2010-10-23, 01:55 PM
Static defense on equips still doesn't do all that much for you. However, there are skills that give +% defense and your stats also give you defense. It should be pretty easy to break 1000ish defense.
Using my current unbuffed stats as an example:
71 str, 80 dex, 1096 int, 146 luk, 800 wdef, (1952-1096)=856 mdef
(1.2*71+0.5*80+0.5*146+0.4*1096) + 800 = 1436 wdef (-18% damage / -359 damage)
(1.2*1096+0.5*80+0.5*146+0.4*71) + 856 = 2312 mdef (-24% damage / -578 damage)
So yeah, defense on your equips still isn't that big of a deal but defense does play a much bigger role now.
Using my current unbuffed stats as an example:
71 str, 80 dex, 1096 int, 146 luk, 800 wdef, (1952-1096)=856 mdef
(1.2*71+0.5*80+0.5*146+0.4*1096) + 800 = 1436 wdef (-18% damage / -359 damage)
(1.2*1096+0.5*80+0.5*146+0.4*71) + 856 = 2312 mdef (-24% damage / -578 damage)
So yeah, defense on your equips still isn't that big of a deal but defense does play a much bigger role now.