DEF/MDEF and Physical/Magic Resist

Are they the same or different and how do the both of them work?

 

Read this post
https://toramonline.com/index.php?threads/any-advice-please.51058/page-3

 

they are not the same and their effects don't add up.

defense is a lower (basic) stat. you get it from armor, add gear, rings and shields, your level and your VIT/INT stats.
the damage reduction it offers has high priority. so in the damage calculation it applies first, making it most effective (positive and negative).
BUT the damage reduction is low and it grows logarithmic, meaning the stat quickly becomes less and less effective the higher it's value.
you get 20% damage reduction for 250 points, 30% for 1000 and 40% for 10000 (not that you can actually get that much).

resistance is a higher (advanced) stat. you get it only from equipment stats and skills.
the damage reduction is equal to it's value.
BUT it applies in sequences of 50%. so once you breach 50% resistance, you'll get 50% damage reduction (after applying defense) and the remaining resistance applies to the remaining damage afterwards. this repeats for every 50% interval, so every time resistance exceeds 50, 100, 150, ect. the effect becomes half as strong as before.
(100% resistance applies only 75% damage reduction. you can never reach 100%.)

 

Ah i see,thanks.Shame that dmg reduc and resist dont add up though.Would it be too OP if it did?

 

you would be invincible at least, if not heal instead of taking damage.
that's also why resistance gets cut in half at every 50 points.

 

What about damage reduction from the skill Magic Barrier from support skill tree and from the skill Chakra? Do they add up to equipment defense stat and/or its refinement?

 

each of them has their own status. neither will add up with any other, they all apply in sequence, taking effect on the remaining damage.

 

So Def/Mdef's reduction and resistances are separate form of reductions? And is put together in calculation with respect to the type of attack(magic/phys.)?

Edit: Nvm, i just read the whole thing a lot more carefully now.