nOOb questions that probably no one will be able to reply (I hope you will)

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/me dances: I'm a nOOb with question!

I know this might be somewhere on the forums and please feel free to direct me if you know where... I'm feeling a bit lazy to search for it myself atm.

1. What does "miss chance" means? Yes, I saw Ark's video with tons of misses on the top of his head but... I still don't understand what it does since I never experienced a "X missed Arcana Strike" (/me dreams with it) or "*you* missed shield bash" (/me hopes never see this). The question is indeed deeper for me, I'm used to think on chance rolls (hit and spell chance) against defensive rolls (all those that make many players mad but not me who casts trip through SoW and Throat Cutter through Protector ... sometimes), but if there is a "miss chance" when is it rolled? And why is it so rare (read: lacking completely)? How can it be improved or manipulated by the use of improved stats or any other modifiers? I have these questions way back up since I first tested "finesse" (never really found out what it did!).

2. Now this will sound weird: why is it written on blue on the "awareness" spell? Because the blue color *usually* stands for self buffs with self stat modifiers, from based improved dmg to evasion (so many examples!). Take the "rigorous preparation" buff, it has the modifiers written in red because it affects (does it?) anyone who targets you (does it *really* work? I mean, does it really affect who's targeting you? because if it does I like the semi-SoW animation )! Is it the "miss chance" a self stat that affects who targets you... how does it work anyway, and more important, how can I use it to overpower my knight?

3. Another one: what is the difference between game mechanics inside the Arena and the WZ... Valorious pointed it out to me once, and I had to acknowledge it until further notice , that the arena wasn't the WZ. However recently I've got a bit distressed after knowing that some barb experimentations I conducted inside of the arena revealed themselves completely wrong after a friend of mine successfully used some spells I thought "broken" (or not worth the cost for apparently not doing relevant debuffs on a target). One of the spells was the 17th of tactics (can't remember the name) I used a lvl 50 barb as "caster" and the "sexiest knight in RO" was the target, and albeit being a short testing I had the feeling it didn't worth the points (and I still think it doesn't for barbs but... I'm a knight now!) because the % protection debuff wasn't noticeable (much less the block). But it was a double protection debuff (the swords one and the tactics altogether can make many people soft as butter in the Mediterranean sun) who made me forget the idea completely.

4. Have you read all of this? I write too much don't I? Not always well but... I have good intentions.

Thanks for your patience.