A Case Against the Base Resist Chance
Let me preface this post by clarifying that I love this game and appreciate the work the devs put in to improve the player base's experience. Characters kits and game mechanics have come a long way si...
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100% agree (15% chance that I randomly decide to disagree with everything you said, just for the sake of chaos).
It's hard to think of a benefit of this other than the joys of RNG hell, and as you mentioned there's a severe negative where players should be able to prioritize potency if they want to and get the benefits of that. For example, if players really want to stop wat, they should be able to mod a control toon for high potency at the expense of other stats to guarantee a control debuff landing.
Potency/tenacity mechanics are often really misunderstood, but they work in a fun way apart from this major exception.
It's hard to think of a benefit of this other than the joys of RNG hell, and as you mentioned there's a severe negative where players should be able to prioritize potency if they want to and get the benefits of that. For example, if players really want to stop wat, they should be able to mod a control toon for high potency at the expense of other stats to guarantee a control debuff landing.
Potency/tenacity mechanics are often really misunderstood, but they work in a fun way apart from this major exception.
