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I know this is probably a stupid question, but has anyone tested whether or not Auspice grants an ACC bonus to all hit by it, or just the WHM?

It's most likely just the WHM (under Misery) only, but the description on the spell scroll does seem to indicate otherwise, and I've brought this up at some point in the past.

You can't view your accuracy stat. If you can't determine what your accuracy is by adding up all the factors that contribute to it, you can only test it out by fighting and parsing it against something that you know the evasion stat of.

Since the bonus that Auspice provides is undefined and potentially changes whenever you miss, it's very hard to determine exactly what it is.

The testings done where never conclusive. But they mostly hover around a 10% and 15% increase in hit rate (And some above 20%) when capped. So that's at least +20 accuracy; which is pretty damn nice.

Do remember however; that this bonus is progressive. That is, it will start at +0 and gradually build up as you miss. If Auspice where to wear off (Not recasted in time); it resets the count. So it is pretty important to keep it up.

Recasting Auspice does not reset the effect. The testings done took over half an hour each; and each time the cap was reached: it would be retained indefinitely as long as Auspice was kept up.


Also, Auspice is kind of funky. The enlight effect for example, is calculated per hit. That is, +Enhancing's extra damage (Not +Enspell) will only apply if you have it equipped at the time you hit.
If you cast with all your +Enhancing and then remove it; you will not get the extra damage.

Here is the thread I'm referring to, if anyone is interested.

What I find even more upsetting, is that we get the lame parts of both enspell types:

Enspell 1's:
-works on all hits
-checks skill once
-damage stays the same

Enspell 2's:
-damage increases gradually
-checks skill each time
-first hit only

Auspice's Enlight:
-damage stays the same
-checks skill each time
-first hit only
-requires two buffs (JA+Spell)

EDIT: Yeah we get ACC+, but it seems to only be a large benefit when your current ACC is low.

My testing has shown me very large bonuses during low acc (in one case, minimum) situations, but then in high acc situations (90% or so) I didn't find any evidence of the bonus at all.

I still haven't determined if the ACC+ is a funciton of your current hitrate value (like 50% or 80%) or if it's based on frequency (misses/minute). Whatever it is, I haven't found it very practical or helpful in a realistic situation yet.

I can add though, that the last few times someone parsed me, the damage from Enlight accounted for 3% to 5% of my overall damage. But keep in mind the casting time takes ~3 out of ~180 seconds from you which is ~1.5%, so in some cases you're giving up swings and the benefit isn't actually as high ...

Edited, Nov 28th 2009 12:33pm by RyaWHM