Platform:PC Windows 7
ISP: Comcast
Type of Internet Connection:cable/broadband
Internet Connection Speed: 50mbs
Date & Time: several months ago and 25may2015
Frequency: Times listed above thorought the entire testing period
Character Name: Dasva
Race:Taru
World:Shiva
Main Job:Cor
Support Job:WHM
Area and Coordinates: Diorama Abdhaljs-Ghelsba
Party or Solo: Party
NPC Name: None
Monster Name: All jug pets capable of achieving ilvl 119 at the time of that particular test
Steps:
1: About 6 months ago I tested jug pet magic defense bonuses. I Used quick draw on another character with no magic defense bonus traits or gear to establish baseline quickdraw dmg with no mdb
2: Use quick draw against jug pets with multiple elements throwing out the obvious element weakness ones and resists.
3: If jug pet dmg taken matches the baseline record it as 0 mdb
4: If jug pet dmg was different vary the amount of mdb on another character until it matches the dmg the jug pet took
5: Record the mdb the other character had as the jugs mdb
6: Repeat the above steps while run wild is active
7: Repeat the above steps this weekend.
8: Compare results
Results summary: Not going to post all the raw data but summary is just about every single jug pet took more dmg from quickdraw with a given great set a few days ago then the test a few months ago. Meaning sometime in the last few months almost every jug has had it's magic defense bonus values lowered without any mention of it in any dev or update notes post to the point where most of them actually have negative mdb values including ones that had none and the ones that were already negative are more so and the ones that had a decent positive are much smaller now.
Another irregularity is most of the ones with negative mdb values actually get more negative with run wild and the ones that don't just stay the same. Which means for many of the jugs the job ability that is supposed to make them stronger at the cost of definitely losing them in 5 minutes actually makes them either weaker to magic dmg or has no change. This is compounded further by how many of them had their mdb values lowered in the last few months