Simple Demonstation (Destiny)

by DreadPirateWes, Sunday, February 08, 2015, 16:16 (3373 days ago) @ Cody Miller

Perhaps your test from level 1 to level 2 doesn't show anything because it's too small to see. Ragashingo tried wearing the same armor at level 1 and level 20, and took hits from the same level 20 enemies. Died at level 1 and survived at level 20:::

"As far as I can tell both your Level and your Defense Rating matter.

I tested this by engaging the Level 20 Hive by the Seeder past The Forgotten Shore. In the beta a few of us tried running this gauntlet of doom at level 8 and would be killed in a single shot. Now, wearing the base Warlock Armor brought me down to my base Level 20 with 59 Defense. A single shot from an Acolyte was enough to push my health bar just past the first tick mark... so they were doing roughly 30% damage to me. Since they weren't killing me outright we can conclude that a player's level has a significant effect on the damage they take, even when the Defense Rating does not change.

This would seem to prove Cody wrong."