Game Questions for the Devs

[Alhanelem]

Does the MND stat effect all types of magic defense?

What other kinds of magic defense are there? I only know of "magic defense." MND doesn't affect "Magic Damage Taken -" nor does it affect magic resistances.

Does stealing from behind an enemy increase the chance of stealing from them?

No. Whatever gave you that idea?

Question: Does putting 'For the devs" in your topic title increase the chance they'll answer the questions?
Answer: No.

[Juri_Licious]

What other kinds of magic defense are there? I only know of "magic defense." MND doesn't affect "Magic Damage Taken -" nor does it affect magic resistances.

No. Whatever gave you that idea?

This

MND increases resistance to White Magic spells as well as reducing base damage taken from them.
Some people believe that MND increases resistance to all spells, not just White Magic, but there are no known published tests that show this conclusively. See Magical Resistance.

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/MND

Question: Does putting 'For the devs" in your topic title increase the chance they'll answer the questions?
Answer: No.

And this.

Usage of this ability from behind the target seems to slightly enhance its success rate.

http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Steal

[Greatguardian]

This



http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/MND



And this.



http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Steal

1) Wikia entries are retarded. Just throwing that out there.

2) No. MND does not affect magic defense, period. They phrased their wiki entry poorly. It does reduce the damage taken by Light-based Nukes only, because those nukes utilize dMND. It does not increase a universal "Magic Defense" stat, does not affect Magic Defense Bonus, and does not affect Magic Damage Taken-%.

Go to the Calculating Magic Damage page on lolwiki and you'll figure out why this is the case.

3) Wiki entries are retarded. The wiki page for Haste used to say that it slightly increased movement speed.