Question: Overprotection is like overkill?

[DrGirlfriend]

Is overprotection from armor (deflecting) worse for returns than blocking all but 1 damage for example?

my theory is that when you deflect you may get more decay than if you blocked all but 1 damage (or all but any amount, the one isn’t important) like how when you do too much damage and overkill it hurts dpp, does overblocking damage work the same?

I know you get armor decay returned, but does deflecting give say less returns like overkill does less dpp and thus less items in loot compared to shrap.

What are your thoughts

 

[Shilda]

Entropia Universe - Developer-Notes-11-Loot-2.0

Later this month, MindArk will be releasing a special Loot 2.0 Version Update that will overhaul the way in which hunting loot is calculated and distr

www.entropiauniverse.com

 

[DrGirlfriend]

Yea that doesn’t answer my question at all. I know armor gives returns I’m asking if overprotection had any effect on the returns

 

[Thark]

no!
but look for an armor guide on this forum, there is a really really great one that answers all the questions, and even some you didnt know you had!

 

[DrGirlfriend]

no!
but look for an armor guide on this forum, there is a really really great one that answers all the questions, and even some you didnt know you had!

Any guide written on this forum is horribly out of date

 

[Shilda]

Yea that doesn’t answer my question at all. I know armor gives returns I’m asking if overprotection had any effect on the returns

Read again then.

 

[Yazuki]

• Armor no longer has a minimum decay based on total protection, it will now always decay proportionally to the amount of damage absorbed.

 

[Thark]

Any guide written on this forum is horribly out of date

You just didnt check at all. thats just lazy.

A Most Complete Guide to Armors (2020 Edition)

In June 2017, MindArk released Loot 2.0 which changed how the loot system calculates how much loot you get. In order for these new loot calculations to make sense, MindArk had to make defensive costs cheaper for everyone and so many changes were made to how Armors absorb damage and how they...

www.planetcalypsoforum.com

from 2020 and armors and mechanics dont change that often. as a matter of fact, I can remember 1! armor mechanics change

 

[DrGirlfriend]

You just didnt check at all. thats just lazy.

A Most Complete Guide to Armors (2020 Edition)

In June 2017, MindArk released Loot 2.0 which changed how the loot system calculates how much loot you get. In order for these new loot calculations to make sense, MindArk had to make defensive costs cheaper for everyone and so many changes were made to how Armors absorb damage and how they...

www.planetcalypsoforum.com

from 2020 and armors and mechanics dont change that often. as a matter of fact, I can remember 1! armor mechanics change

Nothing in there answers my question

And excuse me for ignoring guides when there are outdated stickies from 2012 like wtf none of the stickies are even relevant or true anymore

 

[DrGirlfriend]

• Armor no longer has a minimum decay based on total protection, it will now always decay proportionally to the amount of damage absorbed.

So deflection is cheaper than taking full damage and letting some through then as deflection isn’t paying for the entire hit (the extra damage isn’t included in decay)

are we sure of this? Is there a way to test it?

 

[Gopher]

Armor takes decay based on how much damage you get hit for not exceeding the armor's protection #, you can save pec by having mobs deal 1-2 damage through your armor and the auto-regeneration just healing it back, but the difference is so minor it doesn't matter much. Just avoid getting hit more than you should (have enough dps to kill the mob without letting it hit you 20 times) and have an evade level at minimum 5 levels higher than the mob level to minimize the amount of damage you take.