Oh, good call, Chaos. I didn't catch that set when I was reviewing them. The odd thing is, I finally downloaded Mids last night to see if my numbers were right. I plugged in what I had listed above, and it came back with ~43%. So I just figured I made a mistake with the math somewhere, and decided to see what it would look like if I 6 slotted Stupefy in Boxing. Came back with ~41%. Now I don't trust Mids anymore.
That's odd. Mids is usually spot on. Did you leave out the Steadfast, or turn off Weave?
Nah, I left everything the exact same, as far as the defense granting set slotting; I just pulled a few from Build Up, Power Boost, and Aid Self. I'll double check it.
EDIT: Well, I must've been doing something wrong. Went back in and tried again, and I'm sitting at 45.3 to Ranged. Also a ~45% increase to Accuracy and 17.5 to Damage...that last one was a nice surprise. I was only paying attention to the Ranged Defense stuff, and the Primary is Elec, so it's nice to have the added damage.
Eradication gives 1.56 ranged defense for slotting 3. Much better all around numbers than Cleaving Blow as well (for Short Circuit).
Lockdown is 3.75 for 6, or if you're short on slots I think Basilisk's Gaze is 1.25 for 2 or 3 (for Tesla Cage and or Shocking Bolt). If you're crazy enough, you can slot Thunderstrikes in the holds, but Lockdown is better for making the power its slotted in better.
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The slotting I used is 5 posts up, and the results I got are 2 posts up. Also, I've not got Short Circuit.
I managed to achieve what I was trying (hit the Ranged Soft Cap without sacrificing concept, power selections, or using mule powers), and picked up some other nice benefits along the way.
Yeah, sorry, glanced over your post and missed you typing about Lockdown.
Good luck! I spend too much time in melee using Power Boost + Short Circuit and melee to focus on just on ranged defense.
I may do that soft cap stuff on my Sonic/MM blaster.
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It is great but I'd really use it when doing hard stuff. If you can't afford two builds I would say go for a good mix of recharge and defense. Aim for around 20% ranged defense and then build for recharge.
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As for /Dev I like my ranged defense. With almost every other secondary that requires melee use I usually mix Melee, Ranged defense, with damage and recharge. That is how it is for my Fire x3.
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2 lvl 50 defense IOs in Weave will give you 1.93% So, yes. But 2 Cytoskeleton HOs would give you 1.9% and reduce the endurance cost of Weave by 0.13 end/sec.
Alternatively, you could slot Power Thrust with 3 Explosive Strike for 1.88% ranged def and a 1.5% global damage buff.
Edit: yes, your calculations were correct.