You can quote people from the wrong era all you want. Those of us who actually played, know what it was really like.
If you sacrificed a few hundred hp and stats for 100mr, you were quite literally immune to most magic based spells. I could waste my time finding old posts that reflect that, but it won't change anything.
Rogean will still be playing star wars, and Nilbog will still be waiting on Rogean to do something about red while he finishes Velious.