Boss armor values

[Rystet]

I believe that a couple things have caused trouble locking down the 10% Defense previously.

I mentioned earlier the issues with Combat Text not displaying all results. As a Juggernaut many of my attacks actually strike the target multiple times, and each strike is rolled separately. So often its only a portion of an attack that is defended not the entire attack. This can cause confusion when trying to track it without logs. Then on top of that SCT is combining numbers, and who knows whats actually happening behind the scenes.

The other thing that causes many people to not realize they are being defended is that many of their key abilities can not be defended. Recently we have seen a lot of talk about Tanks in PVP and not actually using Tanking gear. PVP has shown us that all Force/Tech attacks (the Key abilities for most classes) can not be defended... only melee/ranged attacks. This cuts down the usefulness of the stat in PVP substantially. This holds true in PVE, bosses can't defend them either.

This is from the new Flashpoint, at 98.97% Base Accuracy, and 108.97% Special, the data parsed from those runs clearly shows my special Melee attacks are being Defended (Dodged/Parried). It did not happen very often with my current accuracy level, but I was defended 2 to 3 times with each of my Special Melee attacks when I compiled all of the Data. My force attacks as expected did not Miss, or get Defended. The only attack that actually "missed" was my basic Assault and this also only happened a few times.


Melee Attacks

Sundering Assault - Hit 481 times, 3 Defended

Crushing Blow - Hit 154 times, 2 Defended

Ravage - Hit 172 times, 2 Defended

Force Charge - Hit 124 times, 1 Defended (damage component only)

Vicious Slash - Hit 41 times, 1 Defended

Sweeping Slash - Hit 248 times, 2 Defended

Saber Throw - Hit 59 times, 0 Defended


Force Attacks

Backhand - Hit 79 times, 0 Defended

Smash - Hit 323 times, 0 Defended

Force Scream - Hit 216 times, 0 Defended

Force Choke - Hit 63 Times, 0 Defended

Force Push - Hit 2 Times, 0 Defended


As a reminder many of these abilities hit multiple times when activated. Each hit is rolled separately. The Hits Listed are not the number of times the ability was activated, but how many times a portion of the ability did damage. So, Often times the Defend is not the whole ability, but just one portion of the attack.