I was gonna post this analysis on another forum, but it started to get unwieldy and too far OT. So here it is... pray the itemization system continues to scale as it has been in beta thus far!
From what I recall (and I could be off, so bear that in mind) the Hit Rating needed for 1% is expected to be 32.789 at level-80 same for Expertise (at 70 it's 15.769). To hit a +3-level Boss we need 28% (dual-wielding), - 5% for Precision (now available for either Muti or Combat builds), that leaves 23% miss.
23 x 32.789 = 754.147 @ 80
23 x 15.769 = 362.687 @70
That means the new hit cap will be 755.
All the current data coming out of beta (and from I can see myself) seems to be showing that stats are scaling pretty much in line so that it will be about as hard to near the hit cap at 80 as it is at 70. But after looking into the numbers a bit, I thought I should share.
Sorry if I missed this being discussed elsewhere.
*edit: insomnia math is teh suk
Edited, Oct 1st 2008 10:58am by TherionSaysWhat