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Feb 14th, 2015 at 6:32pm
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So, rules are same type of fort bypass % wont stack, so 2 armor piercing 10% wont be equal to 20% ap, but 10%.

What about EDs? Like grim precision or piercing clarity?

Grim is 5, 10, 15% bypass per tier, Piercing Clar is 5 and 10 respectively. Does it mean lets say GP 10%(tier 2) wont stack with PC 10% and neither with AP 10% item?

Or EDs work differently? Shocked

Coz in theory it wud be possible to reach 110% fortification bypass,
gp 15
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shadowdragonraid piercing wepon 35%
5% guild
25% precision,
20% flawless black dragon scale

So how does this armor piercing thing work? Huh
  

Vaultaccount wrote on Aug 29th, 2016 at 7:06pm:
The most broken epic PL in the game is the ridiculous AC buff from martial PLs. But when you include all the inherent benefits from reincarnation, the thing is above the roof. The benefit from TR was supposed to be minimal, but now it is game breaking. start a new character and you will feel, you will get raped in heroics.

Personally I think lower heroics on new characters are harder than Legendary Elite content on a character with good gear and has all destinies farmed.


Arkat wrote on Apr 2nd, 2014 at 4:14pm:
And someone in another thread called ME delusional recently!

Wow.

Have you EVER gone to Law School Feyn? Have you EVER been asked by a United States Senator who is now the Vice President of the United States to write a paper just for him on a particular topic of Constitutional Law for his use as a Senator? Have you ever been asked to help a very notable Harvard PhD turned Constitutional scholar with his very-well received book on Legal Philosophy and Constitutional Revolutions? Have you ever been offered a job as a Deputy Attorney General BEFORE you even graduated Law School?

No? Then STFU you fucking amateur.


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Thx. I was semi-waiting because windows 10 will be here soon. but, the crashing is making me want to punch old people.


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Re: Fortification bypass
Reply #1 - Feb 14th, 2015 at 6:43pm
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ddowiki.com/page/Armor-Piercing

Not sure if you've checked this?
It has some references to various discussions on testing in the Discussions page too.

What would be the best way to test this?
Any mobs have 100% fort?

Do undead have immunity to crits or 100% fort?
  
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Re: Fortification bypass
Reply #2 - Feb 14th, 2015 at 7:14pm
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The 20 from the armor would not stack with the 35 from the weapon. Unless it has changed since last I tested, no item effects stack with each other and all enhancements/ED/feats stack with each other. You would still be able to get 100% fort bypass on a rogue with opportunist.

Best way to test is in pvp. Another player can easily adjust their fortification to avoid statistical modelling.

Regarding undead/mindless constructs: they typically have 100 fort and immunity to sneak attacks.
  
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Reply #3 - Feb 14th, 2015 at 7:18pm
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The target dummy on your airship has 100% fort I believe.
  
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Re: Fortification bypass
Reply #4 - Feb 15th, 2015 at 3:42am
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I don't know if grim precision and piercing clarity stack.

Black dragonscale and dragon's edge are both considered armor piercing and do not stack.

Opportunist is also available to rogues.

Check your effects log and start testing.
  

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DropBear wrote on Feb 14th, 2015 at 6:43pm:
ddowiki.com/page/Armor-Piercing

Not sure if you've checked this?
It has some references to various discussions on testing in the Discussions page too.

What would be the best way to test this?
Any mobs have 100% fort?

Do undead have immunity to crits or 100% fort?


I did check wiki, and you know that is the reason 99% of the time why ppl come to vault or the so called "official ddo forums".

Undead from my experience have 100% fort, and old raid bosses do not have higher than 80% fort.

Unforunately turdbin changes many features so often and in a sneaky hotfix, that it is hard to keep track of them.

Anyway, with flawless black 20%, guild 5% , precision 25% and grim precision i pretty often saw triple dmg on undead with my pinion, so undead have 100% fort too. Tho that could be obvious as there are specific effects that reduce undead or contruct fortifiction (like blasting chime, i think and silver flame bow).
  

Vaultaccount wrote on Aug 29th, 2016 at 7:06pm:
The most broken epic PL in the game is the ridiculous AC buff from martial PLs. But when you include all the inherent benefits from reincarnation, the thing is above the roof. The benefit from TR was supposed to be minimal, but now it is game breaking. start a new character and you will feel, you will get raped in heroics.

