Well from what ive read the Base Def for Melee and Ranged while actually Hidden is quite small, around 3,5%, but the AoE Def being around 30%. However when reading the American forums, they say when runing hide but being unhidden the Def is around 2%.
Hmm, well the AoE def alone makes that worth the price of entry for slotting, especially if you plan to do any PvP at all (not a priority for me, but still). Probably worth investing 3 slots in then. Thanks!
oh btw dont take those numbers for granted please. Right now im not finding the Thread where it has been discussed.
Even PvE the AoE def is really useful.
Who uses AoEs that you might want to assassinate?
Council
Scrapyarders
Sky Raiders
Nemesis
Freaks
AVs
and others.
I have seen the figure 37.5% quoted as the unsupressed AoE defence, it seems a bit high to me 60% with 3 SOs, but I don't think the devs mind about defence based builds having high AoE defence. Look at SR's toggle power Evasion, IIRC that was the only defensive power to get a boost in I5.
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Well from what ive read the Base Def for Melee and Ranged while actually Hidden is quite small, around 3,5%, but the AoE Def being around 30%. However when reading the American forums, they say when runing hide but being unhidden the Def is around 2%.
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I'd have thought it would be 2.5% and 1.25% like Stealth, but the 30% AoE is probably worth slotting for.
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Do we have a reasonable estimate of the base +DEF for Hide? I'm considering 3-slotting for defence, but if it's a really naff percentage it may not be worth it.