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Melee Resists Question (in depth)

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Outphaze Myrmidon Posts: 157 Joined: Jan 24, 2011 23:17	Reply with quote by Outphaze » Jan 23, 2013 07:31 First, let me say that there are 3 types of "melee resists" that I am going to use in this thread. 1) Armor absorption (Scale: 27%, RF: 19% etc...) 2) Melee resists from SC (i.e. max=26% @ lv 50) 3) RA Resists (i.e. Physical defense) For the following examples I will be using a lv 50 ranger, using RF armor, max resists (26%) and PD3 (12%). How exactly is damaged mitigation calculated and in what order? For example, is each "tier" of resist mitigated separately, one after another? If this is the case, 12% from PD will ultimately mitigate much less than 12% of the original damage. (100 original damage * .81 from RF = 81 remaining. --> 81 * .74 (resists) = 60 remaining. 60 * .88 (PD3) = 52.8 --> final damage. So, if this is indeed the damage mitigation is calculated, the TOTAL absorbed is only 47.2%. This is much less than if you were to add all three together and combine on the original hit (which would be 100 * .57 = 43damage taken. Can anyone shed some light on the correct method of calculating this? Would be greatly appreciated... Werewoof Cheers, Sailor ---

HulkGris Phoenix Knight Posts: 1256 Joined: Jan 23, 2012 19:48	Reply with quote by HulkGris » Jan 23, 2013 19:47 Outphaze wrote:(100 original damage * .81 from RF = 81 remaining. --> 81 * .74 (resists) = 60 remaining. 60 * .88 (PD3) = 52.8 --> final damage. So, if this is indeed the damage mitigation is calculated, the TOTAL absorbed is only 47.2%. It is. RIP : Ectoplasme My own version of Uthgard Character Builder

Jaysun Myrmidon Posts: 145 Joined: Dec 15, 2012 17:24 Location: S. Florida	Reply with quote by Jaysun » Jan 26, 2013 00:50 As a Ranger you should go Purge 2 before PD 3 simply because any Assasin will eat through your PD with viper anyway. Purge->purge 2-IP then some passives then ip2 imo Jaysun - Valewalker

Magicco Alerion Knight Posts: 2360 Joined: Aug 01, 2010 00:00	Reply with quote by Magicco » Jan 26, 2013 13:25 Jaysun wrote:As a Ranger you should go Purge 2 before PD 3 simply because any Assasin will eat through your PD with viper anyway. Purge->purge 2-IP then some passives then ip2 imo well my ranger has no purge no ip no pd just because i avoid melee as a bow class and shoot em all down :p

Raggnar Gryphon Knight Posts: 475 Joined: Aug 18, 2011 17:36	Reply with quote by Raggnar » Jan 27, 2013 02:11 Jaysun wrote:As a Ranger you should go Purge 2 before PD 3 simply because any Assasin will eat through your PD with viper anyway. Purge->purge 2-IP then some passives then ip2 imo I believe the man asked for an explanation about melee resists, not your advice on RA spec xD. "He was concerned only with the naked fundamentals of life. The warm intimacies of small, kindly things, the sentiments and delicious trivialities that make up so much of civilized men's lives were meaningless to him. A wolf was no less a wolf because a whim of chance caused him to run with the watch-dogs. Bloodshed and violence and savagery were the natural elements of the life Conan knew; he could not, and would never, understand the little things that are so dear to civilized men and women."

Outphaze Myrmidon Posts: 157 Joined: Jan 24, 2011 23:17	Reply with quote by Outphaze » Jan 28, 2013 10:06 Raggnar wrote: Jaysun wrote:As a Ranger you should go Purge 2 before PD 3 simply because any Assasin will eat through your PD with viper anyway. Purge->purge 2-IP then some passives then ip2 imo I believe the man asked for an explanation about melee resists, not your advice on RA spec xD. My thoughts exactly. Cheers, Sailor ---