Personally I think lower heroics on new characters are harder than Legendary Elite content on a character with good gear and has all destinies farmed.


Arkat wrote on Apr 2nd, 2014 at 4:14pm:
And someone in another thread called ME delusional recently!

Wow.

Have you EVER gone to Law School Feyn? Have you EVER been asked by a United States Senator who is now the Vice President of the United States to write a paper just for him on a particular topic of Constitutional Law for his use as a Senator? Have you ever been asked to help a very notable Harvard PhD turned Constitutional scholar with his very-well received book on Legal Philosophy and Constitutional Revolutions? Have you ever been offered a job as a Deputy Attorney General BEFORE you even graduated Law School?

No? Then STFU you fucking amateur.


Meat-Head wrote on Jul 29th, 2015 at 12:03am:
Thx. I was semi-waiting because windows 10 will be here soon. but, the crashing is making me want to punch old people.


IMARANGER wrote on Sep 8th, 2014 at 5:40pm:
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Re: Fortification bypass
Reply #6 - Feb 15th, 2015 at 11:07pm
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m4lacka wrote on Feb 15th, 2015 at 4:27am:
Anyway, with flawless black 20%, guild 5% , precision 25% and grim precision i pretty often saw triple dmg on undead with my pinion, so undead have 100% fort too. Tho that could be obvious as there are specific effects that reduce undead or contruct fortifiction (like blasting chime, i think and silver flame bow).


m4lacka wrote on Feb 14th, 2015 at 6:32pm:
gp 15
pc 10
5% guild
25% precision
10% Opportunist
------------------------
All Stack without any issues to 65%


Thunder-Forged piercing weapon 35%
20% flawless black dragon scale
-------------------------------------------
Both are coded as the same type, thus do not stack together, though do stack with the above respectivly.
Totaling 100% or 85%.

25% - Silver Flame Bow/Epic Silver Flame Bow
---------------------------------------------
Undead Specific, Stacks with all above forms (including 20% Armor even though both are item based). Does not work with TFW, since you cant hold a TFW + Bow together..

Totaling on undeads - 120%



Adjusted the second quote accordingly..
  
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Re: Fortification bypass
Reply #7 - Feb 16th, 2015 at 1:19am
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If you're including things that reduce an enemy's fortification, there are also (Improved) Destruction, Blasting Chime, Bow of the Silver Flame, Silver Slinger, some varieties of Cannith challenge armors, Improved Sunder, and Assassin's Trick. Most of this is on the Fortification page of the wiki, though.
  
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Reply #8 - Feb 16th, 2015 at 2:17am
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Vendui wrote on Feb 15th, 2015 at 11:07pm:
Adjusted the second quote accordingly..


Thx Ollie. Wink

EDIT: Oh, btw do you know if Celestial Champion threat range is competence or it stacks with kensei threat +1?
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Vaultaccount wrote on Aug 29th, 2016 at 7:06pm:
The most broken epic PL in the game is the ridiculous AC buff from martial PLs. But when you include all the inherent benefits from reincarnation, the thing is above the roof. The benefit from TR was supposed to be minimal, but now it is game breaking. start a new character and you will feel, you will get raped in heroics.

Personally I think lower heroics on new characters are harder than Legendary Elite content on a character with good gear and has all destinies farmed.


Arkat wrote on Apr 2nd, 2014 at 4:14pm:
And someone in another thread called ME delusional recently!

Wow.

Have you EVER gone to Law School Feyn? Have you EVER been asked by a United States Senator who is now the Vice President of the United States to write a paper just for him on a particular topic of Constitutional Law for his use as a Senator? Have you ever been asked to help a very notable Harvard PhD turned Constitutional scholar with his very-well received book on Legal Philosophy and Constitutional Revolutions? Have you ever been offered a job as a Deputy Attorney General BEFORE you even graduated Law School?

No? Then STFU you fucking amateur.


Meat-Head wrote on Jul 29th, 2015 at 12:03am:
Thx. I was semi-waiting because windows 10 will be here soon. but, the crashing is making me want to punch old people.


