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Thread: Mdef+IFA worth it? what about force intimidate?
Message Edited by Trishanya on 11-01-2005 08:32 AM
I tried it out and i think aura + force armor is better than mdef and u have more SP left to get some usefull skills
My prefered Jedi template is MLS enhance 3402 heal 4000 def 4040, u have much dmg output and great defense
Try and find out yourself^^
Here is the breakdown. Master Defender on it's own is +70 innate armor, or 7000 armor, or about 53% resists. Improved Force Armor gives you +40 innate. 70 + 40 = 110. Armor for anyone caps at 100, or 10k armor or 60% resists. So you lose out on +10 innate that you get from FA2, already making you think twice wehther it's worth it or not. Second of all, is it worth it to spend all of those skill points for a 7% increase in protection, knowing that armor effectiveness functions on a diminishing returns scale like most other things? You think 7% is a lot, but in the end, it's a very minute difference. Also factor in now that you are losing force due to force armor.
If you want to simply take less damage from creatures or last longer, look to other options first. Do you have doc buffs? Do you have SL buffs? Are you using things like Exo Protein Wafers or Synthsteak (more protection) when times get rough? Are you using stims and ruby bliel if you need to grab a second heal on stims? Spice? Other food? Do you have root/wave/kd to separate mobs further?
Personally I think if you're MDef it's not worth it. Those SP are better spent elsewhere strengthening your template. Getting FA2 with MDef is barely tweaing your defenses...seems like a lot to give up for little gain.
Vastin wrote:
Dont agree with that:
And if you have 0-4-0-0 Enhancer, you have 54% protection.
I have only foce armor and a friend of me is master enhancer and i could say he take more dmg than me
Aura is better than force armor, so i cant agree that only force armor is equal to master def
Vastin wrote:
Dont agree with that:
And if you have 0-4-0-0 Enhancer, you have 54% protection.
I have only foce armor and a friend of me is master enhancer and i could say he take more dmg than me
Aura is better than force armor, so i cant agree that only force armor is equal to master def
That is really incorrect. Jedi Initiate gives you +20. 0400 Enhancer gives you +40. 40 and 20 is 60, which is 6000 armor or 48% resists. If you pick up novice defender, that gives you +10 more, which is 70 or 7000 or 53% resists, basically a MDef at that point.
Aura is not necessarily better than force armor. I'm not sure how you compare something that forces misses and slightly mitigates damage vs. something that only mitigates damage.
Trishanya wrote:
thz 4 the fast reply, however, i really want to know is:
what does Improved Force Armor do actually?
i have 50 inn jedi armor already in Mdef. since someone told me Improved Force Armor adds 40+ inn jedi armor, if i have over 50 inn jedi armor from Mdef, will it be 90+ inn jedi armor if they do stock?
thz