Re: Life steal or damage reduced by %
Thomh said:
Leech makes you able to play your characters more aggressively and you will deal more damage in a given time frame.
First, there is a different between aggressive (which is required sometimes) and reckless. By going aggressive, leech may help (consider non leechable), but there is nothing you cannot achieve with smart use of potions in that situation. If aggressive became reckless, nothing will help, you will have your character killed sooner or later.
Thomh said:
First off, without leech your health pool will drop faster and you will probably not be at full health the majority of the time in a battle.
That's not true. One key to stay alive in HC, is to separate tough packs. I can keep HP pool full most of time without any leech. All it requires is some tactics and if needed, a few potions that drops faster than you can drink.
Thomh said:
Leech will keep your life bulb full at all times. This means that the DR can be offset by the fact that you might have 10% less life at the impact of destruction.
Both are not true, and you will never offset DR by leech. Take my example of doll, how can you offset that?
Thomh said:
Also, nothing in the game should be able to one-shoot a melee character if you`re playing sensibly. Dolls, charging Zombies and a few other creatures have the potential to do it, but one should not really engage them in combat withouth having a summon or merc to take the blow.
Yes, there are many things can. Particularly door trap with multiple boss packs. And, in small space, it is not always possible to have your merc take all.
Thomh said:
This means that 99% of the time, leech is much better than DR. The other 1% the DR might not even help.
If you have to split, a realistic number might be 60%/40%. If I ask for advice for travel, would you say "in country danger land, you may get from A to B by helicopter faster, but there are 20% chance it will be shoot down or crash. if you travel in a tank, you would get there slower, but you only have 5% chance to get hurt. I highly recommend you go by helicopter"? Myself, I take the tank any day.