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How does bdo handle damage reduction?
Oct 9, 2024, 11:39 (UTC)
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Last Edit : Oct 9, 2024, 11:40 (UTC)
# 1

Is it subtraction like (AP-DR)*blabla or division like (AP*blabla)/(DR*blabla)? 

According to the document below I think it's the former, is that right?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rUH18hgXH0EZLDar6GgexjbCWuRaGsmb5dU8xQ8yrtU

So does that mean there is a threshold, only the exceeded AP are "valid AP" and 10% gear AP in solo black shrine actually weighs more than it appears? Like, for example aura gives 318 AP, then they can set bosses DR at 200+ to easily make gear matter way more than it looks like, am I correct?

Cuz I did bs with both my proper gear and tuvala gear, the difference is just huge and I feel there's clearly a "valid AP" threshold which is only slightly lower than the aura AP. Just curious.

Last Edit : Oct 30, 2024, 21:54 (UTC)
# 2

Doing black shrine bosses with two different geared characters and yes the difference seems huge, but only regarding DP.

My main gear had a huge AP increase in the last weeks without resulting in much better solo black shrine times, so in my opinion the 10% AP do not have a lot of impact, but other stats like crit damage % and back attack damage % do (garmoth heart crystal slot, cups, relicts, crystals etc)

Last Edit : Nov 10, 2024, 10:07 (UTC)
# 3

The above poster is correct. 10% of the current gear does not matter. 

Last Edit : Nov 12, 2024, 00:40 (UTC)
# 4
On: Oct 30, 2024, 12:45 (UTC), Written by Tiany

Doing black shrine bosses with two different geared characters and yes the difference seems huge, but only regarding DP.

My main gear had a huge AP increase in the last weeks without resulting in much better solo black shrine times, so in my opinion the 10% AP do not have a lot of impact, but other stats like crit damage % and back attack damage % do (garmoth heart crystal slot, cups, relicts, crystals etc)

All the dif. gear updates Sov. Kara.. I have had 25 points added with AP. Also having worse clear times with better gear lol.

Last Edit : Nov 12, 2024, 05:08 (UTC)
# 5

DR is a straight reduction to ap. But you can never do less than 5% of your total damage/ap.

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