IMARANGER wrote on Sep 8th, 2014 at 5:40pm:
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Re: Fortification bypass
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m4lacka wrote on Feb 16th, 2015 at 2:17am:
Thx Ollie. Wink

EDIT: Oh, btw do you know if Celestial Champion threat range is competence or it stacks with kensei threat +1?


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Reply #10 - Feb 16th, 2015 at 5:08pm
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This is good stuff. It's almost as if we were on a helpful forum.
  

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Reply #11 - Feb 16th, 2015 at 5:26pm
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Revaulting wrote on Feb 16th, 2015 at 5:08pm:
This is good stuff. It's almost as if we were on a helpful forum.


Don't say that, or we'll all want useful advice! 

Fuck you all.  Eat a  bag of dicks.  Chone, et al.
  
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Scrybe wrote on Feb 16th, 2015 at 5:26pm:
Don't say that, or we'll all want useful advice! 


There was a brief episode when Barcelot acted in a reasonable manner. My theory begins there:

A "good" Barcelot from an alternate reality stumbled into ours. Probably after discovering how to tesseract, or kythe, or some similar L'Engle magic unicorn pegasus bullshit. He was quickly corrupted.

Some time later, we noticed Epoch hadn't been posting. The explanation was obvious:

"Meg" and "Calvin," et. al. from the "good" universe, being both good and stupid, ventured into our reality to "save" us and/or their version of Barcelot from us. They failed abysmally and tragically, winding up kidnapping Epoch instead.

As Rorschach from The Watchmen so eloquently put it:

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None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked in here with you. You're locked in here with *ME*!


Epoch is posting here again. I don't even want to begin thinking what happened to the "good" universe.

These helpful posts are from refugees from the "good" alternate reality that Epoch destroyed/subjugated/taught to throw balls at garage doors in unison. Surfacing here to be helpful will be their downfall, but they couldn't stop themselves. They will become corrupted, or our m4lacka, Ollie, and 5 Foot Step will hunt them down.

"Useful advice" anomaly explained.
  

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Re: Fortification bypass
Reply #13 - Feb 17th, 2015 at 10:27am
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Revaulting wrote on Feb 16th, 2015 at 5:08pm:
This is good stuff. It's almost as if we were on a helpful forum.

Look at us! Being all helpful and shit!
  

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apep wrote on Feb 16th, 2015 at 1:19am:
If you're including things that reduce an enemy's fortification, there are also (Improved) Destruction, Blasting Chime, Bow of the Silver Flame, Silver Slinger, some varieties of Cannith challenge armors, Improved Sunder, and Assassin's Trick. Most of this is on the Fortification page of the wiki, though.


i ignored some of those because they are Fort Reductions, not Bypass.. but i suppose if we were to count those...


These are not Considered Bypass or Reduction, but rather both

Bow/Silver slinger already listed above

Blasting/Epic Blasting: 20% fort from Construct like beings.. Works just like Bow/Slinger

Wrack Construct: up to -50%



These Reduce rather than bypass

Destruction/Improved Destruction/Destroying: dont stack together - up to 15%.. 

Insult: 10%

Improved Sunder: 10%

Shield of Condemnation: up to 50%

Touch of Despair: 25%



Quote:
gp 15
pc 10
5% guild
25% precision
10% Opportunist
------------------------
All Stack without any issues to 65%


Thunder-Forged piercing weapon 35%
20% flawless black dragon scale
-------------------------------------------
Both are coded as the same type, thus do not stack together, though do stack with the above respectivly.
Totaling 100% or 85%.

20% - Silver Flame Bow/Epic Silver Flame Bow
---------------------------------------------
Undead Specific, Stacks with all above forms (including 20% Armor even though both are item based). Does not work with TFW, since you cant hold a TFW + Bow together..

Totaling on undeads - 115%


stole this from above.. i fixed an error, i was under the assumption that silver flame bow was 25, but its 20..

alright.. so we then have:

Piercing Clarity: 10%
Precision: 25%
Opportunist: 10%
Grim Precision: 15%
Armor Pierceing: 35% (20% if using Black Scale instead of Thunderforged)
Guild Buff: 5%
--------------------------
100%/85%


Due to Opportunist - requires 10 rogue.. so we will go with a 13 rogue/7 monk

Destruction (weapon or armor): 15%
Sunder: 10%
Touch of Despair: 25%
Insult: 10%

-----------------
160%/145%


+ 20% towards Constructs with Chime on
+ an additional 50% with a high enough Wrack Construct DC

because.. being thorough is important Tongue




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Reply #15 - Feb 18th, 2015 at 2:20am
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If only the devs knew this much about their game....
  

