What decides what Resist level you have?

[brackish]

Basically just trying to get an idea of what really determines your resists in game. I know Jewelry has some impact on your resists, but there also must be some other factor at play here.
Has anybody else experimented with this yet and come up with any definate answers?

Any response would be appreciated

[vguerin]

I am sure there will eventually be something posted by Cerest or Nevrax to give us more info as this is still a bit off (as are the dodge/parry properties). I am sitting at 101 on all resists except Acid which is 140.

I assume the Acid is relative to my jewelry, but I cannot relate the 101 based on any of my levels as it is supposed to be. My highest levels per tree are 86/126/151/230, which we'd assume at least one would relate in some way to a 101 number but I dont see it. Of course if the resists dont actually work against mobs or PvP they are just numbers

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[aelvana]

Mine were 140something or 160something, don't remember exactly, not in game. Highest level is 173.

[xenofur]

ok, when translating the ats patch notes and taking your informations in account it seems to be this: the resistance is the highest value of these three: (fight - 25) OR (magic - 25) OR ((harv / 2) - 25)
the jewelry can reduce the -25 malus

got an update from atyra, apparently these hold true for her:
. Players have now a basic magic resistance value depending on their best skill; magic, fight :level-25 and harvest (the harvest skill level is divided by 2 then -25). Jewels can compensate this -25 penalty.

[brackish]

Originally Posted by xenofur

got an update from atyra, apparently these hold true for her:
. Players have now a basic magic resistance value depending on their best skill; magic, fight :level-25 and harvest (the harvest skill level is divided by 2 then -25). Jewels can compensate this -25 penalty.

Thanks xenofur, this seems right. Appreciate the response.

[ozric]

Originally Posted by xenofur

ok, when translating the ats patch notes and taking your informations in account it seems to be this: the resistance is the highest value of these three: (fight - 25) OR (magic - 25) OR ((harv / 2) - 25)
the jewelry can reduce the -25 malus

got an update from atyra, apparently these hold true for her:
. Players have now a basic magic resistance value depending on their best skill; magic, fight :level-25 and harvest (the harvest skill level is divided by 2 then -25). Jewels can compensate this -25 penalty.

This seems correct. However it means that a high level harvester with a slightly lower magic/fight level is badly affected. My resists would be higher taking my 2nd highest discipline, which is 70+ levels below my harvest level Cant see why harvesting should affect resists at all ?

[dazman76]

Originally Posted by ozric

My resists would be higher taking my 2nd highest discipline, which is 50+ levels below my harvest level

I know it's not what you want to hear, but I think there is solid logic behind this - since the resists are related to magic etc. (or 'battle properties'), harvesting would have a lot less to do with it. I wouldn't expect a higher cold resistance because I'd been busy harvesting

I imagine there *may* be a reaction to that from foragers - to head it off, if you're only interested in foraging, why are you worried about resists that only apply in battle? And yes, there is PvP - at the end of the day, a resist probably won't save you from a bout of nasty ganking/griefing, it will only extend your suffering by a few seconds...

[lariva]

The formula doesnt work for me:

My whimpy char:
el magery 104
harvesting 142

Resistance 79 across the board with diadem off
110 In Poison resist with matis HP diadem of Q110
110 In cold resist with tryker Focus diadem of q110

my 2c

Originally Posted by xenofur

ok, when translating the ats patch notes and taking your informations in account it seems to be this: the resistance is the highest value of these three: (fight - 25) OR (magic - 25) OR ((harv / 2) - 25)
the jewelry can reduce the -25 malus

got an update from atyra, apparently these hold true for her:
. Players have now a basic magic resistance value depending on their best skill; magic, fight :level-25 and harvest (the harvest skill level is divided by 2 then -25). Jewels can compensate this -25 penalty.

[vguerin]

Well, looking at my earlier post it does line up with my highest magic skills, level 126 -25 = 101

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[xenofur]

but judging by your levels stated in the first post and the official description it should take the highest skill you have that relates to resistances, and calculate from that: (151 / 2)-25 = 50
i think what it does instead is calculate all three values and choose the highest one