evilastro

Only really come on here at work when I'm bored, hence the lack of solid numbers, I will get a screenshot up here but its in the order of 100 more mitigation per piece of void knight than VP gear. The fabled items you have in other slots (you only need 5 void knight parts to get +10 mitigation bonus) get boosted up to about 750-800 mitigation each (up from 600). Thats what I mean about it not being a %, 550 being raised to 725 isnt a 10% boost.

Not sure how the new fabled set stacks up with a +5 mitigation bonus on the 5 set (tagged on to bloodletter).

Slippery

+2 mitigation increase is worth about 275 mit for me in my hodge podge gear so +7 from the 5 set would easily be another 900 mit.

I think what Evil is trying to say is that Vin is only look at the displayed mitigation value, not what the +mitigation increase effect would give.

Also the old vs new debate is fucking retarded. Most of the old SK's sucked and that is why people thought the class sucked. You should be happy to have more people playing the class because it gives a broader perspective of things and you might learn a thing or two.

Vinladia

The point of this thread was to talk about AA specs not shard armor... My previous post in this place was incorrect. I was using outdated information about the Void Knight's armor.

From this post http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=436520 the Void shard armor was revamped. I was not aware of this.

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Vinladia

So glad you are here to help new players...

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Slippery

You are so thick. I just explained it. +mitigation increase is just like +shield effectiveness. It does not change the effects on the gear, it just increases what you have. The +mitigation increase comes after everything and increases your overall mitigation by the amounts listed above. Using screenshots and taking the mitigation number off the armor does not even remotely give an accurate representation of the amount of mitigation you gain from the pieces due to the +mitigation increase. +mitigation increase does not increase avoidance, I don't know why you keep trying to say it does above because the 2 have absolutely nothing to do with each other.

And most of the VP set blew major chunks for avoidance so trying to justify it over the void on that base is pretty weak too.

Ripzz

This thread just got good. /popcorn.

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Gud Muzak

Darkwarrior

I think some people may not fully understand the concept of "+stat increase" and SoE should have just left it as "%" instead of "+" so people don't get confused...anyways you can get a very accurate number with a very simple calculation I'll give the formula and example you can use this same formula with anything % increase or decrease base just make sure to switch the signs around when calculating. But slip is right it increases what you have.


e.g.
I have 5300 MIT my old shoulders had 430 MIT

I equip a shoulder with a bunch of random stats with a blue stat of "+5 MIT increase" and has 500 MIT. What is my total MIT?

MIT: (4870)(1.05)+500= 5613.5

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agressiv

Some nitpicks here:

• With only 2 points in Dark Caress, there is no way you could spend points in Chastisement II. I'm assuming you wanted at least 3 here.
• Reaver and Pools of Blood only are 1 point each, not 2 each.
• I'm assuming you wanted 5 points in Tap, as you are showing 0/5. You wouldn't be able to unlock Reaver with your spec.

I only have 150 points ATM, and mine is a tad different:

• No points in Dark Caress, Chastisement II, or Insinuate (yet)
• 3 Points in Siphon (To get to Death March)

agressiv

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Apsidey

Excellent post, well deserving of praise and its sticky status.

Much appreciated, Vis.

Davi

Thought I'd add that Siphon Armament can be used on shaman pets as well. So if you dont have a fighter or summoner willing to give up the mit then just turn to the shaman pet if you choose to use this buff.