Damage Reduction Attribute

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Ok, this one has had me baffled for years... years..

Why the fuss over Damage Reduction if the best you can get is 50.. and
most Hell beasties do damage in the thousands.. How does it help to get
walloped for 1000 points minus 50DR when your life is 900.. are you not
just as dead? There must be a secret here. Please someone educate me on
the intricacies of Damage Reduction.

Elly

 

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"Ellen" <finesse@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
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>
> Ok, this one has had me baffled for years... years..
>
> Why the fuss over Damage Reduction if the best you can get is 50.. and
> most Hell beasties do damage in the thousands.. How does it help to get
> walloped for 1000 points minus 50DR when your life is 900.. are you not
> just as dead? There must be a secret here. Please someone educate me on
> the intricacies of Damage Reduction.
>
> Elly

Erm, because there are 2 different types. One is straight reduction, and
the other is a % reduction. So you're right, damage reduced by 15 isn't
that big of a deal.

But damage reduced by 30%, can save your life


short

 

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"Ellen" <finesse@u.washington.edu> wrote in message
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> Ok, this one has had me baffled for years... years..
>
> Why the fuss over Damage Reduction if the best you can get is 50..

50 PERCENT.

> and most Hell beasties do damage in the thousands.. How does it help to
get
> walloped for 1000 points minus 50DR when your life is 900.. are you not
> just as dead?

No, you're not, cause 50% of 1000 is 500. You only take 500 damage, so
you're not dead.

Plus, most hell monsters do not do damage in the thousands.

> Elly

 

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In article <Pine.A41.4.61b.0503040756001.289728@homer12.u.washington.edu>,
Ellen <finesse@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>
>
>Ok, this one has had me baffled for years... years..
>
>Why the fuss over Damage Reduction if the best you can get is 50.. and
>most Hell beasties do damage in the thousands.. How does it help to get
>walloped for 1000 points minus 50DR when your life is 900.. are you not
>just as dead? There must be a secret here. Please someone educate me on
>the intricacies of Damage Reduction.

It's a percentage. So 1000 x 50% = 500 damage which you do NOT take.

Regards,

Patrick.

 

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On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 08:02:15 -0800, Ellen <finesse@u.washington.edu>
wrote:

>Ok, this one has had me baffled for years... years..
>
>Why the fuss over Damage Reduction if the best you can get is 50.. and
>most Hell beasties do damage in the thousands.. How does it help to get
>walloped for 1000 points minus 50DR when your life is 900.. are you not
>just as dead? There must be a secret here. Please someone educate me on
>the intricacies of Damage Reduction.

There are two kinds: amount reduced and % reduced. The latter are the
good ones, and _much_ rarer than the former, which are useless after
about A1 Normal, except for certain kinds of damage (Magic Damage
Reduced by a few points can greatly decrease the total damage you take
from repeat-damage attacks like Holy Shock).

-- Roy L