aranha Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) This is not a QQ thread! Its purely informational! Armor = Damage ReductionDefense = Parry and DeflectShield = Chance of Absorbtion This is how it works and why Tanking stats are not viable in PVP: Melee & Ranged = Armor, Defense & Shield mitigated *white damage*Energy & Kinetic = Armor mitigated *ignores shield and defense*Tech & Force = Armor mitigated *ignores shield and defense*Elemental & Internal = No mitigation *ignores all defensive stats* Criticals ignore shield and defenseDamage recieved from Guard is not mitigated The only stat that reduces everything is expertise! Just to give Tank players a understanding of how mitigation works. So in terms of PVP the Darkness tree gives us pretty much no mitigation at all. Edited January 19, 2012 by aranha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercilessfire Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Good to know, hopefully BW fixes this, otherwise I still see no reason to go tank hybrid over deception in PvP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodobson Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Knowledge is power. As a Darkness Assassin I would not expect my standard tank gear to suffice in a PvP enviroment. Much as A DPS should not expect outstanding result from doing PvP without PvP gear. Great post OP, clearing things like this up helps quell needless forum QQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodobson Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Knowledge is power. As a Darkness Assassin I would not expect my standard tank gear to suffice in a PvP enviroment. Much as A DPS should not expect outstanding result from doing PvP without PvP gear. Great post OP, clearing things like this up helps quell needless forum QQ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stranded_Law Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 None of which stops us from being hard as **** to kill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aranha Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 None of which stops us from being hard as **** to kill. The problem is that if you know how, were just as easily killed as any other class.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoguexA Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 None of which stops us from being hard as **** to kill. Considering that I have Dark Ward up 80% of the time when I'm in combat (20% being when it's on CD) I still die -stupidly- fast, even after popping all defensive cooldowns. I have 400 Expertise, I get ripped to shreds by near on everything. More so Troopers and Smugglers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesperr Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Considering that I have Dark Ward up 80% of the time when I'm in combat (20% being when it's on CD) I still die -stupidly- fast, even after popping all defensive cooldowns. I have 400 Expertise, I get ripped to shreds by near on everything. More so Troopers and Smugglers. Welcome to SWTOR where defense and shield is useless and armor-piercing tech attacks are common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoguexA Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Welcome to SWTOR where defense and shield is useless and armor-piercing tech attacks are common. Obviously :C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syclic Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 this should be a QQ thread because it outlines why there's no point to have the tanking pvp sets in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aranha Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 this should be a QQ thread because it outlines why there's no point to have the tanking pvp sets in the game. Im a Darkness/Madness specc and i dont even use a shield... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aranha Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Bump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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