(10-26-2010, 11:02 PM)adiyel Wrote: @your mom
Explain this to me and I'll get back to you on it. To my knowledge, a lot of things like that that existed in previous games was removed, but I'm probably wrong here, so do share.
The game doesn't give you defensive bonus for every exact number of defense you have. As an example, going from say, 1700 to 1701 energy defense won't grant you more energy defense (even when taking a hit from shade 60 times over, and not just once) The game has defense tiers that give a linear bonus to defense every 23 and 27 points. So for instance (completely hypothetical) Defense from 1700 to 1723 will all result in the exact same amount of defense, while 1723 to 1724 will result in an increase in defense. 1724 to 1750 won't give an increase to defense. And so on.
I tested this a good bit, but eventually gave up on doing it for every number, as the numbers themselves don't seem to be universal for every frame part combination-- even the manner in which those tiers are pattern'd out is rather random.
Bottom line however, is Last Raven still uses defense tiers like Silent Line, but the major difference is that the bonus is linear, compared to Silent Line where it was parabolic-- main reason why defense in Silent Line was so good, and why Last Raven's defense is virtually paper-thin.
