What is base crit chance and is it worth it.

[Cryten]

Phantoms needles has a over crit unlock which leads to a curious question. Some levels have a base crit chance unlock that seems to do absolutely nothing. Offering a 0.05 increase in your base chance to crit, it takes your non multiplied chance of critting at 33% and leaves it at 33% chance base to crit.

[Iyasenu]

I thought this was addressed in the most recent patch.

That upgrade erroneously gave Crit Chance instead of Base Crit Chance before.
Base Crit Chance +0.05 should turn 33% into 38% before factoring in the boost from Crit Chance.

[Cryten]

Its listed under base crit, but the base crit shown never increased from 33%.

[HeraldOfOpera]

Originally posted by Cryten:

Its listed under base crit, but the base crit shown never increased from 33%.

Yeah, it still counts. If you do the math, you'll find that it's being added to your base before other multipliers then multiply it. Since this is also the order the modifiers are written in the tooltip...

[🌺💗Tazzamorous💗🌺]

Originally posted by Cryten:

Its listed under base crit, but the base crit shown never increased from 33%.

The "Base" crit rate, shown in white on the status screen, does not (visually) increase. However, the base traits DO work. You can see their effects if you hover the tooltip where it shows the various effects. Base value bonuses appear at the top, the rest, underneath.