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Revaulting wrote on Feb 16th, 2015 at 9:05pm:
There was a brief episode when Barcelot acted in a reasonable manner. My theory begins there:

A "good" Barcelot from an alternate reality stumbled into ours. Probably after discovering how to tesseract, or kythe, or some similar L'Engle magic unicorn pegasus bullshit. He was quickly corrupted.

Some time later, we noticed Epoch hadn't been posting. The explanation was obvious:

"Meg" and "Calvin," et. al. from the "good" universe, being both good and stupid, ventured into our reality to "save" us and/or their version of Barcelot from us. They failed abysmally and tragically, winding up kidnapping Epoch instead.

As Rorschach from The Watchmen so eloquently put it:


Epoch is posting here again. I don't even want to begin thinking what happened to the "good" universe.

These helpful posts are from refugees from the "good" alternate reality that Epoch destroyed/subjugated/taught to throw balls at garage doors in unison. Surfacing here to be helpful will be their downfall, but they couldn't stop themselves. They will become corrupted, or our m4lacka, Ollie, and 5 Foot Step will hunt them down.

"Useful advice" anomaly explained.


And the penny drops!  It's all starting to make a little sense.  Keep your guard up, Vautlies, these do-gooders may bring doom upon us all yet. 

They are mere bait for the destroy of worlds, the oncoming darkness...the Epoch.  Trust no-one. 

Just to be safe, you may need to delete your accounts.  Failing that, never post anything insightful, thought-provoking, or helpful for the rest of your Vault existence.  It will be your undoing. 

Thanks for the clarity, Revaulting.  However, you have now marked yourself as a target.  Maybe stay low for a few weeks, sacrifice a few goats, steal some children's candy.  You know the gig.
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Scrybe wrote on Feb 18th, 2015 at 3:57am:
Thanks for the clarity, Revaulting.  However, you have now marked yourself as a target.  Maybe stay low for a few weeks, sacrifice a few goats, steal some children's candy.  You know the gig.

Pretty sure my insight was the our-universe kind of helpful.
  

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Revaulting wrote on Feb 16th, 2015 at 9:05pm:
L'Engle magic unicorn pegasus bullshit.


lol

Revaulting wrote on Feb 16th, 2015 at 9:05pm:
They will become corrupted, or our m4lacka, Ollie, and 5 Foot Step will hunt them down.


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Vendui wrote on Feb 17th, 2015 at 8:28pm:
high enough Wrack Construct DC

Not tested in game, but going from wiki descriptions, this ability no longer has a save.

Also, added Assassin's Trick to the wiki. Being thorough is important.
  
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crunch wrote on Feb 26th, 2015 at 9:48am:
Also, added Assassin's Trick to the wiki. Being thorough is important.


hehe, i said fuck the wiki, let somone else do it Tongue
  
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Vendui wrote on Feb 26th, 2015 at 11:59am:
hehe, i said fuck the wiki, let somone else do it Tongue


If not us, who?  Turdbine?  No thx.
  
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HiWelcome wrote on Feb 27th, 2015 at 5:41pm:
If not us, who?  Turdbine?  No thx.


Ive adjusted the wiki on quite a few cases, only to have those changes changed back by some dipshit who thinks the info was right.. Ive since stayed away from that shithole of a wiki..
  
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Reply #23 - Feb 28th, 2015 at 5:28am
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Vendui wrote on Feb 27th, 2015 at 11:11pm:
Ive adjusted the wiki on quite a few cases, only to have those changes changed back by some dipshit who thinks the info was right.. Ive since stayed away from that shithole of a wiki..


There is a risk that someone can do this - it is the nature of wikis.
But there is also a validation/review process,  so the right outcome should be achieved in most cases.
I've made hundreds of changes and never had one reversed yet.

There's opportunity in the discussion pages to raise any concerns or explain your changes too.
  
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