Resilient Core at tier 4 buffs 33% now. No, it does nothing to increase caps. The Alpha slot is basically like slotting another SO to all of your abilities, remember.
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a 33% resist buff would be like adding a res SO and a lvl 50 "tri" IO
example
Level 1: Dark Embrace
- Titanium Coating - Resistance/Endurance
- Titanium Coating - Resistance
- Titanium Coating - Endurance
- Resist Damage
- Aegis - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
the SO and the Aegis above represent the alpha boost..
so the three TitCoat's would give 58% Resist
other options:
-two res/end IO's would give 57% resist
-one Ribosome would give you 51% resist.
-one res/end IO would give about 48% resist.
I don't have Resilient Core so these #'s are approximate. Also I didn't take into account the ED thats ignored so these numbers are probably way low..
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But unless I'm looking a huge and very tough gift horse in the mouth, that 33% is just 33% extra on the base of the power.
So allowing for ED that's +5% or so on a 22.5% shield? Btw I'd LOVE to be wrong and it's a hard 33% number.
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Based on the tier, a percentage of it bypasses ED. Like the Spiritual I am using is the 45% top one and 2/3 of it is untouched by ED, meaning I get 30% no matter what. I play off that and may save slots based on my Alphas. I don't need to operate at 110%(literally) for most of the game, so I will save that level 50 recharge and put that slot somewhere else. Raw numbers means I will effectively go from 110% or so to about 80-85%. The bonus to this is now we have enhancement boosters so I can still get into the 90's with the 50+3 recharge I may have in there now. Add to that, now I can use that slot to get the extra slot that may give me a +5% recharge or +6.25% here or there. It all will figure back in to nice recharge and better slotting.|
Originally Posted by the_postman
But unless I'm looking a huge and very tough gift horse in the mouth, that 33% is just 33% extra on the base of the power.
So allowing for ED that's +5% or so on a 22.5% shield? Btw I'd LOVE to be wrong and it's a hard 33% number. |
With Resilient Core Paragon the 33% bonus has 2/3 of it untouched so you will get 22% bonus on top of whatever ED value you have, so if it was 56% bonus, it would move to 78%. Not sure what the real numbers add up to, but it is better than adding a level 50 and getting the extra 5% you were saying.
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The person above me explained it already, but just to clarify further: |
Originally Posted by the_postman
But unless I'm looking a huge and very tough gift horse in the mouth, that 33% is just 33% extra on the base of the power.
So allowing for ED that's +5% or so on a 22.5% shield? Btw I'd LOVE to be wrong and it's a hard 33% number. |
One of the features of the Alpha slots is that a portion of them completely ignores ED.
So, if you have the tier 4 slotted, you will be getting 33% or 45%, and 2/3rds of that ignores ED, so no matter how you have the power slotted you will be getting at least 22% or 30% out of that Alpha being slotted.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
Does the new alpha that maxes at 27% resist allow you to go over 75% resist max of scrappers? Also, how does that fit with DA slotted 1 res, 1 res/end, 1 end? I am trying to save slots wherever possible, and reactive armor seems like a poor choice for melee/ranged def. A full gladiators armor set seems like a better choice at 2.5% ranged, but theres no way I can afford that at all. Titanium coating at 5 slots seems a much better solution than 4 slotting 2 DA resists for half the melee def, and just 1.3 ish ranged def. It is at least 1 slot cheaper. I want to maximize my resist input and maximize my value from the 27% resist.
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