Divine Veil +Radiant Silvermail +Dragon Scale Shield
Is is *completely* inadvisable? o.O
Zero Normal Damage Protection
Wed, 05/30/2012 - 01:51
Wed, 05/30/2012 - 04:38
#2
Processing Thoughts of You Always
Yes.
Next!
Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:06
#3
Wouldn't that have half of
Wouldn't that have half of everything covered? And say I don't have the resources to get very specific armours.
Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:55
#4
First, if you didn't already
First, if you didn't already know, the shield doesn't account for your own defense.
So for the armor, you have :
- 1 units of elemental defense
- 2 units of shadow defense
- 1 units of piercing defense
Let's say you are in T2, against mobs dealing 50/50 normal/special (in T3, there is less normal damage, but there is still a lot, it'll still hold true).
If you take 2 parts of something which is normal + specialized defense, worst case is you have 2 units of normal + 2 irrelevant defense.
You'll perform just as well against shadow, but twice better against piercing and elemental! But now, there is the best case, where you have one or 2 relevant units of specialized damage. If you take a standard wolver or gunslinger line, you'll perform 4x better against piercing, while still performing just as well against shadow and twice better against elemental.
The same is true for the shield, which will break just as fast as a normal one against piercing/elemental but way faster against shadow, not accounting for the other shield you could have taken specialized defense.
So to sum up, it's totally a bad idea.
Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:58
#5
Personal experience:
NO. DON'T EVER GET THEM FOR REGULAR CLOCKWORKING AND MISSIONS
It's as good as going to a shadow depth without any shadow defense.
Wed, 05/30/2012 - 05:58
#6
then you get a general-purpose set
If you want to own only one set of armor, then make it general-purpose, such as Divine Veil with Skolver Coat or Justifier Jacket. The setup you proposed is not general-purpose, due to the lack of normal. And, yes, you should always have normal on your shield.
Thu, 05/31/2012 - 18:17
#7
Divine Veil with Skolver Coat
Divine Veil with Skolver Coat, I think I'll go with this. Thanks :)
If all attacks were pure elemental/piercing/shadow, it would work fine. But they aren't.
Lets say they are half and half. Half normal, half something else. If you block only the normal, isn't it the same as blocking only the something else?