Penetration On Character Screen (Consoles)

greenmachine

Maybe I'm missing something or maybe it's been asked and answered before (I searched the forums, I swear), but why isn't spell or physical penetration displayed on the character screen?

For data that is so critical to calculating damage, I'd think it would be important to display them. I'm no computer genius or, like, computerologist type person but it seems like it should be pretty easy to add a couple of lines of data on the character screen that the game is already calculating and using in damage formulas. Right? Even if it were difficult, somebody would have figured it out after four years, right?

Is there a reason for penetration to not be on the character screen that I have not considered? Maybe like ZoS is saying "let the players work it out, it'll be a fun little math problem everybody can figure out for themselves." But, why for pen and not for Stam or Crit? Maybe there is a good reason, I just can't think of it.

Maybe one of you scholars of computerometry or somesuch other braingenius can enlighten me. Do others agree that this would be good to add? Or is it just tryhard carebear semi-casual nonsense, that nobody really cares about? Does it not matter because PC add-ons resolve the issue for a large part of the player base? Am I just a potato and penetration is displayed somewhere that I haven't seen with my starchy potato eyes?

shimm

I’m not a rocket surgeon or brain scientologist but I think it’s on purpose that they won’t tell us.

karekiz

Agreed.

Also mitagation percentage should be shown to players. A number especially with no "out of" means almost nothing to new players.

greenmachine

That seems like a good idea. Maybe they'll add it someday...

kylewwefan

Got to bust out a calculator and add them all up. It totally sucks. I’ll never understand the Crit ones. Like set gives 833 Crit. So that’s like %3.2 some whacky number. Or is that actually extra Crit damage? Their different ya know. I had a handle on it when everyone used the thief or the shadow mundus. Now it’s just blah.

FilteredRiddle

While I don't know why Penetration isn't simply listed, I really wish it was.

max_only

Penetration isn’t listed on the character screen for PC either.

greenmachine

max_only wrote: »

Penetration isn’t listed on the character screen for PC either.

But add-ons can provide that information, correct? I don't know as I don't play on PC. Is it something you would like to have added to the base game?

Benemime

Besides that, mobs should also display their resistance when we target them.