Who knows? Nobody knows exactly how AC works on P1999, except that it isn't quite the same as it was on Live.
Strictly speaking, in this game era (late Kunark) there shouldn't be an AC soft cap at all. There should be a hard cap above which more AC does nothing. This varies per class and level; I think it was something in the vicinity of 290ish worn AC for plate tanks at 60. I forget when it was changed to a soft-cap with *extremely* diminished returns above cap, but I think that was during the Velious era. Whether this actually has any relevance to AC on P1999 is anyone's guess.
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Part of the reason Nature's Defender was such a popular alternative on Live was because Paladins were fairly numerous and hence there existed quite a bit of competition for the epic. On P1999 the lack of Paladins makes the epic relatively much easier to obtain, devaluing Nature's Defender somewhat. It still has an excellent graphic though. Most folks know its graphic better as the Emp Ssza sword.
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