2009-01-20, 07:05 AM
As we all know, WDEF/MDEF are pretty useless in MapleStory as it stands.
Armor equips only count as slots to scroll for attack or attack-supporting stats.
The thing that actually affects survivability is HP - if you don't have enough HP to survive a hit by a given monster, you're told to HP-wash or wear HP equips. Nobody even suggests getting higher DEF gear.
This makes no sense.
Consider: a level 10 newborn warrior has a 24-attack sword and wears Maple Island gear totalling about the same amount of weapon defense.
By the time he reaches fourth job, his weapon attack will have increased about fivefold, and his w.def will have increased at least 20-fold.
With 5 times as much w.att, this warrior will be delivering about a thousand times as much damage (using normal attack), and ten thousand times as much using attack skills that multiply his damage.
However, with 20 times as much w.def, this warrior is able to absorb... 20 times as much damage. Since the monsters he's fighting at this point deal 100 times as much damage as the slimes and stumps of level 10, that w.def doesn't help him much.
I think def should relate to the amount of damage you can deflect, the same way att relates to the amount of damage you can give. That is to say, it should be multipied by some function of your level and/or stats, and you should have defensive skills that multiply it further.
Discuss, please.
Armor equips only count as slots to scroll for attack or attack-supporting stats.
The thing that actually affects survivability is HP - if you don't have enough HP to survive a hit by a given monster, you're told to HP-wash or wear HP equips. Nobody even suggests getting higher DEF gear.
This makes no sense.
Consider: a level 10 newborn warrior has a 24-attack sword and wears Maple Island gear totalling about the same amount of weapon defense.
By the time he reaches fourth job, his weapon attack will have increased about fivefold, and his w.def will have increased at least 20-fold.
With 5 times as much w.att, this warrior will be delivering about a thousand times as much damage (using normal attack), and ten thousand times as much using attack skills that multiply his damage.
However, with 20 times as much w.def, this warrior is able to absorb... 20 times as much damage. Since the monsters he's fighting at this point deal 100 times as much damage as the slimes and stumps of level 10, that w.def doesn't help him much.
I think def should relate to the amount of damage you can deflect, the same way att relates to the amount of damage you can give. That is to say, it should be multipied by some function of your level and/or stats, and you should have defensive skills that multiply it further.
Discuss, please.