Aleron Ives
Member
The formula is simply base hit chance - (distance * 0.333333), where "distance" is between you and the monster. Rangers always use the base hit chance without the reduction caused by distance. The penalty is applied to your hit chance, i.e. after the ATA/EVP calculation has already happened. It doesn't add or subtract ATA from the attack directly, so you can't say that distance subtracts ATA: the effective ATA loss depends upon what the original hit chance was against that particular enemy's EVP, so the penalty is not the same against each enemy.