This is skewed a lot by perception and inaccurate memories. The hit rate was always lame until higher levels, but after playing weird emu servers or modern MMORPGs where whiny players made devs reduce or eliminate misses, many people can't remember what classic melee was like anymore. It feels especially bad right now because everyone's in crap gear and low level. The main factor in hitting your opponent is level difference, and you don't fight mobs 6-7 levels below you when you're level 12 because they'd be green. At 40+ you fight low blues more as the range grows bigger and it becomes more effective to chain-pull endless easy mobs rather than kill shit close to your level.
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