Why is Wyll missing 90% of his attacks?

[Valorthal]

I went blade with wyll and set up with darkness/blinds/sneak attacks/high ground, really whatever I can do to give advantage and increase his chance to hit. No matter the set up his landing a hit frequency is close to 15% of all attacks he attempts. This includes attacks with 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 92%, 98% hit chances. He just misses constantly for no reason. No other character is having this issue, in fact most hit more often than I expect them to so I'm wondering why wyll is practically useless.

[Malthar]

just ♥♥♥♥ luck mate, thats how dice rolls go. you can hover over them in the combat log to see what's being rolled

[guppy]

Are you remembering to bind the pact weapon after long rest?

[Lazarus Long]

Originally posted by Valorthal:

I went blade with wyll and set up with darkness/blinds/sneak attacks/high ground, really whatever I can do to give advantage and increase his chance to hit. No matter the set up his landing a hit frequency is close to 15% of all attacks he attempts. This includes attacks with 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 92%, 98% hit chances. He just misses constantly for no reason. No other character is having this issue, in fact most hit more often than I expect them to so I'm wondering why wyll is practically useless.

There is a game setting called <i>Karmic Dice</i> and it can wreak the havoc it is trying to prevent because it's trying to keep the game balanced. With it on the more your party fails the the more likely they are to succeed. On the other hand, the more they succeed the more likely they are to fail. There is no way to know when or where Karmic Dice will strike next.

[DyD&Marina]

Originally posted by Lazarus Long:

Originally posted by Valorthal:

I went blade with wyll and set up with darkness/blinds/sneak attacks/high ground, really whatever I can do to give advantage and increase his chance to hit. No matter the set up his landing a hit frequency is close to 15% of all attacks he attempts. This includes attacks with 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 92%, 98% hit chances. He just misses constantly for no reason. No other character is having this issue, in fact most hit more often than I expect them to so I'm wondering why wyll is practically useless.

There is a game setting called <i>Karmic Dice</i> and it can wreak the havoc it is trying to prevent because it's trying to keep the game balanced. With it on the more your party fails the the more likely they are to succeed. On the other hand, the more they succeed the more likely they are to fail. There is no way to know when or where Karmic Dice will strike next.

Not really.

Developers explained karmic dice not really influence the challenge of the fight and not even intervene in this case.

"From now on, loaded dice will only bend RNG in the rolling character's favour. That means you will not be made to miss to make up for a lucky streak of hits. This change also applies to NPC's and enemies, so the effects on the relative challenge of combat should be minimal."
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1086940/view/3088881558143814476

Is simple an additional fix to the natural problem of the pseudo randomness of pc/videogames.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Are you proficient in all the gear you are wearing on him? Probably but never hurts to ask

[alex010300]

Isn't he a warlock ? I just use him as a spell caster.

[A Wispy Willy]

Originally posted by alex010300:

Isn't he a warlock ? I just use him as a spell caster.

Warlocks can actually make decent melee fighters, they just need a bit of care used with them.

[Dailao]

Originally posted by Valorthal:

Why is Wyll missing 90% of his attacks?

I constantly use him. He's not. It's your bad luck.

[Teddy]

You're bad at rolling digital dice :<

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by Valorthal:

Why is Wyll missing 90% of his attacks?
I went blade with wyll and set up with darkness/blinds/sneak attacks/high ground, really whatever I can do to give advantage and increase his chance to hit. No matter the set up his landing a hit frequency is close to 15% of all attacks he attempts. This includes attacks with 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 92%, 98% hit chances. He just misses constantly for no reason. No other character is having this issue, in fact most hit more often than I expect them to so I'm wondering why wyll is practically useless.

He is half blind. He ought to miss at least 50% for canon.

[Sparhawk122]

Because the hit percentages displayed on screen in my opinion are false. An 80% chance feels more like a 40-50% chance to hit.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

Because the hit percentages displayed on screen in my opinion are false. An 80% chance feels more like a 40-50% chance to hit.

In order to gather the data properly you would have to run 100s of the same roll to calculate how far off it is. Also keep in mind it says 80% but it's still a dice roll on a d20 it's just doing the statistical math for us to make it easier to process the odds. So a 95% means you probably can't miss barring a Nat 1 which is a critical miss, I believe and 80% is a 4 or lower on a D20 assuming it calculates AC and bonuses vs debuffs, advantages and gear all that, then it could be higher or lower just thay the game thinks that's roughly accurate to your odds.

[Valorthal]

So I am binding the pact weapon, I turned off karmic dice when I started the game after launch, and I have him in only gear he is proficient with. I took moderately armored so I could run him as a Frontline with 19-20 ac in med with shield and I use him hybrid close and mid range with weapon and blasts. I got so frustrated with him I sent him to camp in his undies and hadn't touched him since. Pulled him back out for underdark and he has yet to land a hit since. Every other character on the game operates normally so I'm not understanding why he is so useless. I used him in the pre-launch and he was my favorite companion but bro is so bad I'd rather have anyone else at this point I just don't get why and that's what is bugging me.

[KingOfFriedChicken]

Originally posted by Valorthal:

So I am binding the pact weapon, I turned off karmic dice when I started the game after launch, and I have him in only gear he is proficient with. I took moderately armored so I could run him as a Frontline with 19-20 ac in med with shield and I use him hybrid close and mid range with weapon and blasts. I got so frustrated with him I sent him to camp in his undies and hadn't touched him since. Pulled him back out for underdark and he has yet to land a hit since. Every other character on the game operates normally so I'm not understanding why he is so useless. I used him in the pre-launch and he was my favorite companion but bro is so bad I'd rather have anyone else at this point I just don't get why and that's what is bugging me.

It's not entirely impossible he is bugged for some odd reason or another, but they easiest method of testing if it's the save is start a new game and see if he is just as bad? But I have had no issue on the accuracy front with wyll in my games

[SlimTwoFive]

I’m having the same problem with Wy as well. On PS5 even. I’ve checked to make sure he’s proficient on his weapons. I haven’t upgraded his armor because every time I take him with me, he doesn’t hit anything. So I end up leaving him behind.

One thing and I’m not sure I’d this could be related. But somewhere at some point he lost his starting weapon. I don’t know if I accidentally sold it off or what. But I remember him suddenly not having a weapon. Right now he has that early glaive. But he even misses with the bow and his eldritch blast!