Hit stat, expertise stat discussion (to reduce miss chance)

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I'd prefer people to not miss higher lvl players as much as in other games, mainly so that owpvp would seem more welcoming to newbies. Personally I think that lvl25 should be able to hit lvl50 w/o any problems.

The power of that hit would be determined by the gear itself and any dodge/mitigation mechanics would come into play through augments and skillful play.

Imo items should be rare by default and BiS stuff should be super rare (no matter the tier). And their value would come from that rarity and from their specialized stats, which in turn would come from crafters' dials.

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Did you watch the melee dev stream? It was full of "gather a ton of mobs and aoe them down". And the ranger dev stream showed one of the best aoe abilities for farming mobs in the form of that 3-shot jump ability. Mages had the laser and I think a few other aoes too.

All of those indicate, at the very least, AOEs being super effective as a farming tool.