~Further explanation on WAR JSM2~

[Lockecole]

Do tortoises have a physical damage reduction trait or just incredibly high defense and vitality? I don't pretend to know any of that pdif damage calculation stuff so it's hard for me to tell without being able to wack away at a TW version.

I'm trying to think of mobs that have that trait other than elementals, but I guess I'm too tired to even come up with much. Maybe those pots in sea or slime type mobs? I'll have to wait until the afternoon to test it out on things for myself.

Hey, this could relate to magical properties also. Perhaps cut down the Wyrm -magical damage reduction for a short period? Ok I know Im going out on a limb there, but basically I think we should open our minds beyond physical special damage properties.

[Nagamaki]

Boo someone posted my info overnight. Anyway, doing SW Apollyon yesterday we confirmed Tomahawk improved melee damage on mimics and on elementals, so it quite clearly reduces at least physical resistance filters. Anyone with upcoming Dynamis should team up with a MNK (or someone with Spirits I guess) to test out if it'll reduce the resistance statue types and eye types have against chi class damage, and obviously for normal magic people could try it on wyrms or Cerb or anything else with a magical damage filter, just compare the same person's ES nuke with and without a Tomahawk.

I dunno if its very reasonable to expect something that lowers magical filters, but its not like a Tomahawk lowering elemental physical filters makes a whole lot of logical sense either.

Based on tests with the eles, it seemed to take their normal filter of 80% or so reduction, and reduce it to 60% reduction, so it didn't cancel it but it reduced it significantly (basically doubled melee damage)