There's a value in "not getting hit", especially on a controller since that also means "not getting a status effect" almost certainly outweighs reducing cast times on powers by a fraction of a second, which is all you're really talking about at 5% recharge.
Remember too that at incarnate levels, mobs have a boosted base chance to hit, so that extra bit of defense is that much more important if you're going to go play in DA or run BAFs.
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So, my old fire/rad controller from the super-theme team from over a year ago has SJ instead of SS, and I wanted to respec him, and apply some of the lessons I've learned this past year about IO sets, their bonuses and the flexibility a couple of hami-o's can provide.
I'm going to ask this question:
If I have 49.4% ranged defense, and I have a choice - I can frankenslot - on a given power and reduce my ranged def to 46.27% with a trade off of having flashfire boosted for damage more than for a stun.
Also, my recharge is a bit low - only 65% without hasten. So, I am thinking about replacing my set of numinas (that's in the Radiant Aura) with a set of Panaceas.
What I'm after here is to learn if there's some sort of rule of thumb - sort of like the 2%resist =1%defense.
Is 5% recharge and 10% regen worth 3.13% ranged defense?
This is going to be a toon whose sole use is going to be incarnate trials, as the super team stopped teaming up a long time ago.
I'd suffer through the lack of SS, but when I play my earth/rad and notice how it can just stand there and spam AoE immobs and slows with nary a scratch while solo, it's a real contrast with my fire/rad who takes in a lot more because defense wasn't really an issue when teaming with 7 other fire/rads. (4 AMs going during the entire course of a mission makes things go dead pretty quick!)
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