Wizard's def skills bugged or not?

MerlinBG - Lothranis
MerlinBG - Lothranis Posts: 36 Arc User
edited December 2011 in Support Desk
I have Stone Barrier (SB) at level 10 and yet despite its description says it increases earth res and phys def by 100%, it doesn't increase them by 100% which should be doubling their values. For example, now that I have 1015 phys def without any buffs whenever I activate SB I have just a bit more than 1800 phys def, when it should be 2030. The same is with Pyroshell skill - I don't know if it increases HP regen as it says, but Fire res is also not doubled.
So, is it a bug or skills are made like this on purpose?
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  • Allisandre - Sanctuary
    Allisandre - Sanctuary Posts: 1,452 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    It's all in how it's applied. It's not doubling the number that you currently see on the screen when you look at your character selection. It increases your base values without counting boosts added by gear. (i.e. it does not take into account +pdef adds or garnet shards)

    Hope that clears it up.
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  • FiveAps - Dreamweaver
    FiveAps - Dreamweaver Posts: 203 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    that is very, very wrong.

    Of course it counts pdef adds on gear and garnet shards, lol, would be outrageous not to. Are you serious or just trolling him? Why do you think TT90 pants for example are considered best until R9? why do you think wizards wear pdef ornaments in PvP/TW, just for that measly 300 pdef? Why to you think Lunar rings are of such importance for a wizard (i get 1200 pdef from 2 lunar rings only as sage wiz)? really, are you trolling him?

    Why you get 1800 pdef and not 2030 is probably due to your build. I guess you have + HP gear and some vitality too, and that adds to pdef/mdef (tho 300 is a lot...).
    Stone barrier will only double the pdef you get from your own gear, not the bonuses you get from stats and it won't effect cleric/bm buffs and by that I mean those buffs will apply to you base pdef.

    and Merlin, next time post in the wizard section not in the tech section.
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  • Allisandre - Sanctuary
    Allisandre - Sanctuary Posts: 1,452 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    FiveAps - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Stone barrier will only double the pdef you get from your own gear, not the bonuses you get from stats and it won't effect cleric/bm buffs and by that I mean those buffs will apply to you base pdef.

    and Merlin, next time post in the wizard section not in the tech section.

    That's basically what I said. It only affects base gear values, not the bonuses or buffs. "boosts added by gear" would count the blue stats on gear, not the base stats of gear. Last I knew, it did not boost Pdef added by shards either. Don't be so quick to judge.
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  • MerlinBG - Lothranis
    MerlinBG - Lothranis Posts: 36 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    FiveAps - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    and Merlin, next time post in the wizard section not in the tech section.

    Sorry about that, I just wasn't sure whether it's a bug or not.
  • Mor_Toran - Sanctuary
    Mor_Toran - Sanctuary Posts: 457 Arc User
    edited December 2011
    MerlinBG - Lothranis wrote: »
    Sorry about that, I just wasn't sure whether it's a bug or not.

    no bug,just the way they calculate the values like Allisandre said.
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