IllegallySane Wrote:You know, I suddenly got an insane idea. Seeing your chart it could be possible that Threaten is so powerful that ranged attackers TOUCHING the boss is actually safer than taking a magical bolt of lightning to the face? That... that can make for some hilarious scenarios. This is based on the idea of Threaten always being present on a boss, which is actually helps more than one party. I.E. you bring a single Paladin for the sole purpose of weakening a boss so everyone can touch the boss and take -20% less damage. No need for Arans and Evans in every party. The Paladin does it "raid-wide". Paladins are the raid-wide physical Combo Barrier/Bulls-Eye/Blinder.
That's easy to figure out. If magic attack is stronger than 80% of physical attack, touch damage is better to take. You can find those numbers anywhere.
For example, PB has 1700 physical attack and 1200 magic. 1200 is less than 80% of 1700, so magic damage is still lower even with Threaten.
It's still going to help out a ton with melee classes though.
Edit: And physical ranged attacks of course. How could I forget that.

