Figuring out Softcap
Pre-ED means before factoring in Enhancement Diversification's diminishing returns. Soft cap generally refers to Defense and the various To-Hit math things.
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Soft_Cap
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Enhancement_Diversification
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Click on the Totals tab in the lower left window and it will show you your total typed & positional defense numbers. 45% is the softcap.
The second link Aggelakis gave is broken (missing the first 'n' in 'Enhancement') but the first given includes a link to it.
If you mean the ED soft cap that is the point at which you start suffering the 85% discount on further enhancement (ED has 4 tiers: 100%, 90%, 70% and 15%). That value is the number listed in the last left-hand cell of the tables given on the ED page for each enhancement. That's 100% before ED for most things, 60% for Defense/Resistance/Range/ToHit Buff/ToHit Debuff, 120% for Interrupt and 180% for Knockback.
If you mean the Defense soft cap that's 45% after ED due to the the ToHit floor of 5% and base 50% ToHit for PvE foes.
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edit Oh poo, I fixed it on the wiki end anyway.
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Yeah, I meant the link was broken, not the page linked to. I could have quoted it with the correction, but since the first link included a prominent link to the second I didn't think it was worth the trouble.
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I feel like a noob asking this question but is softcap, im using mids hero/villain designer and is the softcap where it says Pre ED. Because im planning on softcaping my characters but curious to know if i am actually softcapping them.