Armor Penetration - Does it help DC healing?

alphastream

I heard a while back that when a DC heals an ally, the amount healed is in part dependent upon the amount of ArPen the DC has. That it is as if there is resistance on the ally, and the DC's ArPen level therefore is a factor in the amount healed.

Is this true? Was it every true? Or is this just old hearsay?

rjc9000

Old inaccurate rumors, most likely.

That would be super frustrating from a gameplay design perspective. For example, good luck healing that GF sitting with 80% DR.

dupeks

Yup, most likely old and inaccurate. ArPen does not effect heal potency.

But I believe you _can_ deflect heals (and other beneficial effects)... although that's a bit different (and there isn't any good way to prevent that from happening if your buddy has high deflect). There is an effort underway to correct that:

https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/neverwinter#/discussion/1232826/deflect-procs-that-go-off-without-deflects-and-mysteriously-entering-combat

pitshade

At one time it was believed that Armor Pen was necessary for a DC to debuff mobs, in that the mob's DR would decrease the effectiveness of the debuff. This was likely a misunderstanding of how if a damage dealer doesn't have enough RI, the debuff won't be as effective, but in any case, the Armor Pen has to belong to the Damage Dealer not the DC.

DC's should stack enough Armor Pen to make their campaign progress less soul crushing but can easily swap all of that out while running group content.

yoko

I run around with 100 ArPen, around 1k in combat and no, it doesn´t affect the healing. And I have definetly no problem doing campaign or anything else solo.
Btw, I think mysteriously entering combat is fine for dc, cause your bastion and dg does procc the ap gain for the group effectivly, especially at Orcus last campfire. Not sure if it does out of combat when the hp bars are full.