Balance between PDef and MDef

Astarielle - Heavens Tear
Astarielle - Heavens Tear Posts: 65 Arc User
edited July 2009 in Wizard
Hi

Completely unbuffed I have currently for DD gear:

PDef 24%
MDef 63%

Wearing gear I have for zhenning:

PDef 34% (gets up to I think 56% with earth barrier and cleric buffs added)
MDef 60%

For context I'm pure Arcane, and mainly do PvE and of course try to avoid phys damage - but I do TW too and regularly die very quickly from nixes and archers. I'd like to be more survivable all round :) and wondering if if it's best to try to balance the two, or go for more like a 1:2 ratio

What levels of PDef and MDef are people going for with their gears, and why?

Thanks!
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  • PrettySammy - Sanctuary
    PrettySammy - Sanctuary Posts: 171 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    Ok at lvl 86 I have (unbuffed)

    Phy Def: 2411 (4520 with Stone Barrier)

    Metal: 4436
    Wood: 4780
    Water: 4780
    Fire: 4780
    Earth: 5183

    Im a LA wizard and my main role is kinda varied. For PvE or grinding I usually target phy dmg mobs cos I can stun or suppress with pheonix. My phy def is pretty good so they pose little threat.

    I do alot of Rebirth (well did, 86 now. Delta is some way off) and I did relatively well in Rebirth. Metal and wood mobs can cause me a few problem but not major issues.

    As for fire, water and earth my deflector shields normally boost my stats into the 9-10k region.

    Overall I went for balance against all 6 class as a result I have few issues with any type of mob.

    As for PvP don't ask I only duel occasionally. I leave that stuff to Verticoli and Ayano-Chan
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  • Calliope - Heavens Tear
    Calliope - Heavens Tear Posts: 328 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    Don't worry about mdef, you will have plenty no matter what you do.

    What you want are high hp and high pdef; those are the two you need to balance.
  • Anemone - Harshlands
    Anemone - Harshlands Posts: 117 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    I have 50% phys reduction self buffed, 70-72% or so mag def. I'm on a pvp server though, with higher defense demands to survive ganks.

    From my experience it starts getting to the "not worth being a deciding factor" stages once you reach around 70%, because it takes a lot of pdef/mdef to raise the percentage after that with due credit to diminishing returns. The general idea is to balance pdef with HP, rather than mdef for this reason (with perks to both PvE, especially zhenning and rebirth, and PvP/TW).

    For the record, the longer your pdef/mdef stay the same (the actual number), as you level up, your % will drop gradually. So if you ever 'cap' with a certain armor set (let's say TT90 green robes), your percentages will slowly drop as you level. Not by much, but enough that capping for a certain percentage makes very little sense.
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  • Kristoph - Lost City
    Kristoph - Lost City Posts: 2,016 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    I'd want at least 3k HP and over 50% pdmg reduction as arcane at 8x. Any less would just be horrible.
    Wondering how much longer these **** packs are going to be around.
  • Ursa - Dreamweaver
    Ursa - Dreamweaver Posts: 2,634 Arc User
    edited July 2009
    to keep it short:
    http://pwcalc.ru/pwi/?char=04bfd3e3145d930b
    work in progress at boots and pants.

    for some reason the calc is a little too optimistic on HP ( 1 have 100hp less) and greatly underevaluates the mdef ( with about 2k). Not sure why

    full buffed
    http://pwcalc.ru/pwi/?char=e9fd39659b115f27
    again I know for sure the full buffed earth def is +13k, the calc as I say, for some reason just shows less.
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