Dmg vs. Defense

• Chillax wrote on 2010-08-24 04:39
  Dual Wielding - Mabinogi World Wiki
  
  [(Base damage) + (first weapon damage) + (second weapon damage)] * (% damage multiplier of skill)
• Taliya wrote on 2010-08-24 04:45
  Getting back to the original point. Obviously +damage is better for killing mobs. That's a no brainer. I still don't think defense should be seen as something laughable in mabi. Which is how the majority of people tend to treat it.
• abc33kr wrote on 2010-08-24 04:51

  Quote from Taliya;135639:

  Getting back to the original point. Obviously +damage is better for killing mobs. That's a no brainer. I still don't think defense should be seen as something laughable in mabi. Which is how the majority of people tend to treat it.

  
  
  DP isn't something laughable, those are just nubs who haven't really fought mobs. But what justified and others are trying to tell is that DP build doesn't work with everyone. Even though I am a human, I do have a DP armor in my bank for occasions when I need it. For example, for hard mode uroboros, I used that armor.
  
  So in conclusion, different style of gameplay is something to be respected.
  Laughing at DP build for losing a bit of dmg while having only tried damage build is like a meeler laughing at range for missing.
• Justified wrote on 2010-08-24 04:54

  Quote from Taliya;135639:

  Getting back to the original point. Obviously +damage is better for killing mobs. That's a no brainer. I still don't think defense should be seen as something laughable in mabi. Which is how the majority of people tend to treat it.

  
  
  The laughable part is that it takes much more resources and development to be able to work, while offense is still pretty efficient and doesn't require as much. Plus as said, in the hands of a skilled player, getting hit doesn't even occur often which makes defense unnecessary.
  
  I do have a defense set, but it doesn't get near as much attention as the 3 offensive sets I have. It only gets dusted off in the cases where I really can't manage being pure offense (or am doing something easy and don't feel like trying/paying attention). Most people would prefer to speed through Peaca recklessly, than lose out on damage to finish the job slower and at a much higher cost (pot consumption, armor repairs). The problem is that dying doesn't have much of a penalty, especially in parties where you don't have to keep your items blessed as long as somebody survives, or somebody doesn't drop anything.
• Taliya wrote on 2010-08-24 04:54
  Hehe, I too am admittedly working on a damage set. Its incomplete at the moment though. Should spam ciar some for white horse and do some rabbie basic HM for stout. >.<;
  
  That and I'm still working on an alchemy set too. Too much to do in this game. *dramatically spins around and falls dead*
  
  EDIT: Did you just say WM spamming consumes less pots then a defense build? I just laughed.
• Justified wrote on 2010-08-24 04:59

  Quote from Taliya;135648:

  EDIT: Did you just say WM spamming consumes less pots then a defense build? I just laughed.

  
  
  Not everybody uses pots with Windmill. Then there are those like me who spam Windmill like crazy with our ~20 HP, while still boasting stellar damage.
  
  So yes, it may or may not cost less.
• Chillax wrote on 2010-08-24 05:01

  Quote from Taliya;135648:

  Hehe, I too am admittedly working on a damage set. Its incomplete at the moment though. Should spam ciar some for white horse and do some rabbie basic HM for stout. >.<;
  
  That and I'm still working on an alchemy set too. Too much to do in this game. *dramatically spins around and falls dead*
  
  EDIT: Did you just say WM spamming consumes less pots then a defense build? I just laughed.

  
  
  Some people just run in deadly, so the only pots they'd be spamming are stam pots. They can also mix in Smash as well.
• Taliya wrote on 2010-08-24 05:06
  Alright, just keep laughing it up, Justified.
• Diamondberg wrote on 2010-08-24 23:15
  Go for damage. So you can one shot almost everything in the game D:<