Increase damage by X% or 1 point?

[Brannagan]

Which is better of the two? I'm only asking because i've got a point for passives and I can either choose to increase necrotic damage by 12% or I can choose a passive which increases Necrotic damage by 2 points

Now personally the 12% is the obvious answer UNLESS i'm missing how it works and the additional 2 points is actually a lot better?

[Matthew]

It is whatever is proportionally less is worth more. Generally this will be the flat damage because you'll already have several hundreds of % racked up through gear, items, and attribute bonuses.

[TheAceOfSpodes]

So this game has a LOT of multipliers, but fairly low base damage. So improving base damage by just a few points can filter through that massive volume of +% modifiers to become a giant boost.

[Lain]

multiplying % on a small number will give small benefits
but if you have a higher base and then multiply onto that you'll get bigger numbers
so early on better to get higher base number and then add on the % multiplier when you have a couple of digits

[AlienZeratul]

As i read, most "discussions" about it value:
1) added Damage
2) more Damage
3) increased Damage

Which would mean, that flat damage would always be the 1st priority.

[Kmany]

FLat damage is best in most scenarios. Gives a huge boost..