01-24-2004, 10:40 PM
The DR comes before the %DR, though. The goal was to eliminate damage completely (though it fails with especially strong monsters). The listed damages for monsters (I'm not going to verify them) were:
Thus, if you have 137, the damage gets reduced to:
Moon lord: 0-2
Thorned Hulk (actV): 0-8 / 0
Minion of destruciton: 0 / 0-8
Venom Lord (Ventar's minions): 0-52
So some of the big damages got reduced to 0 most of the time. If it was instead 101 and 35%, the damages would be:
Moon lord: 0-24
Thorned Hulk (actV): 0-28 / 0-22
Minion of destruciton: 0-22 / 0-28
Venom Lord (Ventar's minions): 4-57
All these damages are higher than the previous list. It's only with damages above 200 or so that the -35% of Stormshield does more than a -36 shield. Now, this would be the case for a lot of bosses and monsters under the influence of auras and such, and the Stormshield would thus probably be a better overall choice. But I think the point was a highly-specialized set of equipment for having really high DR against normal monsters.
Quote:Moon lord: 74-139
Thorned Hulk (actV): 81-145 / 68-136
Minion of destruciton: 83-135 / 83-145
Venom Lord (Ventar's minions): 108-189 (OUCH)
Thus, if you have 137, the damage gets reduced to:
Moon lord: 0-2
Thorned Hulk (actV): 0-8 / 0
Minion of destruciton: 0 / 0-8
Venom Lord (Ventar's minions): 0-52
So some of the big damages got reduced to 0 most of the time. If it was instead 101 and 35%, the damages would be:
Moon lord: 0-24
Thorned Hulk (actV): 0-28 / 0-22
Minion of destruciton: 0-22 / 0-28
Venom Lord (Ventar's minions): 4-57
All these damages are higher than the previous list. It's only with damages above 200 or so that the -35% of Stormshield does more than a -36 shield. Now, this would be the case for a lot of bosses and monsters under the influence of auras and such, and the Stormshield would thus probably be a better overall choice. But I think the point was a highly-specialized set of equipment for having really high DR against normal monsters.