Originally Posted by
Riltus
Your character currently has 331 total magic ranks which is 5.6 ranks per level (331/59). This translates to a weapon ranks conversion factor of ~0.75. You need 472 total magic ranks for 8 ranks per level, an additional 141 ranks. How much DEF stance DS would those 141 ranks provide? Not much. Approximately +16 DS. Players generally overvalue the DS benefit of magic ranks per level until they crunch the numbers. There is nothing intrinsically significant about 8 ranks per level. As a matter of fact you don't need any magic ranks to activate runestaff parry DS.
Calculations:
1. Weapon ranks = conversion factor * character level
Character level = 59
331 magic ranks = 5.6 ranks per level = 0.75 conversion factor = (0.75 * 59) = 44 weapon ranks
427 magic ranks = 8 ranks per level = 1.00 conversion factor = (1.00 * 59) = 59 weapon ranks
590 magic ranks = 10 ranks per level = 1.20 conversion factor = (1.20 * 59) = 70 weapon ranks
Defensive stance factor = 0.70
2. DS = weapon ranks * stance factor * 1.5
331 total magic ranks: (44 * 0.70 * 1.5) = +45 DEF stance DS
472 total magic ranks: (59 * 0.70 * 1.5) = +61 DEF stance DS
590 total magic ranks: (70 * 0.70 * 1.5) = +73 DEF stance DS
Note: The above values only reflect DS from magic ranks. They do not include stat bonuses, the 10 phantom weapon ranks, runestaff enchant bonus and the +50 defensive stance bonus.
Mark