The skills for each follower have been released. The level 30 skills for the Scoundrel (named Lyndon) are buffs. The options are [1]:
1) 10% precision, for everyone in your party, with 100% uptime,
or
2) 10% attack, for you and the scoundrel, with max 50% uptime.
In order for these skills to be equal in power, we would need attack to be at least twice as valuable as precision.
Yet I understood that attack and precision are balanced to be approximately equal in value (as stated by Bashiok [2]). Precision may lead to more overkill, but also more procs. So, for most, attack would be preferable, not not by a factor of two to three.
Which means that hopefully these numbers switch before launch. Or you think it's fine? Or am I missing something? Attack can increase to the high heavens, while crit chance is capped at 100. Since precision needs diminishing returns, it will become less valuable after all...
honestly I think they are fine as is... if you need more precision take that if you don't then take the dmg... 1% dps increase is very minimal when you consider situational combat. It's not like WoW wear 1% more dps over the coarse of a 10 minute boss fight will make or break the encounter... In Diablo it's not a dps race, it's about playing smart and efficiently.
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1) 10% precision, for everyone in your party, with 100% uptime,
or
2) 10% attack, for you and the scoundrel, with max 50% uptime.
In order for these skills to be equal in power, we would need attack to be at least twice as valuable as precision.
Yet I understood that attack and precision are balanced to be approximately equal in value (as stated by Bashiok [2]). Precision may lead to more overkill, but also more procs. So, for most, attack would be preferable, not not by a factor of two to three.
Which means that hopefully these numbers switch before launch. Or you think it's fine? Or am I missing something? Attack can increase to the high heavens, while crit chance is capped at 100. Since precision needs diminishing returns, it will become less valuable after all...
[1] http://us.battle.net/d3/en/follower/scoundrel/skill/
[2] http://www.diablowiki.net/Precision
EDIT: damn sunglasses smiley