wdf does it actually mean... does it mean monsters have that much less magic resist...

and does it increase our magical attack stat in our character window? or is that worthless to judge a character's dmg

that portion of the damage ignores most/all of their magic resist

how significant is 200 piercing dmg compared to 1000 that comes with the staff

+9 = 200
+10 = 250
+12 = 500~

how does that actually translate into my skills

actually just found out that the piercing magic damage adds to the magic attack in my stat windown

so right now i have 6.6k m att, and with +9 wep, it adds that 200 extra (swapping exact same weapons one with reinforcements and one without)

so... 200 extra... totaling to 6.8k m att... doesn't sound very significant.... doesn't sound important at all...

been looking up everywhere online and there's no answer except the general '+s are good for pct classes' with absolutely no evidence of it either in the game or out of the game

also i have no clue what a single point in an elemental damage actually does for me either. there's no real clear explanation to how much actual damage it adds

all of this missing information is making it extremely difficult for me to figure out how to gear myself... let alone what to pick for my clone avatar

This post was edited by Firaga on May 30 2015 02:28pm

There's more than what appears on your character information screen. As previously mentioned, piecing damage isn't just your regular normal damage - it pierces!
There are damage formulas and stuff and of course piecing damage is a separate concern than normal damage.