04-28-2016, 08:42 PM
This topics about Damage Reduction, and a lot of good points were already made, so, this'll be short.
A 50% DR cap would definitely be a start, since getting anymore DR than that makes having actual DEF worthless compared to just stacking enough DR to achieve the same result, but better.
So, let's compare having 80 total defenses with 12% DR (on the assumption they're running BK but without Black Wind yet) vs a monk with 20 defense, but as much DR as they can get (I'm just saying 60% here due to how DR stacking works)
100 damage. BK takes (100-80)*0.88 = 17 damage. Monk takes (100-20)*0.4 = 32 damage. Already for having 60 more defense and even some DR, the BK is only reducing the damage by -15- compared to the monk.
200 damage. BK takes (200-80)*0.88 = 105 damage. Monk takes (200-20)*0.4 = 72 damage. Now the BK is eating more damage because his defense is worth less, as the damage is far surpassing it, and DR is -more effective- the higher the numbers get.
Damage numbers very often surpass the hundreds with how many percentage bonuses and methods of stripping defense there are, but, DR scales in usefullness beyond what DEF can offer.
A 50% DR cap would definitely be a start, since getting anymore DR than that makes having actual DEF worthless compared to just stacking enough DR to achieve the same result, but better.
So, let's compare having 80 total defenses with 12% DR (on the assumption they're running BK but without Black Wind yet) vs a monk with 20 defense, but as much DR as they can get (I'm just saying 60% here due to how DR stacking works)
100 damage. BK takes (100-80)*0.88 = 17 damage. Monk takes (100-20)*0.4 = 32 damage. Already for having 60 more defense and even some DR, the BK is only reducing the damage by -15- compared to the monk.
200 damage. BK takes (200-80)*0.88 = 105 damage. Monk takes (200-20)*0.4 = 72 damage. Now the BK is eating more damage because his defense is worth less, as the damage is far surpassing it, and DR is -more effective- the higher the numbers get.
Damage numbers very often surpass the hundreds with how many percentage bonuses and methods of stripping defense there are, but, DR scales in usefullness beyond what DEF can offer.