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Simple question, Google Translate and rikaikun translate 会心 as "Satisfaction"
or "Congeniality", although if it is in an online game where it is a stat
attribute, what do you think would be the best official translation?

We still do not know the mechanics of this in the game since it is fairly new.
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English for 会心 as a stat in an online game
In action or role playing games, 会心【かいしん】 means クリティカル/critical hit, which
happens randomly and deals more damage than usual. If it appears in stats
(like `会心 15`), it must be short for 会心率 (率【りつ】 = chance, rate).

Unlike "critical", 会心 is always used for good damages inflicted on enemies by
allies.

However, 会心, or more specifically
[会心の一撃](http://d.hatena.ne.jp/keyword/%B2%F1%BF%B4%A4%CE%B0%EC%B7%E2), is
strongly associated with [_Dragon Quest_
franchise](http://www.dragonquest.jp/), so other games use it less frequently.
The safer replacement is クリティカル. ("Critical damage" inflicted by enemies is
called 痛恨【つうこん】の一撃 in _Dragon Quest_ ).

Since _Dragon Quest_ is very popular in Japan, both 会心の一撃 and 痛恨の一撃 are
frequently and jokingly used in daily conversations.
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