I can't confirm anything but your logic, which appears to be sound.
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It says it dont stack so yep it dont stack.
Edit: Incidently I posted to add the source of info for anyone without it.
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The link for the Energy Absorption power is here
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That was where I got the information from for my post (CoD = City of Data = Nofuture power info pages), so I'm guessing I'm probably right, but establishing a 1% DEF difference with a power that isn't reliably stackable over a significant number of attacks (i.e. I don't think it's possible to perma double stack it without buffs) isn't exactly easy.
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According to CoD, Energy Absorption gives two distinct DEF buffs;
0.6% DEF and 1.0% DEF.
Both buffs are capped at 10 targets, however, the 1.0% buff "...does not stack from same caster" as it's only supposed to be a boost for the first mob hit (to help when you're fighting smaller groups).
Presumably this means that if you stack EA, the second usage doesn't garner the 1.0% buff.
This would mean that (unenhanced) with 10 mobs, your first application of EA would gift you 7% DEF, however, the 2nd (and beyond) application would only bolster that by a further 6% DEF.
Can anyone confirm this for me?
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