Physical Resistance: is it working for anyone else?
HotSnack
Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Feb 2005
14 Jun 2005 at 13:29 - 1
So I'm getting the beating of my life from a group of ettins and decide to turn on physical resistance. Now with a +40 vs physical damage, you would think you would see some damage reduction but no, the ettins were still hitting for the exact same values than when I hadn't turned it on.
Anyone else have this problem?
burianek
Academy Page
Join Date: May 2005
X Universe
14 Jun 2005 at 16:39 - 2
I didn't have much luck the multiple times in PvP when two warriors decided to tear me apart. But to be honest, I had more on my mind than watching the health numbers flash by.
Oh, this is with 70 R armor +40 phys resist you figure would let you tank somewhat decently. I died pretty darn quick.
Cheers.
Jia Xu
Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: Apr 2005
England
Dynasty Warriors
Mo/E
14 Jun 2005 at 20:27 - 3
didnt seem to do anything much to me, tho in pvp i did experience slight damage reduction - this could have been chance however.
NilePenguin
Academy Page
Join Date: Apr 2005
The edge of insanity.
Flying Purple Hippos
Me/
14 Jun 2005 at 20:56 - 4
40 extra armor should mean that damage is about halved. I didn't notice any change either.
purecash123
Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: May 2005
14 Jun 2005 at 21:27 - 5
same here it lowered my dmg by like 2...
Digital Limit
Frost Gate Guardian
Join Date: May 2005
14 Jun 2005 at 21:48 - 6
Glitch!
CKaz
Jungle Guide
Join Date: Feb 2005
15 Jun 2005 at 02:40 - 7
lol thanks for the thread guess I'll wait then to blow a skill point on the skill :b
Aernok
Academy Page
Join Date: Jun 2005
Texas
Appetite For Destruction
R/Mo
15 Jun 2005 at 03:11 - 8
Try it in underworld where the damage numbers are larger. See if you get a reduction there. (Not sure if mobs have armor piercing dmg or armor calculations are performed differently with UW/Fissure mob's attacks.)
Jijimuge
Academy Page
Join Date: May 2005
15 Jun 2005 at 21:05 - 9
Two possibilities spring to mind....do the ettins use wild blow to end stances? (I forget)
And also....are ettins doing physical damage? I'd assume so, but they may not be.
Mercury Angel
Avatar of Gwen
Join Date: Apr 2005
Wandering my own road.
15 Jun 2005 at 21:52 - 10
Whatever they use, you should see a noticeable change in the damage, one way or another, while Physical Resistance is up. If they have elemental attacks, the damage should be increasing, and if they use physical, it should be halved.
I can't say I've ever seen it work either.
EntropiaCub
Pre-Searing Cadet
Join Date: Apr 2005
near paris.
IRMI
Me/
16 Jun 2005 at 00:53 - 11
for me, it has worked very well, i've seen the damage been halved vs physical type, and inscreased vs elemental ones.
if you're speaking about the last ettins in islands of fire, they do elemental damages, that's why the skill doesn't really protect you against them...