QUOTE(nightshade_nova @ Oct 1 2012, 11:51 PM)
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/6712862302Found this early blog.Not sure if just troll or real, but looks REALLY legit.
He/she could probably be one of the testers, as the wiz is ranked #25 in the world (diabloprogress), hence the early version.
tl;dr:
The dev toned down the MP to scale with farming efficiency, touting 5% increase in farming efficiency for each MP, if your gear is really the best of the best.
So, in the future if youre not farming efficiently in 1.0.5 = youre undergeared.
1.0.5 higher MP levels would also mean higher efficiency in farming, so you dont have to 'test drive' each one and find your 'sweet spot'.
I know this is more 'gear check' or 'gear wall', but I think its great, since I dont have to worry whether or not Im farming the optimal MP level for my gears.
Very professionally done; but, my guess, it's a fake!
Here comes the non-factual analysis on that post (okay, read it as fiction):
- AFAIK, Bliz internal testing of D3 has always been in multiple groups. They do have test teams, but never mention of any single test player.
- The post was written in a writing style of "Wyatt Cheng", but if I know him, he likes to use math for problem like this. Instead of having players play for 2 hours and analyse the loot, he'd have say, "
I've math it out! With 25% bonus MF, your chance of getting good loot increased by 25%! MP10 was designed for players with DPS months from now..."
- This does not sound like anyone I know in D3 team: "
As we were patting ourselves on the back for a job well done..." If anything, they are always humble and even publicly admit of their short-coming.