My reasoning: 2000+ defense is way too pineappleing high. The original designers knew this and implemented a cap. Local versions, in keeping with their tradition of not knowing what the hell they're doing, made monsters with ridiculous defense values and forgot about the cap.
@Stereo: *scratches head* Pretty sure a good archmage would output more damage than even a warrior if Hsalf actually had 8k defense. Maybe not with Apples, but you don't always use Apples, do you? Or at least I don't. I've only used 2 Apples on Zakum once and never on any other boss. They're really not necessary for most bosses.
@Stereo: *scratches head* Pretty sure a good archmage would output more damage than even a warrior if Hsalf actually had 8k defense. Maybe not with Apples, but you don't always use Apples, do you? Or at least I don't. I've only used 2 Apples on Zakum once and never on any other boss. They're really not necessary for most bosses.