Xeno's 3.0 Aggressive Style Warrior Guide

[Twilite]

That thing I was confused about was what he said about foresight. So I did some asking around and I can see why foresight isn't seen as very useful. I didn't understand the difference between damage reduction and defense increase, the latter having a smaller impact.

I'm probably going to be studying most of his videos.

[Freyyy]

That thing I was confused about was what he said about foresight. So I did some asking around and I can see why foresight isn't seen as very useful. I didn't understand the difference between damage reduction and defense increase, the latter having a smaller impact.

I'm probably going to be studying most of his videos.

+20% defense isn't the same as 20% flat damage reduction. I don't know the maths behind this but appearently 20% defense equals approximately 6-7% damage reduction.

Anyway, great guide Xeno, as always. Still having that horrible room tho

[Phoenicia]

+20% defense isn't the same as 20% flat damage reduction. I don't know the maths behind this but appearently 20% defense equals approximately 6-7% damage reduction.

Anyway, great guide Xeno, as always. Still having that horrible room tho

Defense is a very flat line function, and very shallow at that. Every point of defense reduces damage by a 0.0x%. It was ~0.035% per point of defense at level 50. So something like 915 defense (What tanks had at ilv130 with protect) is 40.53% (which is why tanks seem to take half the damage per hit compared other jobs), foresight increased damage reduction to 48.64%. Equaling 8.11% damage reduction.

Sources for calculations used can be found here.

Defense probably lost some value now that we are level 60. But it should still be as linear.

[Donjo]

Defense probably lost some value now that we are level 60. But it should still be as linear.

Yeah, it probably lost some value. I remember some people complaining about how Level 50 duties were stomping on Tanks if they went in unlevelsynced, presumably because new Defense calculations started applying the second they left Level 50.

However, Defense values on gear are rising much faster in 3.0 than they were in 2.0 and i180 left side gear already gives over double the Defense that i130 gear did. Unless the per-point value of defense has been reduced by more than half, we may end up having comparatively more damage reduction from Defense in 3.0 than we had in 2.0 which would make Foresight more valuable due to the increased speed of gear scaling as we climb the raids.

[Billeffingmurray]

Thanks for the guide xeno! The last one was very helpful and informative, and I look forward to updates for this one.