im thinking the original poster probably is thinking about weapon skill vs casters pewpewing, in which case, whenever you hit a mob with a melee weapon it takes melee hit and other factors into account... WEAPON SKILL when raised (can be done by simply whacking mobs) affects hit somewhat, to a major degree if you're starting out with lets say 10 weapon skill in axes, if you're a lvl 80 toon, whacking away with axes you're going to see SEVERAL misses until that weapon skill levels up