What The Diffrence

**kingtony** · 27th March 2007, 09:33 AM

is there any diffrence of having all 70's in resist or having magic resistance.i am workng on increasing my magic resistance so if i get that to 120 do i still need to have 70's in the other resist department.and what is the diffrence

The87 · 27th March 2007, 09:41 AM

resist does a few thigns...

1) gives you a base number resist (44 at 120 i believe)
2) it gets compared to eval when you are being casted at... if its higher than the eval of the caster it reduces the damage - if eval is higher you will take full damage
3) after that calculation is done, it gives you a base attempt at resisting the spell completely... higher your resist = higher chance

the number resists (ones you get from armor and such) are percent damage reductions as i understand... so if someone flamestrikes you, you will take 30% damage if you have 70 fire resist.

**kitiara** · 27th March 2007, 10:23 AM

If I'm not mistaken, in addition to what The87 said - magic resist only decreases your damage taken from magic spells. It won't help at all against melee damage. Your armor resist will protect you from weapon-induced damage.

(ie. it's not an either/or proposition - I wouldn't suggest being 120 in magic resist and running around naked with no armor).

Rhus Radicans · 27th March 2007, 10:32 AM

Magic Resist assists you in resisting status-changing spells or debuffs. It is helpful against curses, the poison spell, paralyze.

Resists on armor decrease physical and elemental damage. Most monsters do physical damage, some do elemental damage in addition to this. Your armor protects against this.

**kingtony** · 27th March 2007, 10:33 AM

KIT that was very funny almost lost my luch thinking about that .but yes i do concure running around nude with high resist will get me no where.Thanks for all your imput

27th March 2007, 09:33 AM	#1
kingtony How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink? Join Date: Jan 2007 Shard: alantic Posts: 2,662 Gold: 151 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	What The Diffrence is there any diffrence of having all 70's in resist or having magic resistance.i am workng on increasing my magic resistance so if i get that to 120 do i still need to have 70's in the other resist department.and what is the diffrence

27th March 2007, 09:41 AM	#2
The87 Join Date: Feb 2007 Shard: Catskills Posts: 66 Gold: 18 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What The Diffrence resist does a few thigns... 1) gives you a base number resist (44 at 120 i believe) 2) it gets compared to eval when you are being casted at... if its higher than the eval of the caster it reduces the damage - if eval is higher you will take full damage 3) after that calculation is done, it gives you a base attempt at resisting the spell completely... higher your resist = higher chance the number resists (ones you get from armor and such) are percent damage reductions as i understand... so if someone flamestrikes you, you will take 30% damage if you have 70 fire resist.

27th March 2007, 10:23 AM	#3
kitiara Polar Bear Queen Join Date: Nov 2006 Shard: Atlantic & Lake Austin Posts: 4,173 Gold: 333 My Mood: Thanks: 51 Thanked 33 Times in 24 Posts	Re: What The Diffrence If I'm not mistaken, in addition to what The87 said - magic resist only decreases your damage taken from magic spells. It won't help at all against melee damage. Your armor resist will protect you from weapon-induced damage. (ie. it's not an either/or proposition - I wouldn't suggest being 120 in magic resist and running around naked with no armor). [UOCraft.com] - [Photography: Blog - My eBay Store - Flickr] - [Other Blogs: Bird Blog - Geek Blog]

27th March 2007, 10:32 AM	#4
Rhus Radicans Join Date: Apr 2006 Shard: Catskills Posts: 603 Gold: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: What The Diffrence Magic Resist assists you in resisting status-changing spells or debuffs. It is helpful against curses, the poison spell, paralyze. Resists on armor decrease physical and elemental damage. Most monsters do physical damage, some do elemental damage in addition to this. Your armor protects against this.

27th March 2007, 10:33 AM	#5
kingtony How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink? Join Date: Jan 2007 Shard: alantic Posts: 2,662 Gold: 151 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: What The Diffrence KIT that was very funny almost lost my luch thinking about that .but yes i do concure running around nude with high resist will get me no where.Thanks for all your imput