Bonus Accuracy Turns into Armor Penetration

[XBearX]

Whenever trying to figure out formulas, you have to keep in mind that some systems use multipliers that affect the base number and others are additive.

 

I recently respecced my assassin to get the 20% armor increase. I shouldn't have been surprised to find the total increase less than 10% (from ~ 6120 to 6670) which in turn only made about a 2-3% difference in damage reduction. When you expect a 3, 5, or even 10% reduction in enemy mitigations, it may not actually amount to that depending on if it counters the base (pre-multiplied) or offsets the other increases - Ex. BaseX(150%+20%) - 10%XBase vs. BaseX(150%+20%-10%).

 

I'll probably do some testing to see how important 30%+ defense is on an assassin.

 

Keep up the tests, questioning, and challenging.