Its not that convoluted.
Sniper resist is for everything over a certain range
Melee is for under a range
Elemental resistance is for elemental damage
Conc is for AoE
Its straight forward.
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No, it is not straight forward. I think solar resist protects and should protect against ALL solar damage including AOE. I should not need concussive to protect form area affect that does solar or any elemental damage. That is counter intuitive. Needing grenade/missile/explosive (concussive) protection for any damage type that is AOE is stupid! How on earth does that even make sense? It does not make sense. It is part of the confusing mess that Bungie says is good build crafting. Learning rules that don't make sense and are not easily or clearly defined in game.
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[quote]I should not need concussive to protect form area affect that does solar or any elemental damage. That is counter intuitive. Needing grenade/missile/explosive (concussive) protection for any damage type that is AOE is stupid! How on earth does that even make sense? It does not make sense. It is part of the confusing mess that Bungie says is good build crafting. Learning rules that don't make sense and are not easily or clearly defined in game.[/quote] It makes perfect sense. Anything that has an AoE is effected by conc. How is that confusing? It literally says it reduces aoe damage. This is how easy it is. Does the attack have an AoE? Yes->Conc works No-> conc doesn't work.