05-26-2004, 03:29 AM
LOL, holy hell! i just read my post again. Insomnia sucks people. My previous post took about a paragraph of thought and mangled it into a mess.
Ok here are the facts. My normal defense on that character with Holy Shield and Defiance on is around 45k. This is with +6 to combat skills from equipment and +8 to defensive auras. I have another 5 combat skill charms that i can use. (i usually only use 3 unless i know the fight is going to be rough.) With all of them on my defense is boosted by about 1200+%. I haven't looked at this char for awhile, but the defense is in the mid-upper 3000's without the boosts. When i play with my friends Concentrate Barb my defense gets boosted by an additional 340ish%. This pumps my defense up to around 60k. (i think that is where i got that 6 from... who knows) ATM i'm using a Mara's for my amulet but i've been looking for a high def Metalgrid. Does anyone who is good with these things know if i would benifit more from the +def from metalgrid more than the +2 skills from Mara's. I'm thinking that the metalgrid will add more in the end.
Needless to say I have 75% block and that amount of defense is a serious eyebrow raiser. I've had a lot of luck with rune drops so it has helped me pay for the equipment required. but even without the upgrades, etc. it would be fairly easy to get a defense of over 30-35k on a character like this.
Ok here are the facts. My normal defense on that character with Holy Shield and Defiance on is around 45k. This is with +6 to combat skills from equipment and +8 to defensive auras. I have another 5 combat skill charms that i can use. (i usually only use 3 unless i know the fight is going to be rough.) With all of them on my defense is boosted by about 1200+%. I haven't looked at this char for awhile, but the defense is in the mid-upper 3000's without the boosts. When i play with my friends Concentrate Barb my defense gets boosted by an additional 340ish%. This pumps my defense up to around 60k. (i think that is where i got that 6 from... who knows) ATM i'm using a Mara's for my amulet but i've been looking for a high def Metalgrid. Does anyone who is good with these things know if i would benifit more from the +def from metalgrid more than the +2 skills from Mara's. I'm thinking that the metalgrid will add more in the end.
Needless to say I have 75% block and that amount of defense is a serious eyebrow raiser. I've had a lot of luck with rune drops so it has helped me pay for the equipment required. but even without the upgrades, etc. it would be fairly easy to get a defense of over 30-35k on a character like this.