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Gear for Regeneration?

tombmaster123tombmaster123 Posts: 50 Arc User
edited December 2013 in Power Discussion
I recently reached level 40 on my character and have been farming for heroic gear. My passive is Regeneration, and I was wondering whether it would be better to get defense gear or dodge gear for Regeneration?
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  • aiqaaiqa Posts: 2,620 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    That depends on your stats/specs/powers. If you are using the juggernaught, the best defense and agressive stance specs to boost your defense, getting dodge gear is the better choice. If you are using powers that boost your dodge chance by a flat percentage like evasive manoeuvres or thundering kicks, dodge gear is the better choice too. If you have neither high defense or dodge buffs from powers, getting defense gear is the better choice.
  • tombmaster123tombmaster123 Posts: 50 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    I'm DEX/CON/EGO. I have evasive maneuvers, but I mostly use it for threat wipes. I am not really focused on dodge. I also have aggressive stance and the best defense.
  • kentekokenteko Posts: 80 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    tombmaster123 wrote: »
    I'm DEX/CON/EGO. I have evasive maneuvers, but I mostly use it for threat wipes. I am not really focused on dodge. I also have aggressive stance and the best defense.

    I'm doing some testing towards this in the other thread, but I can definitely tell you that for heroic gear, your best survivability will come from an avoidance primary defense with a Gambler's mod with the rest being defense. I've still not tested the TBD/AS loop, but that may change things towards defense.

    Edit: If you use Evasive Maneuvers, you may be fine for dodge as long as you psuedo maintain it, so defense may be a bigger return.
  • wrathsoul1wrathsoul1 Posts: 685 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Take the Defense gear. If you wanted dodge gear, you would've taken Lightning Reflexes instead.
    Personal ideas thread: http://co-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=276551
  • kentekokenteko Posts: 80 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    wrathsoul1 wrote: »
    Take the Defense gear. If you wanted dodge gear, you would've taken Lightning Reflexes instead.

    Nah, the small amount of defense at low mod level and the fact that dodge scales very well with a bare minimum amount of points gives you the largest return early on. EM is also in the equation, so Avoidance is the optimal Primary Defense.

    Primary Offense, on the flip side, should be either primary stat or offense. Dex primaries shouldn't be anywhere near crit as they hit DR so fast.
  • wrathsoul1wrathsoul1 Posts: 685 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    kenteko wrote: »
    Nah, the small amount of defense at low mod level and the fact that dodge scales very well with a bare minimum amount of points gives you the largest return early on. EM is also in the equation, so Avoidance is the optimal Primary Defense.

    Primary Offense, on the flip side, should be either primary stat or offense. Dex primaries shouldn't be anywhere near crit as they hit DR so fast.

    Avoidance is luck-based. Defense isn't.
    Personal ideas thread: http://co-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=276551
  • tombmaster123tombmaster123 Posts: 50 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    These responses are informative. It kind of makes it a hard choice. I have rank 7 impact gems and rank 6 gambler gems, if that helps.
  • kentekokenteko Posts: 80 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    wrathsoul1 wrote: »
    Avoidance is luck-based. Defense isn't.

    That is 100% correct. However, dodge/avoidance are going to factor into your survivability whether you like it or not because of their base values. Because he has even one dodge modifying ability (Evasive Maneuvers) Avoidance is a gain simply because of that.

    Mind you, I'm not advocating Dodge/Avoidance as the best defense because it's not, unless you hit 100%. All I'm saying is that point for point, if we're JUST talking heroic gear, dodge/avoidance will give a higher resistance return over time.
  • itsbrou#5396 itsbrou
    itsbrou#5396
         Posts: 1,779 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Protection field and damage absorbs are a viable option, too.

    edit: wow, sorry for not reading.

    Get defense. It's good for the spec tree choice "The Best Defense," which converts defense to offense.
    Brou in Cryptic games.
  • tombmaster123tombmaster123 Posts: 50 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    I've decided to get defense focused primary defense gear. I chose defense because it is always a constant and it would work well with my specializations.
  • royalflvshroyalflvsh Posts: 166 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Thanks, I have an almost 40 with regeneration too, and I've been wondering the same the thing.
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