Enhancement Proc Changes

I don't remember if this was mentioned, but is the proc chance affected by how recently the power was used? For instance, if you have a 1 PPM proc in a power that has a 6 second recharge, it should have a 10% chance to proc if you were to use the power nonstop.

But what if you use the power wait two minutes and use it again, does it then go to 100%?

This looks good in my opinion, Synapse.

It's odd, balance-wise, that it takes into account enhancement recharge and not global recharge (creating situations where people can improve proc rate for the same actual recharge by maximizing global and minimizing enhancement recharge), but I understand the compromise since external recharge buffs are always global, and I find it acceptable.

Thanks again for addressing our concerns.

Edit: Forget it. I. I don't know.

If you really have to go through with this, at least make Spiritual not count towards nerfing your power. It's already denied affecting your incarnate powers, while stuff like Musculature is A-Ok.

Withdrawing my idea on having separate fixed-rate and PPM procs. From late nights spring much silliness. A floor achieves the same effect with less complication to the player, and I'll throw my hat in behind that idea instead.

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That said, I still don't see the need to go after powers with shorter base recharges. Conventional wisdom before procs was you skip your tier 1 attack; shorter recharge means lower damage, and lower damage usually means lower DPA and lower benefit to enhancing recharge. Fixed rate procs gave a reason to maybe take Neutrino Bolt on a corruptor, or maybe roll a claws scrapper instead of a claws brute, since the procs offset the lower DPA often inherent to faster recharging powers.

PPM without a floor, or a floor that's too low, means conventional wisdom goes back to skipping your tier 1 attack in most primaries, and never rolling a claws scrapper since brutes get higher recharge, higher DPA versions of key claws attacks.

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On AoE modifiers for PPM, I kinda see what you're aiming for: about the same as the amount by which recharge time is increased on AoEs. In other words, you're trying to have a PPM modifier of 4 in Fire Ball cancel out the 4x increased recharge inherent to Fire Ball compared to its closest single target equivalent, Fire Blast.

I like the zen of that approach, except it oversimplifies just a little bit by not accounting for the effect of activation times. At a modest +150% recharge, Fire Blast is cycling every (1.2 cast + 4/2.5 recharge) 2.8 seconds, Fire Ball is cycling every (1 cast + 16/2.5 recharge) 7.4 seconds. This implies a PPM modifier less than 4 is needed to cancel out the increased PPM Fire Ball would otherwise enjoy from its longer cast cycle. (Apologies for not adjusting for Arcanatime.)

You know, Synapse, there is something else I've been thinking about.

I'm not even sure if this would be at all possible to do and have it tagged to the correct power in question when using multiple procs.

But, would it be possible to make the chance for the proc to go off based off of the last time the power was utilized? If it is possible, it would neatly dodge the whole issue of recharge buffs negatively impacting the chance to proc, and makes it so that a fluid chain that gets supplemented with 100% more recharge than it needs would not lose it's proc chance since it's not going any "faster".

I need to see what this does to my Claws/SR Scrapper...

What would this do to the Hecatomb proc in Slash?
What would this do to the Apocalypse proc in Focus?

I know this is an edge case, but something that should probably be brought up at some point.

Gaussian Chance for BU using a PPM formula in a 90s rchg power (AIM/BU) even at only 1 PPM will have an extremely high proc chance essentially allowing for double BU/AIM nearly everytime.

Is this going to be WAI or is there a plan to address this?