I'll respond to it. I've done mages where I spam up defenses
at 16, and I've done mages where I don't.

The mages who spam up defenses at 16 can take a few rounds of hits
against warriors.

The mages who do not spam defenses at 16 get raped.



The evidence is clear, non-tanking classes are obligated to spend
days spamming up defenses early.










My guy had 600 hps at level 30. I went against an elf warrior 5 levels below me. I had a tier3 morosa demon, and a tier3 elemental. I preped (shield) (fly), and (stone skin). He had (haste). He didn't use my vuln against me. I lasted 4 rounds against him, my elemental couldn't hit him.. and the Morosa didn't attack.

The reason I died, is that parry was at 75%, and shield block was at 76%. I had 18 int, and I went out of my way to tank with the character.

I didn't spam, so I was ineffective. 'nuff said.