I'm confused and not sure what you think the hardcap and softcap values are that apply to a 60 druid. Could you lay out your theory in more detail?
I think it's something like this? There's a 100 ac softcap for leather classes, and a 0.17 multiplier on AC over 100. There's some hardcap, maybe 217 or 289? Shield AC can skip the softcap, and maybe spell AC, we don't know.
So for the example of a 60 druid with 198 worn ac and 61 spell AC, with 23 of that worn AC being a shield in the secondary slot, that would mean:
100 ac below the softcap counts for
98 ac above the softcap, 75 non-shield and 23 shield ac. 75 * 0.17 gives 12.75 ac, and the shield isn't scaled, so 35.75 ac
The 61 spell ac may not be softcapped, so it's worth 61 ac.
Total "effective AC" is 100 + 35.75 + 61 or 196.75
Is that your theory? Because if so, same scenario but with all the AC being non-shield:
100 ac below the softcap counts for
98 ac above the softcap. 98 * 0.17 gives 16.66 ac
The 61 spell ac may not be softcapped, so it's worth 61 ac.
Total "effective AC" is 100 + 16.66 + 61 or 177.66
So I don't see what you mean by talking about the spell AC component. Obviously in the numbers above we don't know if 100 softcap or 0.17 returns above are the right values.
Also, I'd appreciate it if you describe the methodology before you do any test for spell AC softcap interaction.
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