ArmPen vs Power

moltenperezoso

So I am trying to figure out something here. I am wanting to know what the Damage Resistance caps are for Bosses, Ads , etc in the game. I am also looking for links to this information from Dev's or even Cryptic themselves. The most current information as well. MOD7+ please. I have tried researching and am finding so much conflicting information and when I ask people where they got there information from, the answer is always (someone told me) . Hard data, links from Dev's etc only please.

suicidalgodot

60% DR has Tiamat. So in PvE go for 60% ResIgn (ca. 6500 ArPen), then all else into Power.

Dungeon and Skirmish mobs and bosses have less DamRed, 40-45% AFAIK, though Demagogon might have more...

Hard data: Grab yourself ACT (Advanced Combat Tracker) and its NW extension, e.g. here and generate your own.

Dev replies to questions like this one? Unheard of...

...nomen est omen with this company.

moltenperezoso

suicidalgodot said:

60% DR has Tiamat. So in PvE go for 60% ResIgn (ca. 6500 ArPen), then all else into Power.

Dungeon and Skirmish mobs and bosses have less DamRed, 40-45% AFAIK, though Demagogon might have more...

Hard data: Grab yourself ACT (Advanced Combat Tracker) and its NW extension, e.g. here and generate your own.

Dev replies to questions like this one? Unheard of...

...nomen est omen with this company.

Not at all what I was looking for... Not sure if you read my post ? I am really trying to find information from Cryptic or dev's as to these stats specifically the DR for all mobs in game. Crpytic has to have posted them somewhere.

rayrdan

armor pen is 4 times more effective than power before you reach 60% armor pen.
critical chance is always better than power, probably on par (without a vorpal) after 50% critical chance because statistically you would crit anyways.

devs do not answer to question about min maxing and hidden cooldowns.

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moltenperezoso

magenubbie said:

moltenperezoso said:

Not at all what I was looking for... Not sure if you read my post ? I am really trying to find information from Cryptic or dev's as to these stats specifically the DR for all mobs in game. Crpytic has to have posted them somewhere.

They have not. Neither PWE nor Cryptic has ever published full stats about any PvE opponent. We get a few hints here and there, but that's all. Any other information regarding mob stats was published and researched by players. There are also very few posts confirming the data gathered in this manner. Tiamat currently being the toughest opponent with 60% DR was one of them, so most people build their character around 60% armpen and then go power/crit (recovery?) once they reach that value.

I understand, I guess it does not seem to be a effective way of maximizing stats though. If you build planning for Tiamat but only run Tiamat 1% or your game time, that just seems wasteful and pointless......

I guess this goes to show why they are called Cryptic :P

Time to start playing more with ACT to run my own tests.

rayrdan

look for the user lazaria and check its last posts (posts not comments).
he did the work for armor pen levels at least.

rayrdan

http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/neverwinter/#/discussion/1194234/regarding-to-the-arpen-needed-in-the-campaign-maps

moltenperezoso

rayrdan said:

http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/neverwinter/#/discussion/1194234/regarding-to-the-arpen-needed-in-the-campaign-maps

Thanks man !! I was searching under DR and armpen in search option, and after combing 30 pages of posts and seeing there were 70 more to go, I will admit I got lazy and created this thread !! This is exactly what I was looking for ! Thanks boss !