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Seems to have important information about dmg and enemy stats after the patch.
And you're right, it is the change of enemy stats, although I already brought this up when mana shield nerf came up...
The screenshot is of a possessed gold bone fighter IN ADV. Notice that the stats aren't all 10 anymore, but 220, with the exception of luck.
1. This also means that the enemy gained more defense (because of str), magic defense (thanks to int...lol), and the enemy also gained defense penetration (...what)
2. This also means that damage formula changed (we all know this). The gold bone fighter in adv had 27~29 prot. Notice that the updated gold bone fighter has LESS prot (yay?)
They refer it to as "damage reduction formula" and here is how it goes: Protection constant (a),
Damage reduction formula = (1-a/a+prot)*100 and for prot, we use 22, so we apparently get 29% off of our damage, which is about the same prot as before the update. I think They also subtract this equation from 100 to get the results, but that's just my guess.
Now, we're given that lance piercing gives 5 prot piercing instead of 2 (doesn't mention defense since not many seem to care)
So secret penetrating knight lance = 40 prot reduction
And so far, it seems that mobs including elite have below 40 mobs, so this is still good for lancers like me and many others (yay!)
But when it gets to lord missions, obviously the lancers' damage will decrease, well... because they usually have around 50~55 prot. Not a huge change to it or anything, and you'll still hit high as you used to.
For lancer part TL;DR
For SMs, upto elite, you lancers get about 33% damage increased (wow)
For mobs with 70 prot, lancers would do 18% damage than they used to (...)
But don't worry, even for 70 prot mobs, you should be doing more than you would with weapons without piercing level, although I'm not really sure how efficient lance will be at this point.