Camelot Grab Bag Q&A

Mythic’s Sanya Thomas has once again put together a Grab Bag Q&A over at Camelot Herald, answering several pressing questions from fans… like this one:

Q: Why do +env items actually allow the player wearing the item to apply the higher level posions, but my +skill item does not grant me access to the higher level skills or abilities?

A: Envenom is a special case. Envenom ability is a simple check – does this person have the requisite skill level or not to use this poison. A poison is not more effective because the user has a higher spec in envenom; either he can use the poison or he cannot. Other than that skill check, +envenom items don’t do anything. Every other skill, ability, and spec line in the game is not such a simple true/false equation. Rather, all the other things improve average damage, resist rates, effectiveness, and so forth. They’re about the same in terms of how much power the items grant to the individual player.