Stoneskin Modifiers

Well, I'm usually a pretty lazy person when it comes to number crunching, but something my friend said the other day got me thinking a bit.

He has cast Earthern Ward and I had overwritten the Earthern Ward with Stoneskin. It's simply habitual for me. He commented that Earthern Ward was stronger than Stoneskin and thatgot me to thinking just how much stronger is Earthern Ward over Stoneskin?

It brings me to the part of formulas *cue groaning sounds*

Anyway, according to FFXIclopedia these are the respective formula for Earthern Ward and Stoneskin

Earthern Ward:
Reported to absorb (50 + Level*2) damage.

At level 75 this means 50 + 75 * 2 (I am assuming that we add 50 to 75 before multiplying by 2...) = 250.


Stoneskin:
Reported that the formula for determining how much damage is absorbed total is:

• X = ([Enhancing Magic Skill] / 3) + MND
• F is the the amount of damage reduced.

• F = X (if X <>
• F = X * 2 - 60 (if 80 <= X <= 130)
• F = X * 3 - 190 (if X > 130)

• Caps at 350 damage.

I went to take a look at my RDM gear. I usually walk around in AF so we'll take that into consideration.

Enhancing Skill: 256
Base Mind: 70

So .... X=(256/3) + 70
X= 155.3 .
Round off : 155

F = 155*3-190
F = 275

Hmm.. not bad. Without additional gear I can get a 275 dmg reduction Stoneskin. Now let's see how much we can push this up.

With full RDM AF + P rope I get the following as well
Bonus Enhancing Skill: 10
MND: 11

So now
X=(266/3) + 81
X= 169.6
Round off : 169

F = 169*3-190
F = 317

Hmm.. looking better. The dmg reduction cap is 350 eh? so let's see what I can pile up to get there. Nowadays I tend to put on the Errant Houpelande and slops as a set together with Wood gloves and ledelsens so let's see what happens

Errant Houppelande: 10 MND
Errant Slops: 7 MND
After removing the Enhancing Skill and MND bonuses from RDM AF, I will get a total of 95 MND and 256 Enhancing Skill.

X=(256/3) + 95
X= 180.3
Round off : 180

F = 180*3-190
F =350

Yay! I guess I don't need to run out and stare at more MND stuff.