Defense Down

[qatsi2]

I thought MND just affected whether you were resisted on the spell to begin with, not how potent the spell actually was. Hojo: Ni just seems more potent when Im tanking for some reason.

The Slow % formula is ( 100 + (0.2 x MND differences) + 13.68 ) /100, iirc.

[Khamsin]

I thought MND just affected whether you were resisted on the spell to begin with, not how potent the spell actually was. Hojo: Ni just seems more potent when Im tanking for some reason.

The Slow % formula is ( 100 + (0.2 x MND differences) + 13.68 ) /100, iirc.

Which is also useful for determining exact mob stats.

e.g. you know your MND, and through timing the mob's attacks, you can find out the Slow %. Then your MND = (mob's MND) +500 * Slow% - 568.4

[FFXIFlux]

I thought MND just affected whether you were resisted on the spell to begin with, not how potent the spell actually was. Hojo: Ni just seems more potent when Im tanking for some reason.

Most people have no idea how to play their jobs so your RDM probably wasn't even using +MND gear. In which case, yes, Hojo 2 is (significantly) better than Slow 1.

[Darkblood]

I thought MND just affected whether you were resisted on the spell to begin with, not how potent the spell actually was. Hojo: Ni just seems more potent when Im tanking for some reason.

The Slow % formula is ( 100 + (0.2 x MND differences) + 13.68 ) /100, iirc.

Which is also useful for determining exact mob stats.

e.g. you know your MND, and through timing the mob's attacks, you can find out the Slow %. Then your MND = (mob's MND) +500 * Slow% - 568.4

Ahh, I see. Thanks for the clarification

[Khamsin]

I thought MND just affected whether you were resisted on the spell to begin with, not how potent the spell actually was. Hojo: Ni just seems more potent when Im tanking for some reason.

The Slow % formula is ( 100 + (0.2 x MND differences) + 13.68 ) /100, iirc.

Which is also useful for determining exact mob stats.

e.g. you know your MND, and through timing the mob's attacks, you can find out the Slow %. Then your MND = (mob's MND) +500 * Slow% - 568.4

Ahh, I see. Thanks for the clarification

I suppose you should probably swap your MND and the mob's MND in that equation to get the most use out of it, now that I think of it.

[Navia]

spirit surge is more than angon. they do not stack. spirit surge will overwrite angon, angon will have no effect if spirit surge effect is on.

That is good to know, i've been trying to figure out what's the best setup to max def down something after a THF feints on it to allow melees to do the most damage in a short period of time.
I want to avoid cases where a lesser effect overwrites a stronger one.
Anyone know if def down katanas overwrite stronger effects like angon or substitute + stack with other effects like say, acid bolts?

[aurik]

spirit surge is more than angon. they do not stack. spirit surge will overwrite angon, angon will have no effect if spirit surge effect is on.

That is good to know, i've been trying to figure out what's the best setup to max def down something after a THF feints on it to allow melees to do the most damage in a short period of time.
I want to avoid cases where a lesser effect overwrites a stronger one.
Anyone know if def down katanas overwrite stronger effects like angon or substitute + stack with other effects like say, acid bolts?

They will not trigger if acid effect is present, I don't think. They definitely do not stack. Only one "defense down" and one "dia" effect can be present on the mob at a given moment.

[Machazareel]

spirit surge is more than angon. they do not stack. spirit surge will overwrite angon, angon will have no effect if spirit surge effect is on.

That is good to know, i've been trying to figure out what's the best setup to max def down something after a THF feints on it to allow melees to do the most damage in a short period of time.
I want to avoid cases where a lesser effect overwrites a stronger one.
Anyone know if def down katanas overwrite stronger effects like angon or substitute + stack with other effects like say, acid bolts?

Pretty sure Yoto+1 overwrites acids, at least. I seem to recall them going off and damage dealt was noticably higher afterwards, so it's safe to assume Yoto's grant more def down.

For clarification, I was on rng at the time, using a crossbow, and it's very easy to tell how the mob def is affected with ranged attacks, as their damage per hit remains fairly static (this was pre-nerf, btw)