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Thread: Unarmed defense same as Melee defense?
- Melee defense: this is your defensive stat against melee attacks (someone is swinging a sword at you). This is active no matter what you have equipped.
- Ranged defense: this is your defensive stat against ranged attacks (someone is shooting at you).
- {weapon} defense: this is your defensive bonus when wielding a particular weapon. Every weapon type has an associated defense bonus, although some profs give more weapon defense than others. This stat stacks on top of both melee defense and ranged defenseto get your total defense vs. those types of attacks.
So say you have a TKM / Master Smuggler template. You have:
- +125 melee defense
- +100 ranged defense
- +75 unarmed defense
- +20 pistol defense
You're fighting a Piket (which uses melee attacks). If you have a pistol equipped, your total melee defense = 125 + 20 = 145. If you are unarmed (or using a knuckler) your total melee defense = 125 + 75 = 200.
You kill the Piket, and move on to some stormtroopers around a PvE Imperial base. They start shooting at you, so now we're concerned with ranged defense. If you have a pistol equipped your ranged defense = 100 + 20 = 120. Unarmed = 100 + 75 = 175.
The +25 cap on skill tapes only looks at a single skill mod. So if you got +25 unarmed defense and +25 melee defense tapes, wearing them both gives you an effective +50 to your defense against melee attacks while fighting unarmed. If you switch to a pistol, you'll only get the +25 from the melee defense tape. If you're unarmed and being shot at, you'll only get the benefit from the +25 unarmed defense tape (since that also adds to your ranged defense).
Hope that helps.
Malaik wrote:
Ok, so then that means that since i'm only melee prof.I basically only care for unarmed defense, melee defense, pistol defense and rifle defense cuz ranged defense will only work if i'm using a gun, Right? AmI understanding what you said correctly?
No, you've got them backwards. "Melee defense" is how well you defend against someone attacking you when they have a melee weapon. "Ranged defense" is how well you defend yourself against someone attacking you with a ranged weapon.
Pistol defense only gets added to your defense if you are using a pistol. Rifle defense only gets added if you're using a rifle. And these bonuses get added to both your base "melee defense" and "ranged defense" skills.