Blocker vs. Barbarian ?

[Traveler]

Trying to figure the crossover for Barbarian vs. Blocker perk for melee reduction.

Is it as simple as looking at the percentage change to your total armor provided by Barbarian vs. the fixed reduction provided by each * of Blocker (ex: Barbarian raises total armor by 5% with 1* and and blocker reduces damage 15% at 1* )?

Any insight would be helpful.

[Hefutoxin]

Damage reduction from armor works on a curve. Generally, the more you have, the less effective it is, but it's a bit more complex than that.

% based damage reduction is always superior.

[insert food here]

Can confirm. % based damage reductions are far superior to slightly increasing DR and ER.

In general terms if your DR is approx 300 you need to almost double your DR to see about a 10% reduction in damage received. Flat % based damage reductions are therefore always more useful.

[Traveler]

thx

Another thing the game does a lousy job explaining in game.