Damage works as normal (i.e. applied on hit). The confuse portion, though, has a 25 point lower chance to hit than the damage portion (meaning if you had a 95% chance to hit, it'd only have a 70% chance to be applied).
That's what the If @ToHitRoll + 0.25 < @ToHit portion is saying. What you rolled, plus .25 (25%), must be lower than the 'tohit' of the attack (which caps at .95, or 95%).
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Originally Posted by ShadowNate
;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!
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Thanks. 
How would that math out when slotted for T4 Cognitive (20% chance to confuse)? Is it a straight 70%+20% or a different formula?
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The procs should be totally separate, AFAIK. So WoC would have a 70% chance on each tick as normal (or sometimes less, depending on accuracy and etc), and Cognitive would get its 20% chance every 10 seconds since WoC is a toggle.
Any thread that starts, "World of Confusion . . . " should be concluded with ". . . sucks."
Take a look at all the numbers. The radius is pitifully small, the pulse rate is too slow. I thought it might be a good match for my Ice/Storm, since I already had a confuse aura in Arctic Air. When I tried it, I hated it pretty quickly and respec'ed out. Just about everyone else I know who has tried it has also hated it. Most people have said that even with the Contagious Confusion proc, it sucks. (I already had that proc in Arctic Air.)
I have seen a few people post that they like the power as a mule for the comparably cheap Confuse purple set, but they never actually use the power. I would bet that if you added T4 Cognitive, it would still suck.
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i have to agree with local man, the only reason i have it on one of my toons is partially for theme and partially for set muling
It would be more of a thematic utilitarian add-on for a Plant/Storm controller with Cognitive Interface. Third build type of thing.
I already have Seeds plus all of my 'pets' and AoE spam generating Cog-fuse; was just looking to put the nail in the coffin, so to speak, for Confusion generation.
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I actually make fairly good use of it on my Rad/Mental Blaster, since she's required to be in melee all the time to really work the AoEs. It's not the greatest power ever, but it *does* work to deflect some of the incoming damage. With Cognitive and the Contagious, it works even better. If you're not routinely in melee contact *on purpose*, it's largely useless. It's not reliable as a defense by itself, and on a purely ranged toon it's clearly useless. (My Storm/Ice and Archery/Poison also have it, but never bother turning it on)
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Originally Posted by Local_Man
Any thread that starts, "World of Confusion . . . " should be concluded with ". . . sucks."
Take a look at all the numbers. The radius is pitifully small, the pulse rate is too slow. I thought it might be a good match for my Ice/Storm, since I already had a confuse aura in Arctic Air. When I tried it, I hated it pretty quickly and respec'ed out. Just about everyone else I know who has tried it has also hated it. Most people have said that even with the Contagious Confusion proc, it sucks. (I already had that proc in Arctic Air.) I have seen a few people post that they like the power as a mule for the comparably cheap Confuse purple set, but they never actually use the power. I would bet that if you added T4 Cognitive, it would still suck. |
On any character that can get it, "Oppressive Gloom"(I think, the AoE stun toggle from Soul Mastery) is a much better option for melee damage mitigation through mez.
The description for WoC implies a 'chance-to' effect for damage and mezzing but City of Data appears as if listing it as an applied-upon-hit.
Which is it?
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