Evasive Disc vs. Defensive Disc

[captnamazing]

Recently hit 55 and have Defensive Discipline. I am told this is even better than evasive discipline, but I have no idea why. Anyone care to give me some info so I know when to use which?

[Tecmos Deception]

I think you're supposed to use evasive most of the time. Defensive is only for stuff like VP dragons or other very hard-hitting bosses. I'm no warrior, but this is what I hear warriors say [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Buriedpast]

It is entirely up to mob DI.

But idiots rule: if it has a proc, evasive.

Nothing pre velious matters enough to care which you use.

[Peekae]

Stupid rule of thumb that was also used was evasive on everything except Bee Queen and a few VP dragons.

Long story short if something has a chance of almost one rounding you (aka very hard hitting mobs) then defensive can be a tad safer otherwise evasive is the go to disc.



also as said above it has to do with damage interval but still evasive will be your go to disc

[captnamazing]

Good info, thanks. From what it seems, Defensive tends to make the hits that DO hit me deal closer to minimal damage, but it's better just to avoid them all together.

[koros]

It's entirely dependent on mob DI. There's a determinable ratio of DB/DI where it switches from evasive as better to defensive. Bad procs definitely favor evasive. Also, it's safer to force smooth off damage spikes with defensive than chance a bad round or two with evasive when tanking very hard hitting things.

[Buriedpast]

Originally Posted by captnamazing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Good info, thanks. From what it seems, Defensive tends to make the hits that DO hit me deal closer to minimal damage, but it's better just to avoid them all together.

Quotes like this remind me that 95% of people on P1999 are terrible at EQ. Jesus do you pay any attention what so ever to what happens to you, as your primary role as a warrior?

Originally Posted by koros [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's entirely dependent on mob DI. There's a determinable ratio of DB/DI where it switches from evasive as better to defensive. Bad procs definitely favor evasive. Also, it's safer to force smooth off damage spikes with defensive than chance a bad round or two with evasive when tanking very hard hitting things.

100% correct in every word.

As per first post, it is entirely dependant on DI.

[Asap]

Originally Posted by Buriedpast [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Quotes like this remind me that 95% of people on P1999 are terrible at EQ. Jesus do you pay any attention what so ever to what happens to you, as your primary role as a warrior?

Are you high? He came here asking for help, obviously he doesn't know much about the disciplines. This isn't RnF, don't be such a dick.

[captnamazing]

Originally Posted by Buriedpast [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Quotes like this remind me that 95% of people on P1999 are terrible at EQ. Jesus do you pay any attention what so ever to what happens to you, as your primary role as a warrior?.

lol this guy.


What is the difference between DB and DI?

[koros]

Originally Posted by captnamazing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

lol this guy.


What is the difference between DB and DI?

Damage bonus gets added to every successful hit by a mob. Damage interval is a 1-20 interval a mob can hit for.

Let's take avatar of war, max hit 1154, damage bonus of 254, damage interval of 90.

254 + (90 * 20) = 1154 max hit

254 + (90 * 1) = 344 min hit*

it can also do every iteration of 254 + (90 * (1-20)) in between

*Pretty sure a 1 is the lowest DI you can get, but it's been a while.