Nirvana Armor

Asterelle - Sanctuary wrote: »

1) Refine bonus is not determined only by grade. G13 Lunar Weapons refine better than G13 TT100. Grade is only good for determining what you can socket.

2) +4% equipment defense

Asterelle - Sanctuary wrote: »

Not pants only, not total defense. Base equipment defense.

Your base equipment defense is the defense all buffs are based on. Imagine if none of your armor had that +% stat, how much defense did you gain by putting on the armor unbuffed, that's your base equipment defense. The modifier acts like an unpurgable buff similar to a sky demon pearl.

Lunar nirvana has a higher base defense and performs better the more buffed you are. TT has lower base defense but has a higher bonus multiple so performs comparatively better unbuffed and debuffed.

The higher refined your ornaments are the less the difference in base defense matters and the more TT is favored. If you refine ornaments to around +11 or +10 ornaments TT is always better.

Just use pwcalc to compare the two to see what is better for you.

Asterelle - Sanctuary wrote: »

Most people misinterpret that. Added survivability is actually linear with respect to phys/mag defense, similar to how it is to HP.

def red% = def / (40*lev + def)

survivability = hp / (1 - def red%)
= hp / (1- def / (40*lev +def))
= hp / (40* lev / (40*lev +def))
= hp * (40*lev + def) / (40*lev)
S(HP, DEF) = hp + hp*def / (40*lev)

Looking at the partial derivatives:
dS/dHP = 1 + def/(40*lev)
dS/dDEF = hp/(40*lev)

Both HP and Defense are diminishing in the sense that an item that gives a constant amount of HP or DEF (say +1000 HP or +1000 DEF) gives a much greater percent increase in survivability to say a lvl 30 character as opposed to a lvl 100.

Still doubled defense doubles the added survivability.