[Inconsiderable]

Update, Jayde's next answer is on page 8.

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Hello.
Jayde answered to this thread on Page 5. Big thank you for taking your time to help us out. Anyway, one questions remains:

What will be done about the destiny quests? Those of us who picked ratings are at a disadvantage because others picked mana for example which works in PvP.

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Originally Posted by Jayde As this seems to be a running theory, I figured I would post to clarify. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Demonologist (or Necromancer) magic ratings. You will notice that the buff from either of the specialized fire/electrical/unholy/cold buffs added to your base magic rating will equal your resist rating, or any other "target" rating for your level. For instance, the target at level 80 is 317 ratings, which is achieved with the base value + the buff value from either school rating buffs. (Obviously, if you have Archmage, the buff will also apply to both schools instead of just one.) So, in the end, it is Magic Rating + Specialized Magic Rating vs. Resist Rating for the purposes of combat calculations. Additionally, no stats were intended to apply to magic (or attack) ratings, and this was simply an error in the tooltip text until it was corrected last week. Intelligence increases magic damage dealt, not magic rating. Fruthermore, Magic, Attack, Defense, and Resist ratings do not apply in PvP at all, to provide a more even playing field for all players of all level ranges.

Taken from the Demonologist Forum here.

So Magic Rating, Attack Rating, Defense Rating and Magic Resist do not work in PvP which makes sense. Yet there are some problems like that you can increase Magic Rating in the Destiny Quest. According to his posting, if you picked Magic Rating instead of Mana Regeneration you have a disadvantage in PvP. Which is stupid, I'd like to add.

Could some Dev (Hi Jayde?) tell us if this will be fixed somehow and why I take more damage in PvP without my Armor Buff (adds Def Rating) or if I am wrong about that?
It would be pretty stupid if we have to reroll characters just because of the Destiny Quest. For example.. it would make sense if the percent of magic/attack rating you have above your base magic/attack rating would apply as damage bonus in PvP.

Lets say (imaginary numbers) you have 300 magic rating and got 18 from the quest so you have 318 magic rating. 300 is base, 18 = 6% more => 6% more dmg in pvp. Or only 50%, so its 3% more damage.

Well?

[ry-ry]

i assumed that it was just the gear that wasn't working.

self-buffing spells have always seemed to work.

[RamzaAoC]

Are you trying to tell us wearing Full Plate and Heavy Armor has absolutly no effect in PvP on melee damage?

[Rotwing]

Originally Posted by RamzaAoC Are you trying to tell us wearing Full Plate and Heavy Armor has absolutly no effect in PvP on melee damage?

No, silly, it has absolutely no effect at all. Anywhere.

[Enigma25]

you just chose the wrong part of Jayde's posting to complain about

[Undo]

Originally Posted by Inconsiderable Taken from the Demonologist Forum here. So Magic Rating, Attack Rating, Defense Rating and Magic Resist do not work in PvP which makes sense. Yet there are some problems like that you can increase Magic Rating in the Destiny Quest. According to his posting, if you picked Magic Rating instead of Mana Regeneration you have a disadvantage in PvP. Which is stupid, I'd like to add.

This is a mambo jambo non sense. If Magic resist doesnt work in pvp, why I get so many resists then ? Beside, some stats didnt had any effect until last patch, which makes me wonder if the guys at Funcom have any ideea about who is doing what and the stage of the hole project.
It seems to me that they are more confused then I am.

[Inconsiderable]

You do not gain any resists. You gain invuls, thats different.

[Charles]

Defense rating being removed in PvP is pretty nasty. Most heavy armors rely on defense rating, with less than one % bonus to invuls. What should we conqs do then? We don't do damage, but we take damage. Our HP pool doesn't help much when everyone just cut straight through or chain mails. ;p

[Niorrd]

Originally Posted by Charles Defense rating being removed in PvP is pretty nasty. Most heavy armors rely on defense rating, with less than one % bonus to invuls. What should we conqs do then? We don't do damage, but we take damage. Our HP pool doesn't help much when everyone just cut straight through or chain mails. ;p

Yeah this is crap. And funcom isn't helping either. They could at least explain how it should work..

[Boubaloss]

Originally Posted by Niorrd Yeah this is crap. And funcom isn't helping either. They could at least explain how it should work..

I dont think they have decided yet. As soon as they put something down in blacknwhite it makes it harder to tweak as someone will dredge up a dev post from months ago and say "but how can this be! you have already said it works like xxxx! I based my whole character developement on what you said previously"