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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7553412" data-attributes="member: 6795602"><p>More offense saturates the same way more defense does. If you have enough offense to safely kill the enemy then having more isn't going to make the fight any safer. However, more offense can let you face tougher enemies than you could have faced without it. That's the way in which it doesn't saturate. Defense is the same way. Once you have enough to safely kill a particular enemy then having more doesn't make that fight any safer. However, if you have more defense you can face tougher enemies than you could have faced without it.</p><p></p><p>The downside with defense is it can be bypassed simply by enemies avoiding attacking the defender.</p><p>The downside with offense is it can be bypassed simply by enemies focusing down the attacker.</p><p></p><p>This is why for any front line character I would suggest focusing on having good offense and good defense. Good offense makes it much harder to just avoid attacking you. Good defense makes it much harder to focus you down.</p><p></p><p>At early levels HAM reduces about 50% of the damage you take from goblins and other creatures like that. Against Ancient Dragons HAM reduces about 15% of the attack damage of them. As with most abilities there are some enemies its just not going to be very useful on. But on many enemies as you are leveling from 1 to 20 (and most importantly in the level 1-10 range where most people end up spending most of their game time) it has a huge impact.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 7553412, member: 6795602"] More offense saturates the same way more defense does. If you have enough offense to safely kill the enemy then having more isn't going to make the fight any safer. However, more offense can let you face tougher enemies than you could have faced without it. That's the way in which it doesn't saturate. Defense is the same way. Once you have enough to safely kill a particular enemy then having more doesn't make that fight any safer. However, if you have more defense you can face tougher enemies than you could have faced without it. The downside with defense is it can be bypassed simply by enemies avoiding attacking the defender. The downside with offense is it can be bypassed simply by enemies focusing down the attacker. This is why for any front line character I would suggest focusing on having good offense and good defense. Good offense makes it much harder to just avoid attacking you. Good defense makes it much harder to focus you down. At early levels HAM reduces about 50% of the damage you take from goblins and other creatures like that. Against Ancient Dragons HAM reduces about 15% of the attack damage of them. As with most abilities there are some enemies its just not going to be very useful on. But on many enemies as you are leveling from 1 to 20 (and most importantly in the level 1-10 range where most people end up spending most of their game time) it has a huge impact. [/QUOTE]
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