Missed that, have included the resist calculations. I guess the Esoteric vs Molten comparison should be about post DR effective HP for Esoteric vs the post DR effective HP of Moltens secondary effect shield, but after that I'd still want to try to convert the HPS increase into some sort of "effective HP" value and see how long it takes for the two to be roughly equal.
That last part is probably a bit of a moot point, tbh.
Have tested this in game, feel a bit squisher initially, but I've only got a a rank 30 gem so far. Shield isn't affected by HP spending abilities.
Is there a formula I can use for calculating resistances? I'm assuming that it is taking the resistance stat, multiplying that by 1.75 and then converting that into a resistance percentage.
Should I evaluate Molten's after DR as well? ie: rather than 1 hps it's really 1/(1-DR) HPS and the shield is twice that
I've been looking into defensive gem options as I'm finding I'm slightly too squishy for my liking. Was using a L70 Esoteric, but I've found an interesting interaction with Molten's. If you have Bone Armor for additional DR and use the Thy Flesh Sustained rune it gives you 10% extra HPS per stack. This means you can get 100% more HPS (or 150% if you've got Wisdom of Kalan) which is then doubled again when generating the shield effect from Molten's. I'll need to do some testing to confirm how the bonus effects stack with Draw Life and Rogar's Huge Stone.
With a rank 70 gem and 38,000 base HPS you can get a 468,000 shield from 234,000 HPS. Esoteric at L70 gives a 44.5% DR on Magic damae which equates to ~489,500 effective HP with 1,100,000 total HP.
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Missed that, have included the resist calculations. I guess the Esoteric vs Molten comparison should be about post DR effective HP for Esoteric vs the post DR effective HP of Moltens secondary effect shield, but after that I'd still want to try to convert the HPS increase into some sort of "effective HP" value and see how long it takes for the two to be roughly equal.
That last part is probably a bit of a moot point, tbh.
Have tested this in game, feel a bit squisher initially, but I've only got a a rank 30 gem so far. Shield isn't affected by HP spending abilities.
Is there a formula I can use for calculating resistances? I'm assuming that it is taking the resistance stat, multiplying that by 1.75 and then converting that into a resistance percentage.
Should I evaluate Molten's after DR as well? ie: rather than 1 hps it's really 1/(1-DR) HPS and the shield is twice that
Good point on the secondary effect & comparing with resist all. I'll work those in later today.
Question: The bonus 75% magic DR from the Rank 25 bonus, I assume this multiplies with existing DR from resists & the primary effect?
I've been looking into defensive gem options as I'm finding I'm slightly too squishy for my liking. Was using a L70 Esoteric, but I've found an interesting interaction with Molten's. If you have Bone Armor for additional DR and use the Thy Flesh Sustained rune it gives you 10% extra HPS per stack. This means you can get 100% more HPS (or 150% if you've got Wisdom of Kalan) which is then doubled again when generating the shield effect from Molten's. I'll need to do some testing to confirm how the bonus effects stack with Draw Life and Rogar's Huge Stone.
I've got some rough math on it here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WdazwciCFHLfUqRS8RFufhSgEQlPURZ1xxZfT4bCG0k/edit?usp=sharing
With a rank 70 gem and 38,000 base HPS you can get a 468,000 shield from 234,000 HPS. Esoteric at L70 gives a 44.5% DR on Magic damae which equates to ~489,500 effective HP with 1,100,000 total HP.