The following is a comparison of the the protection offered from these 3 defender primaries (plus a hypothetical Thermal Defender, since that may be coming soon). The information is from Mids, and I used only SO's for simplicity.
This is also a repost of a thread I made in the Defender forum to gets some initial feedback on this:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat....=0#Post10936037
I also threw all this info into a google spreadsheet:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?k...uLCQ&hl=en
[u]Force field Defender[u]
[u]Personal Force Field[u]
Defense (Self)
75% to all
117% with 3 Defense buff SO's
Resistance
40% to everything except toxic
[u]Deflection Shield[u]
15% defense to smashing, lethal and melee
23.4% with 3 defense SO's
40% resistance to toxic
[u]Insulation Shield[u]
15% defense to energy, negative, fire, cold, ranged, and AoE
23.4% with 3 defense SO's
86.5% resistance to endurance drain effects
[u]Dispersion Bubble[u]
10% defense against everything
15.6% with 3 defense SO's
Protection from hold, immob, and stun
[u]
Totals[u]
Protection with Deflection and Insulation Shields and Dispersion Bubble (slotting with SO's):
Defense
25% (39%) against all except psionic
10% (15.6%) against toxic
Resistance
40% to toxic
86.5% to endurance drain
Protection from holds, stuns, and immob
[u]Sonic Resonance Defender[u]
[u]Sonic Barrier[u]
20% (31.2%) resistance to smashing, lethal, and toxic
[u]Sonic Haven[u]
20% (31.2%) resistance to energy, negative, fire and cold
[u]Sonic Dispersion[u]
15% (23.4%) resistance to all except psionic
Protection from hold, immob, and stun
[u]
Totals[u]
Protection with Sonic Barrier, Sonic Haven and Sonic Dispersion
35% (54.6%) resistance to all except psionic
Protection from hold, immob, and stun
[u]Cold Defender[u]
[u]Ice Shield[u]
15% (23.5%) defense to smashing, lethal and melee
10% (15.6%) resistance to fire
12.5% (19.5%) resistance to cold
[u]Glacial Shield[u]
15% (23.5%) defense to energy, negative, ranged, and AoE
12.5% (19.5%) resistance to cold
[u]Arctic Fog[u]
5% (7.8%) defense to melee, ranged and AoE
20% (31.2%) resistance to fire, cold and energy
[u]
Totals[u]
Protection with Ice Shield, Glacial Shield and Arctic Fog
20% (31.3%) defense to all except psionic, fire and cold
30% (46.8%) resistance to fire
45% (70.2%) resistance to cold
20% (31.2%) resistance to energy
[u]Hypothetical Thermal Defender[u]
[u]Fire Shield[u]
20% (31.2%) resistance to smashing, lethal, fire
10% (15.6%) resistance to cold
[u]Plasma Shield[u]
20% (31.2%) resistance to Energy, Negative, and fire
[u]Thaw[u]
Resistance to stun, immob, conf, sleep, hold and fear
10% (15.6%) resistance to cold
[u]
Totals[u]
Protection with Fire and Plasman Shield
40% (61.4%) resistance to fire
20% (31.2%) resistance to smashing, lethal, energy and negative
10% (15.6%) resistance to cold
