Piercing level protection ignores crit?

Does the amount of protection ignored form piercing level also ignore the 2% crit reduction per point of protection? Or is the protection ignored only for damage purposes?

I would think so...

Yes, it ignores the critical % reduction. That's the one of the sole purposes of protection.

Cool, then i guess this makes knight lances one of the best weapons for critting. time to go smash some sirens.

Warning: Knight Lance has high damage. You may unexpectedly kill the Siren.

I don't think piercing affects crit chance. 133% crit with level 8 piercing isn't critting easy girgashiy. That along with several other lancers also saying it doesn't.

Well Enlightenment's probably to blame. Either that or it never ignored protection critical at all.

Girgashiy has 125 Protection Stat and 70% Effective Protection, according to some people crit is based on Effective Protection, making Girgashiy have 140% Critical Resistance. Piercing is based on Protection Stat (I think?), and level 8 piercing would lower its Protection Stat to 85 and Effective Protection to 59%, thus giving 118% Critical Resistance. If you're not critting him with 133% and level 8 Piercing then clearly piercing has no effect on critical.

Now, that raises the question if piercing has any effect on Injury.