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Note that critical chance bonuses are multiplicative, not additive. Even with all possible bonuses, it's around 5-10% crit. chance at best (the actual base critical chance is unknown, and possibly influenced by [[Luck]]), so even with the Desperado Profession it can be difficult to justify over the flat damage increases of the Fighter branch.
Choosing the Scout Profession increases Critical Strike chance by the following formula: <code>critChance += critChance * 0.5</code>. In fact, all critical strike chance bonuses are multiplicative, not additive. Even with all possible bonuses, it's around 5-10% crit. chance at best, so even with the Desperado Profession it can be difficult to justify over the flat damage increases of the Fighter branch. (Tested crit chance with +50% Scout skill and two +10% crit chance rings. Chance to crit is multiplicative not additive: around 5-10% max [base * 1.5 * 1.1 * 1.1] with all boosts, not 50% + 10% + 10% = 70%).