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'''Proc''' is an abbreviation that refers a [[skill]] or [[item]] effect being activated when there is a percentage chance of activation. If a [[skill]] effect in the game has a chance to happen on a melee hit, then the percentage chance is the "proc rate".

==Examples==
If a [[Barbarian]] has invested skill points into [[Berserker State]], the spell has a 6% "proc chance" when fighting enemies. This means there is a 6% chance the skill's active component will activate.

This is also true on [[item]]s, where there is a chance of an effect going off on hit, and can also relate to spell casts, being hit, scoring a [[Critical Hit]], [[Dodge]] or any other event in the game.

==Background==
The term "proc" is a programming term that refers to an event triggered under particular circumstances, or being "processed".

Proc is also sometimes short for "spec_proc" ("special procedure"), used by the original programmer of Circle-MUD, Jeremy Elson and possibly the original programmers of diku-MUD as well. These "special procedures" are functions assigned to objects, players, and locations to invoke a "special procedure" when a specific event occurs. These were used in a variety of ways in Circle-MUD, and might have originated the term.

When developers and players were talking about "special procedures" it was abbreviated to "proc". It evolved to a verb ("proced", "proc'd" or "procced"), indicating the procedure was activated.

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 * [http://www.nerfbat.com/2006/04/15/what-is-a-proc/ What is a Proc]?
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/patch-1-0-4-preview-wizard Wizard v1.0.4 preview]
+* [[Witch Doctor proc rates]]
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 <blue>Energy Twister is having its proc coefficient reduced from 0.25 to 0.125. For players who may not know what proc coefficients are: they affect how effectively a skill triggers procs (or effects that have a small chance to activate). Many skills (like Magic Missile) have a proc coefficient of 1. Skills that hit multiple targets or pulse multiple times have lower proc coefficients.
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 In the case of Energy Twister, specifically Wicked Wind, the 0.25 proc coefficient causes the skill to generate more procs in a given time period than any other skill. Currently, this is used in combination with Critical Mass to lower the cooldown on skills like Frost Nova and Diamond Skin. By reducing the proc coefficient from 0.25 to 0.125, the build still works and remains fairly strong, but it won’t be quite as good as it is now. (For those with extremely high Crit rates, you may not even notice much difference, but I wanted to call it out anyway. )</blue>
 ==Background==

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-'''Proc''' is a term that refers a [[skill]], [[item]], or other effect that is activated automatically, usually on some percentage chance. If a [[skill]] effect in the game has a chance to happen on a melee hit, then the percentage chance is the "proc rate".
+'''Proc''' is a term that refers a [[skill]], [[item]], or other effect that is activated automatically, usually on some percentage chance. An effect such as "2% chance of knockback" could be said to have a 2% chance of proc'ing.
 Procs are widely used in World of Warcraft skills,[http://www.wowwiki.com/Proc] which no doubt influenced the Diablo III developers in their design.
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 ==Procs in Diablo III==
-Procs are present in many game functions, though they may not be referred to as "procs" by the developers. For instance, functions like [[Critical Hit]]s are procs, as they trigger a special effect some set % of the time.
+The first use of the term in Diablo III came from a tweety by [[@Diablo]] in March 2011, when referring to the function of the [[Barbarian]]'s [[Revenge]] skill.[http://twitter.com/Diablo/statuses/48845117712367616]
-The only (so far) known skill that works as a proc in Diablo III is the [[Barbarian]]'s [[Revenge]] skill, which was described as a "proc" by [[@Diablo]] in March 2011. [http://twitter.com/Diablo/statuses/48845117712367616]
+<blue>Energy Twister is having its proc coefficient reduced from 0.25 to 0.125. For players who may not know what proc coefficients are: they affect how effectively a skill triggers procs (or effects that have a small chance to activate). Many skills (like Magic Missile) have a proc coefficient of 1. Skills that hit multiple targets or pulse multiple times have lower proc coefficients.
-<blue>No it's a skill, it's a proc, which isn't quite the same as a passive.</blue>
+In the case of Energy Twister, specifically Wicked Wind, the 0.25 proc coefficient causes the skill to generate more procs in a given time period than any other skill. Currently, this is used in combination with Critical Mass to lower the cooldown on skills like Frost Nova and Diamond Skin. By reducing the proc coefficient from 0.25 to 0.125, the build still works and remains fairly strong, but it won’t be quite as good as it is now. (For those with extremely high Crit rates, you may not even notice much difference, but I wanted to call it out anyway. )</blue>
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 ::“Proc” is almost entirely [[Everquest]] slang... Even in the muds, it wasn’t that widely used because only some codebases used the term. It took EQ publicizing the inherited term to make it common knowledge.
 ==References==
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 * [http://www.wowwiki.com/Proc Procs on World of Warcraft].
 * [http://www.nerfbat.com/2006/04/15/what-is-a-proc/ What is a Proc]?

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	* [http://www.wowwiki.com/Proc Procs on World of Warcraft].		* [http://www.wowwiki.com/Proc Procs on World of Warcraft].
−	* [http://www.nerfbat.com/2006/04/15/what-is-a-proc/ What is a Proc?	+	* [http://www.nerfbat.com/2006/04/15/what-is-a-proc/ What is a Proc]?

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 ===Origin Explanation===
-Old time RPG developer [http://www.raphkoster.com/ Raph Koster]'s explanation:
+Old time RPG developer [http://www.raphkoster.com/ Raph Koster]'s explanation:[http://www.nerfbat.com/2006/04/15/what-is-a-proc/]
 ::Short for spec_proc (special procedure), which is a bit of code triggered to cover a special case that the default code doesn’t handle.
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 ::“Proc” is almost entirely [[Everquest]] slang... Even in the muds, it wasn’t that widely used because only some codebases used the term. It took EQ publicizing the inherited term to make it common knowledge.
 ==References==

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-'''Proc''' is an acronym that refers a [[skill]] or [[item]] effect being activated when there is a percentage chance of activation. If a [[skill]] effect in the game has a chance to happen on a melee hit, then the percentage chance is the "proc rate".
+'''Proc''' is a term that refers a [[skill]], [[item]], or other effect that is activated automatically, usually on some percentage chance. If a [[skill]] effect in the game has a chance to happen on a melee hit, then the percentage chance is the "proc rate".
-==Examples==
+* See more [[Reference]] terms.
-If a [[Barbarian]] has invested skill points into [[Berserker State]], the spell has a 6% "proc chance" when fighting enemies. This means there is a 6% chance the skill's active component will activate.
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 When developers and players were talking about "special procedures" it was abbreviated to "proc". It evolved to a verb ("proced", "proc'd" or "procced"), indicating the procedure was activated.
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