05-26-2009, 09:26 AM
It's simply for the meta, I needed to have a blue gem somewhere (just as I have an orange rather than another red in my belt).
And yes, most hunters like to be slightly over the hit cap. This is because if we are slightly below we may not miss, but our pet's hit is truncated, not rounded. I.e. if I have 7.99% hit (out of 8%), my pet only gets 7% hit. This leads to a TON of more misses from my pet. It's thus safer to be a few points over.
You're right there was no real reason that I put the purple there over another place. I just got the 8.5 chest, and need to get the meta somehow. Neck was the other possibility, but since I hope to replace Black Ice and perhaps equip Grim Toll, I wanted to be a little safe on hit. I can always regem that or re-enchant my boots to pure agi. I could also have just used a prismatic, something I’ll have to run numbers on.
And yes, most hunters like to be slightly over the hit cap. This is because if we are slightly below we may not miss, but our pet's hit is truncated, not rounded. I.e. if I have 7.99% hit (out of 8%), my pet only gets 7% hit. This leads to a TON of more misses from my pet. It's thus safer to be a few points over.
You're right there was no real reason that I put the purple there over another place. I just got the 8.5 chest, and need to get the meta somehow. Neck was the other possibility, but since I hope to replace Black Ice and perhaps equip Grim Toll, I wanted to be a little safe on hit. I can always regem that or re-enchant my boots to pure agi. I could also have just used a prismatic, something I’ll have to run numbers on.