Slotting debuff resists


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I notice in Mids that slotting SR for def also increases the def debuff resistance. But nothing similar for my other toons with debuff resists. How does this mechanic work? Is it something that's unique to SR? Thanks!


 

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Some powers' effects are flagged as unenhanceable. This means that no amount of bonus will affect it, and it generally does not accept that type of enhancement unless it has an enhanceable effect as well as the unenhanceable effect. Certain tier 9 armor powers can't be enhaced with recharge buffs, but are enhanceable through global bonuses. Certain tier 9 armor powers can't be enhanced with recharge at all. Play around with Mids' and you will start to recognize which effects can or can't be enhanced.


 

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Originally Posted by Syntax42 View Post
Some powers' effects are flagged as unenhanceable. This means that no amount of bonus will affect it, and it generally does not accept that type of enhancement unless it has an enhanceable effect as well as the unenhanceable effect. Certain tier 9 armor powers can't be enhaced with recharge buffs, but are enhanceable through global bonuses. Certain tier 9 armor powers can't be enhanced with recharge at all. Play around with Mids' and you will start to recognize which effects can or can't be enhanced.
Actually, I don't know of a single t9 armor that is not enhancable for recharge reduction but is affected by global recharge buffs. So far they are all "All or Nothing" on that.


The only ones that don't accept recharge enhancements but are affected by global recharge that I can think of off the top of my head are Vengeance and Mind Link - which are not T9 armor powers.


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Thanks. So does anyone know of any other debuff resistances that are affected by slotting, other than SR?


 

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Yeah, the mez click in Shield, which is probably in a different category from "enhancing Defense slotting increased DDR" since you can't put Def IOs in it. It does however, take Recharge enhancements, of which there is a Hami-O that enhances both Recharge and Def, so slotting it buffs the DDR of the mez click. Weird, but true.

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Thanks. So does anyone know of any other debuff resistances that are affected by slotting, other than SR?
Shield at least, but as I understand that is only via a bug the devs haven't figured out how to fix which is why you have to use Hami-O's for it.


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