Talk:Resistance/@comment-65.184.24.190-20150331081230/@comment-143.238.1.52-20150331092048

First replier from before here. Anyway, let's look a two players, each with different stats and build intentions. Both you've mentioned is a Strength-only melee build, but have different caps for Vitality, Endurance and Strength. They also only use the Brigand Gauntlets and Trousers, and started as a Bandit.

Player One doesn't care for PvP, so their maximum stat value for their stats is 99. This means that their defences are as follows:
 * Physical: 240.8
 * VS Strike: 247.6
 * VS Slash: 240.8
 * VS Thrust: 234
 * Magic: 231
 * Fire: 211.8
 * Lightning: 223.4

This can viewed here. Now, let's make Resistance 99. Player One's defences are now:
 * Physical: 249.8 (+9)
 * VS Strike: 256.6 (+9)
 * VS Slash: 249.8 (+9)
 * VS Thrust: 243 (+9)
 * Magic: 235 (+4)
 * Fire: 222.8 (+11)
 * Lightning: 228.4 (+5)

These can be seen here. As you can see an 88-point investment in Resistance does not grant any useful amount of resistance for Player One. That's not particularly surprising, though, given that there's four stats at 99 in play.

Let's move on to Player Two. They love their PvP, so they'll cap their level at 124 (just below the PvP meta). They still want a few extra points to invest in other stats, so they cap their STR, END and VIT to 45. Defences are as follows (as can be seen here):
 * Physical: 195.8
 * VS Strike: 202.6
 * VS Slash: 195.8
 * VS Thrust: 189
 * Magic: 182
 * Fire: 163.8
 * Lightning: 180.4

As they still have 27 points before hitting SL 124, they invest them in Resistance, so defences are now (as shown here):
 * Physical: 219.8 (+29)
 * VS Strike: 226.6 (+24)
 * VS Slash: 219.8 (+29)
 * VS Thrust: 213 (+34)
 * Magic: 195 (+13)
 * Fire: 193.8 (+30)
 * Lightning: 194.4 (+14)

As you can see, the defence gains of Player Two are better than Player One's, but are still quite minimal. Given the results of these tests, I honestly can't say that the defence gains that Resistance grants in either situation is worth the sheer number of souls spent is worth it, especially when the Ring of Steel Protection or the element defence rings (whose names escape me at the moment) can grant just as much.