Ranylyn Wrote:Thank you for posting these. I'm still unsure if Str really does anything in damage reduction, having not tested, but you still demonstrated something important: who can argue with taking less damage? The typical dexless assassin or Lukless mage, for example, lands around the 70 w.def range, assuming they have a bamboo hat, sauna and showshoes. Also, 145 w/def is actually low for a 35-40 1h warrior (lol bamboo hat, a great helm can add up to the same amount of str or dex if found as a drop, I think, at around 20 def more) and there's no mention of gloves either.
I was just going with what was on the character at the time, in that level range my gear is actually pretty good.
Bamboo hat - 35 def - equal to clean Great Helm, beats brown bandana easily
Snowshoes - 20 def - 1 less than Trigger, much easier to buy scrolled
Fitted Mail - 60 def - beats every other class item I can wear at lv.38
(Shield + 1h weapon - 32 def - does not provide the damage to win CPQ)
(White Fingerless Gloves - 9 def - 6 less than the level 35 ones - currently stored elsewhere for some reason)
It could be improved but only by scrolling for defense or rescrolling things to replace my lower level stuff, which would cost a lot for a couple extra defense.
Fighter 2:
Level 53, 273+ STR, vs. various
-8 defense: (273str, with the assistance of lv.16 Rage..)
Slime - 35
0 defense (ditto without Rage)
Slime - 35 again
Green Mushroom - 85-88
Horny Mushroom - 101-104
7 defense: (298str)
Slime - 31-32
Green Mushroom - 82-85 : 0.43 ± .14
Horny Mushroom - 98-101 : 0.43 ± .14
Croco - 343-355 (not fully tested, this costs a lot)
60 defense:
Slime - 5-6 : 0.49 ± 0.02
103 defense: (301str)
Slime - 1
Green Mushroom - 33-36 : 0.51 ± .01
Horny Mushroom - 46-50 : 0.54 ± .01
Croco - 263-277 : 0.83 ± .01
173 defense: (313str)
Horny Mushroom - 7-11 : 0.56 ± .015
Croco - 205-218 : 0.84 ± .015
281 defense: (317str)
Croco - 115-129 : 0.83 ± .018
(Monster - min-max : damage per def to previous ± approximate accuracy)
I guess monster level is important too... :/ Still appears linear for a given monster though.