How do you deal with def system?

[mountk2]

I find sorc class has weak pdef unless we get cleric buffs.

Currently having hard time with farming. My Battle Summoner level is 60 and having hard time farming 65 mobs.

What should I spend most jps into to improve def? Agility or MAgical Armor?

To be honest, deep evasion doesn't help much since I do get hits while I am on deep evasion and deep evasion effect is so short. 20 sec?? :/

It sucks sorc has no healing ability except hp transfer between pets and you and life leech. Haven't really dual summon effect yet since my dual summon level is 1. Any suggestions?

[redmemories]

Add vit stones to all your equipments. And if you can find a vit ring, equip it. Lv 1 or 2 turtle pets to get the pdef buff and belt stat. Depending on your pet, you might want to make it tank also.
My melee sorc, at lv62, has a little bit over 100 vit, which gives around 500ish pdef +75 from turtle buff. I belt a pantera instead to help increase my evasion. So alot of the time, i block (from the shield) or evade the atks, and get very low dmg when hit.

[ultimatemx]

Yeah that's pretty much what I do, max out the armor passive as high as you can, cube your equipment to a decent level, vit stones, turtle in the belt. Also to make up for your crappy heals, carry a BP around, always handy to res pets without a huge loss of xp, and they can heal you, even with the 10 or 17 seconds you can have them out for (with level 1 dual summon) helps, just heal and recall. Your BP regains MP when recalled anyways, so its pretty easy to solo for prolonged periods of time using a pixie to heal you and your pets along the way.

[paradoxical]

Granted I have both a Bandit Mask and an upped R2 cape, but my R3 sorcerer (51) has about 430 p. def, and I don't feel as though I'm lacking. I'm close to 4k hp (I use str/vit/agi stones... vit in all gear, str in most, and agi in 2 pieces), and manage to put out decent DPS. I have a +10 Lv61 turtle, so I DO have a tank (and the +75 buff from it), I'm not wearing anything on my belt, either... but yeah, even without the added 40 or so defence from the cape/mask, I don't think that I'd be hurting too much...

[kedavix29]

Granted I have both a Bandit Mask and an upped R2 cape, but my R3 sorcerer (51) has about 430 p. def, and I don't feel as though I'm lacking. I'm close to 4k hp (I use str/vit/agi stones... vit in all gear, str in most, and agi in 2 pieces), and manage to put out decent DPS. I have a +10 Lv61 turtle, so I DO have a tank (and the +75 buff from it), I'm not wearing anything on my belt, either... but yeah, even without the added 40 or so defence from the cape/mask, I don't think that I'd be hurting too much...

Do you usually train at mobs your own level? As I thought evasion wasn't of much use for mobs yellow or orange (someone correct me if I'm wrong). I'm wondering since I usually (by habit) tend to go after mobs that are yellow or orange to me would I be better replacing those 2 slots you have with VIT stones?

[paradoxical]

That, I can't really answer. You have a better drop chance (or so I've heard) of mobs that are within 2 levels of you (white). I tend to farm white mobs, sometimes yellow, and very rarely orange mobs.

[tehdoctor]

i used a blue pixie for heals at that lvl. now i got dual summon lvl6 so farming is not a problem (although you cant like space out when farming... dual summoning is hard work!). currently lvl70/26 my equip is +5 or lower and only main armor and dirk is lvl10... rest lvl5

[spence]

be better replacing those 2 slots you have with VIT stones?

he has 6 vit, 4 str , 2 agi

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Why isn't your pet tanking for you?
Creature intimidate, if it isn't auto agro-ing.

Want to enchant your equipment with epro?
Go for your armor first instead.

Equipment:
vit: stones+rings

[paradoxical]

I use +4 for all of my gear (r3) except for my r2 dagger, which is +6 Lv10.

Yes, I use 6 vit/4 str/2 agi, and I -always- (well, okay, not entirely true) use vit rings. At the moment, I'm using a +8 vit ring, and the +6/+6 vit/str R3 Raid Ring. Concentration and turtle buff, and I sit at around 430 + 75 p. def. Farming stuff my own level, I have no issues with.