A question on Aran involving survivability and party skills.

With the supposed cap of 9,999 def, I don't see how that's possible. Fiel also lists the cap as 30,000. NOT 9,999.
So, some of you are a bit behind on data.

It's not supposed, it's been 9,999 for at least the last few patches. My Paladin's been able to reach 9999 def since about 0.98 (since Shield Mastery triples it and I have ~3500 base def now), and you can easily spot mages with 9999 mdef in the flaunting threads.