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Originally Posted by Goregasmic
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I've VERY OFTEN read "AC is king" but from what we're seeing so far, gearing for AC may very well be a waste for a lot of players past certain points and I find it interesting to know where that point is. It's also funny that this was supposed to be parsed ad infinitum already and sogundordor found something no one seemed to have picked on.
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Context is important, I’ve never seen anyone say this about rangers.
It’s interesting but it won’t change how people gear or play the class. It won’t change how a raid operates and picks trash tanks. Concerning yourself with AC over other priorities as you put it: “depending on your playstyle it can be far from inconsequential.”
The only reason a ranger might favor one piece of armor over another with an AC benefit is if the item also had a ton of hps on it. No ranger is looting a Cloak of Thorns and think about tanking stuff like a boss. Except Salary Man with his collection of Druid shields.
It’s a time locked server. Accounts are free. The ranger is by far my favorite class here but if the job calls for a tank I’m the first one to swap. I’m not trying to hold back science, just offer a pragmatic voice.
My quote was in reference to AC making a bigger impact on high level stuff over low level stuff. It just pains me to think about spending hours CH chaining a ranger on gate guards outside Freeport.