Status Resistance

[Aiax]

I did a search but had a hard timing finding anything....but may have missed it.

 

Can someone explain how status resistance works?  Does it only reduce duration and do you need more than 100%? I know some of the shields have 10000% resistance.

 

Thank you!

[Warshades]

Resistance reduces the duration of status effects. So if, as an example, an enemy hits you with a hold that has a base duration of 10 seconds, a 100% status resistance should halve that duration to 5 seconds. I'm not sure if the scaling remains consistent, but in theory 200% status resistance should result in 2.5 second hold duration (someone can correct me if my numbers are wrong or it functions in a different manner past 100% resistance). The best way to avoid status effects is to have status protection. That provides immunity as long as the magnitude of the status effect is lower than the amount of protection you get. In addition to having a duration, status effects also have magnitude which can stack. As an example, if your tank has 10 mag hold protection, you could get hit by 3 hold powers each with a magnitude of 3 (for a total of 9) and you wouldn't be held, but if you get hit by a 4th before any of those expire, then you would get held until at least one of those holds expire.

[Uun]

The only thing some armors have 10000% resistance to is knockback. 

[aethereal]

3 hours ago, Warshades said:

Resistance reduces the duration of status effects. So if, as an example, an enemy hits you with a hold that has a base duration of 10 seconds, a 100% status resistance should halve that duration to 5 seconds. I'm not sure if the scaling remains consistent, but in theory 200% status resistance should result in 2.5 second hold duration (someone can correct me if my numbers are wrong or it functions in a different manner past 100% resistance).

 

200% status resistance would reduce a hold with a base duration to 10 seconds to 3.33 seconds.

 

Duration = base duration / (1 + status resistance).

 

So if status resistance is 100% (ie, 1.00), it's 10 / (1 + 1) = 10 / 2 = 5

If status resistance is 200% (ie, 2.00), it's 10 / (1 + 2) = 10 / 3 = 3.33

If status resistance is 300% (ie, 3.00), it's 10 / (1 + 3) = 10 / 4 = 2.5

 

There is a very strong decreasing returns trend here.

[Aiax]

Thank you.

 

I am working on a seer concept, wanting as complete as possible status protection, and was seeing if there was a way around selecting Willpower or Shield. But, as most sets have a fear and/or confuse hole...I will have to adjust the concept. 

 

Much appreciated!