Alternate Everquest

The relationship between AC, ATK, and actual damage is very complicated and I think it would be unwise to try to balance an ATK debuff. The marginal value of each point of ATK is subject to the defenders AC and other factors and the whole formula is very difficult to model. In addition, at all ranges the actual damage done is highly variable, so any experiments regarding efficacy of ATK debuff need to be fairly lengthy. Players would have to go to pretty great lengths to quantify the value of the spell. This is why I suggest that the idea be implemented not as an ATK debuff. I didn't mean to give the impression that I disagreed with the idea entirely.