will have (assume 1500 AR provides 2/3 CDR, I'm not sure but I think this is close) 15 sec CD. Assume a 8 attack warrior using BR will trigger alacrity 2.4 times a sec at AB 1500. Alacrity reduces CD by 2 secs for every trigger. So that is 4.8 sec raw CDR per sec. This number I believe is modified by AR. So a net 1.6 sec CDR is produced by alacrity per sec. Therefore that 45sec CD skill is 15sec CD by AR alone and becomes 5.8 sec CD with Alacrity at the same 1500 AB. Imagine how high you would have to stack AR to bring it from 15 to 5.8 secs. Alacrity makes the bulk of the difference.
Now the 1.59 beta nerf to AR makes 1500 AR 50% CDR instead of previous 2/3. This is a big nerf has the same 45 sec CD skill is now 22.5 sec CD instead of 15 sec CD. However let's see how alacrity plays into this. Assume same warrior dw build at 8 attack a sec, you are still triggering a raw 4.8 sec CDR. Now modified by the new AR nerf, the net CDR produced by alacrity is 2.4 per sec. So what is the end result? 45 Sec CD skill is 22.5 sec CD after nerfed AR but only 6.6 sec CD when you factor in alacrity.
Alacrity reduced the skill from 22.5 to 6.6 sec by itself.
Alacrity is the hidden CDR monster. Everything else pales in comparison. The nerf on AR hurts those of us who are not topped out in gear and not already high end in attack speed. And yet it produces little difference to top end players.
Recall the nerf on BR recently from 7 sec to 5 sec? The only people that feels the nerf are us middle class players. It had practically no effect on top end players as they can depend on alacrity to keep BR up 100% still. It was just more tedious, drawing the symbol every 5 sec instead of every 7 sec.
Here is the plead to the Devs, reverse the nerf on AR. It only hurts us not already at the top tier. It does little to nothing at the top/end game. The real issue is alacrity, not AR.
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