u already have skolver and vog, so just get the snarby.
Skolver or Snarbolax?
Mar, 11/01/2011 - 20:28
#6252
u already have skolver and
Mié, 11/02/2011 - 09:27
#6253
Defense and PvP?
Whoa, that's news to me. So there's no reason to bring more than one sword other than the difference between 2-swing and 3-swing swords?
Mié, 11/02/2011 - 10:03
#6254
snarby set
snarby coat and cap are the coolest items ever id get them in a heart beat
Mié, 11/02/2011 - 10:18
#6255
can you retest this with
can you retest this with melee and bombs?
i distinctly remember taking less damage from weapons when i wore a piece of an ancient set. maybe the extra health is messing with me.
Mié, 11/02/2011 - 10:41
#6256
@Duskdash Defense may not
@Duskdash Defense may not matter, but damage/speed/status it can inflict of the weapon does.
Mié, 11/02/2011 - 10:47
#6257
If you have a skolver cap
If you have a skolver cap elemental high, why would you make your current ash tail cap elemental high into a skolver? Sell off one? Or did I misunderstand something here? Maybe you meant you already have the skolver coat w/ ele high....
IMO, your "various" trinkets contain important weapon bonuses like sword asi & dmg. Not sure what you like to play in lockdown, but I would prefer getting max dmg then max asi over a well rounded defense.
If you're on the pointy end of a lvl 10 final flourish with max damage having the standard hp (no trinkets, completed armor/helm), I think you will die in the same number of hits if you wore a vog and a skolver. If not, the difference is very little. 2 vs 3 hits. If you're on the business end of a max damage gf/da, it's still going to be 2 swings to death.
Mié, 11/02/2011 - 10:55
#6258
oh just wanted to add that if
oh just wanted to add that if what adonocel said is true, then recon death mark is basically worthless.
Mié, 11/02/2011 - 11:35
#6259
Death marks
Death marks have always had a noticeable effect on how much damage a target takes. If Adon's report is accurate, then the mark either bring defences into the negative or applies a damage modifier rather than an actual defence debuff.
That's assuming his report is accurate, of course.
Mié, 11/02/2011 - 14:29
#6260
...Oops.
Sorry, typed that Skolver uv wrong, I was tired.
It's SHADOW high.
Mié, 11/02/2011 - 16:38
#6261
I stand corrected.
It would appear that defense does affect damage in PvP, at least now anyway. I just now tested and I took 10 blocks of damage from a DA in Proto, yet only around 5 blocks in Vog. However I am still certain that when I previously tested that the damage values were the same for Polaris, so there must have either been some sort of bug or a stealth patch. I would still recommend Skolver for the piercing defense, since BTB is the most common weapon you will come across.
Mié, 11/02/2011 - 19:38
#6262
What dark Ritual?
I can avoid BTBs/GFs fairly easy. Not only do I use striker, but I also BTB about everyone, Skolver or not.
Either way, I've decided to make this a Snarby Cap for various reasons. I hvnt crafted it yet, but probably will this Saturday. Feel free to make me still make this a Skolver. :3
Thanks again everyone.
~Bigfoot
For balance reasons, defense does not reduce damage in PvP. I have personally tested this, and I took the same amount of damage from a Polaris bullet in both Proto gear and Vog Cub. This should still hold true so long there has not been a recent stealth patch related to the issue. Status resists on armor do still apply however. Due to the fact that freeze is much more common in PvP than poison, Skolver>Snarby, unless the Snarby has freeze resist UVs that would push it near the resist cap.