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Defense Bonuses

Aett_Thorn

By Aett_Thorn,
Posted on: 2009-05-22 03:48 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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Heya folks,

Since there are lots of different kinds of defense bonuses i was wondering how they work?
For example there are bonuses against Ranged, AoE, Energy, Smashing, etc... bonuses - what would happen with attacks that belong in several categories (For example a grenade, Smashing/AoE), would the highest bonus count, or would the two stack?

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The highest bonus counts. E.G. if you have 20% AoE defense and 30% Fire defense and are attacked with a Fireball, the game engine will calculate whether you're hit based on the 30% Fire Defense, ignoring the 20% AoE.

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Also, if an attack is two different types of damage, say smashing/energy, and you have 20% smashing defense but only 15% energy defense, it will use the lower number.

 

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Also, if an attack is two different types of damage, say smashing/energy, and you have 20% smashing defense but only 15% energy defense, it will use the lower number.

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Say what?

Doesn't that contradict what EvilGecko just said? Or are you saying typed defense works differently than positional?

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Also, if an attack is two different types of damage, say smashing/energy, and you have 20% smashing defense but only 15% energy defense, it will use the lower number.

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This is wrong. It will ALWAYS...always always always use the higher number.

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Also, if an attack is two different types of damage, say smashing/energy, and you have 20% smashing defense but only 15% energy defense, it will use the lower number.

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This is wrong. It will ALWAYS...always sometimes always use the higher number.

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This.

 

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Also, if an attack is two different types of damage, say smashing/energy, and you have 20% smashing defense but only 15% energy defense, it will use the lower number.

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This is wrong. It will ALWAYS...always sometimes always use the higher number.

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This.

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Please show us when it will ever choose the lower number.

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Whaaa? My bad, didn't mean to spread false information. That's what an SG-mate told me. Perhaps I misheard him.

 

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Whaaa? My bad, didn't mean to spread false information. That's what an SG-mate told me. Perhaps I misheard him.

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Hah, and I just misREAD that as, "Perhaps i murdered him."

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