Ok we have been having a conversation on l2blah about some rumors I've heard about the arcana robe containing some kind of stun/shock resistence.
The other day me and an archer were talking about how whenever he stuns a mage in arcana robes he does damage of like 70-100, but when he stuns a DC robe set he hits for 700 or so. Just the other day I saw the korean official site got a cool new tool for seeing how certain armors look on whatever character (http://dressroom.lineage2.co.kr) (works in IE only). While I was messing around I was gonna see what my subclass would look like If I wore arcana robes, and I noticed that they had a second -50% resist bonus in their set info:
If you notice there is two -50% resists in the picture but the official one from ncsoft is:
M. Atk +8%
Movement Speed +7
Casting Cancel Probability -50%
Weight Limit +5759
WIT +1
INT +1
MEN -2
I started the following thread to find out if someone could translate it so we could find out exactly what resist it was and most people say it is something to do with stun, but hellrose is MIA so couldn't get a good translation:
We are getting to the point where we are chasing our tails in circles so to speak and was wondering if we could get some clarification as to what exactly stun and shock are, AND if and what the US version of L2 has for bonuses on the arcana robe.
because there is definately something hidden as you can see from the SS posted by the sorc in the l2blah thread:
and it is the exact same description as the maj robe set bonus, however some people are saying they do not actually notice an increased in stun resist, only a decrease in the amount of damage taken
Don't bump it's not going to help (and against the rules, anyway). NCsoft isn't going to answer and not many people have arcana full robe sets.
That being said we have 2 people with arcana robe sets and as far as they know, having worn it for a month or so, they say it just resists stun as far as they can tell.
I'm just pointing out that they frown on bumping posts.
I'm also stating from experiance that if you have questions like this you better send it to support to get any kind of answer, and good luck to you in getting the detailed version you are looking for. (we miss you Miykael)
BTW I meant it's highly unlikely they will answer this HERE on the forums.
if they cant answer whether or not their description si wrong and haven't put correct bonuses in, what good are they?
im sorry but that was the dumbest comment I've seen
If you meant they WONT answer it thats just as messed up.
They don't answer these types of questions. Really. They just don't. They tend to be tight lipped about this stuff. If you feel it is a mistake then put in a ticket and then they will look at it. They won't tell you the answer but they would then fix it down the road.
I personally would like to know if the set is worth it because I want to know if it is better than DC.
thats why I want an answer so badly on this too, not just a "Thank you for reporting this error, we will look into it, enjoy playing lineage 2". Having stun resist on this robe make s aBIG difference in its value. I am thinking if it does have stun resist I would gladly trade my dc robe cast bonus for more pdef, matk, higher concentration bonus, and stun resist, but if it is only reduce damage of stun attacks... its just sorta mehhh.
As for the skirmish over the definition of stun and shock, it's just stupidity on their behalf. They mean the same thing... it's just that ( among others ) NC Soft screwed up the naming convention.
As for testing the stun resistance, I have... extensively. On the PTS, while I had it all available, I testing the stun resistances of Maj, Major Arcana, DC + resist shock, and Standard ( DC without resist shock ). There is a diffrence, but appearently it isn't exactly how everyone expects it to be.
Example...
For Major Arcana, 50% of the stuns aren't being resisted. Your resistance to stuns increases by 50%... meaning if you where able to resist 4 out of 10, you resist 2 more, not 5.
It does appear that the stun resistance information is currently missing from the Arcana set description. The description for the Arcana set should include "stun resistance +50%". Thanks for letting us know!
oh and could I ask also if we can get any clarification on the stun vs shock comments from the l2 blah thread. I'd really appreciate if we could put to rest all the speculation on whether they are two different things or they just got named two different things during translation by two people.
ie. why does maj bonus seem to not really stop mobs stuns, but player stuns it helps out quite significatly.