I've heard etoile is remarkably tough, definitely going to have to give it a go when it drops.

This is one of my few gripes with pso so far, defensive builds are generally meme territory. I understand why, given the mechanics of combat, but I still wish there was a place for a "tank." Like maybe some extension of guard stance that let's you take a portion of group members incoming damage and turn it into some kinda photon wallop.

@AndrlCh definitely not 75/75 lol like 57/4x thanks much for the info! I guess levels it is

In the same boat as a techter, needs 425 have 389. The nox wand of course, not the boots. Is there a way to raise base t-def via units? So far it seems like levels are the only thing(aside from mags) increasing the def stats, and I'd rather keep my mag offensive.