Question on defensive stats

Steelheart · 12-01-2008, 02:35 PM

Bit confused on how the caps are working for parry/defense. At what magic number is my avoidance capped and how does block, parry, & base work into all this??

Currently i'm reading capped at 524 def/parry. Is this a solid number that can't be raisedm, and if it can't does that meean any more items with parry/defense are not worth adding?

Sorry if this is a bit noobish, but really need a good breakdown of how all this works now.

Also any mitigation breakdowns would be much appreciated as well.

Thx in advance......

Yimway · 12-01-2008, 03:06 PM

All this information is already incapsulated in posts on this forum and in posts on eq2flames. I doubt anyone has the time to restate it all for you here.

520ish on Parry / Defense is a hard cap. The only arguement for more is to have 'breathing room' for defense/parry debuffs from a mob, but those are generally insta-cured and not worth further stats.

Additional avoidance is gained by gear that provides % bonus to block / parry amounts and/or shield effectiveness.

Search on these terms, you should find all the data you need.

12-01-2008, 02:35 PM	#1
Steelheart Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 58	Bit confused on how the caps are working for parry/defense. At what magic number is my avoidance capped and how does block, parry, & base work into all this?? Currently i'm reading capped at 524 def/parry. Is this a solid number that can't be raisedm, and if it can't does that meean any more items with parry/defense are not worth adding? Sorry if this is a bit noobish, but really need a good breakdown of how all this works now. Also any mitigation breakdowns would be much appreciated as well. Thx in advance...... __________________ ~Reality is perception~

12-01-2008, 03:06 PM	#2
Yimway Loremaster Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 9,707	All this information is already incapsulated in posts on this forum and in posts on eq2flames. I doubt anyone has the time to restate it all for you here. 520ish on Parry / Defense is a hard cap. The only arguement for more is to have 'breathing room' for defense/parry debuffs from a mob, but those are generally insta-cured and not worth further stats. Additional avoidance is gained by gear that provides % bonus to block / parry amounts and/or shield effectiveness. Search on these terms, you should find all the data you need. __________________