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Classes and Races

magicsnmagicsn Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 17 Arc User
edited March 2013 in PvE Discussion
Hi!

One thing troubles me a bit - some classes seem to be a bit pigeon-holed towards one specific race. For example Humans with the 3% Defense is just much more powerful than the (stat-wise also "compatible") Dwarf and Half-Elf.
Thinking of a Guardian Fighter here, BTW.

Myselves I like the half-elf look much better than human, but it costs 2% Defense (ok, and getting +2 stats on attributes in return - which I though think is less powerful than 2% Defense)

True, some races WILL be better for certain classes, but I think it would be best if the difference would be smaller.

MagicSN
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  • mogwaimogwai Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Hi,
    I have an ability to stay up for looong hours with minimal coffee & played 2 of 3 beta weekends then carouse these forums for ~8+ hours/day during non game time, so i hope what i say is viewed as an informed statement.
    The game is still under beta development & with most players only so far having limited access to much of what was only still being tested, anything we do is out of previous experiences with mmo's. In other words nobody really knows how to play NW yet :)
    Trust in this..several ppl are working hard to do their maths & figure out what's best for what. Unfortunately some roadblocks are met as more direct (in-game) information is needed.

    Enjoy forum hopping there's already tons of info.
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  • kotlikotli Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 577
    edited March 2013
    +3% defence the question is what does that convert into in terms of damage reduction etc the problem is you cant see your full current stats IE total defence etc you can only see your Gear stat effects.
    I tried to see what my total deflection % was but nope all I could see was +1% from gear, and a bit from DEX I had no way of telling where the +3% defection bonus from the Halfling racial comes in hell I couldnt see anything about it out side of the Char creator dunno if it even works.

    As for Stats +1 stat = ~+0.5 to 1% bonus to stat related boosts and theres 2-3 things boosted by it, so +2 Stats = +2% to 6% boost depending on where you spend it.
  • magusemperormagusemperor Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Different races are suited to different roles better than other races in Dungeons and Dragons as well. The difference is in DnD for the most part people don't have a deep seated desire to have a lot of high numbers on their stat page, but instead focus on making the character they think is fun from a role-play perspective. I don't know how well that will translate to an MMO community.
  • prunetracyprunetracy Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    It's quite possible that the +3% defense bonus isn't +3% damage reduction. It may instead be +3% to the value of your defense stat.

    So if you have 30% damage reduction, the bonus gives you: 30% * 1.03 = 30.9%, so just barely under 1% gain.

    The halfling deflection bonus may work the same way, also.

    Now that said, these are pretty small differences. Player skill will vastly surpass racial stats as far as how effective you are.
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