Is AC broken on P99?

[Solb]

Originally Posted by tristantio [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I didn't care enough back then to parse anything, so I don't know.

My tests this time around were to make sure my AC set purchase was not going to waste [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The test I did (100AC) was for displayed AC, not raw AC, so as a SHD with the 1.5x AC bonus, that would have been around 66 raw item AC = the ~13% reduction in damage taken.

Thanks for the time you put into this.

[fadetree]

Seems like a dev could enlighten us without revealing too many seekrits. It's a legit question.

[Danth]

Hi Fadetree! I certainly remember how much more damage your Ranger took from the same creatures in Karnor relative to my Shadow Knight (Andoric) when we were about the same level, and low enough that the Ranger's lower defense cap couldn't have been much of a factor yet.

I do not believe AC works exactly right on P99 relative to EQ Live, but it isn't totally useless either, at least against critters below the mid/upper 50's. I have my own hypothesis as to what's going on with it, but with no particular motivation and little opportunity to try to test it extensively my own observations remain little more than speculation.

Danth

[Nirgon]

Complete heal rotations are so overpowered it hasn't mattered and probably won't.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Solb [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is a great question, and it seems to still be up for debate! Loraen/Splorf has put in a ton of time trying to sort it out, and from what it appears, this issue has just been swept under the proverbial carpet. Too bad, because it would be nice to gear your warrior/tanks properly knowing how the gears you choose will affect your gameplay.

Having a incomplete understanding of the exact mechanics of stats during kunark period is classic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

IMHO it isn't necessarily AC that is broken, more likely mob offense values don't scale well against player ac as you level up. Just an uninformed hunch though.

[Argh]

This is a great post on AC:

http://www.project1999.com/forums/showpost.php?p=397733

[Pint]

Working as intended, please move along

[Dweed]

Around lvl 55, me and another monk the same level would duo. I had around 1070AC, he has around 900. He took way more damage than I did. Maybe there is a cutoff or a plateau?

[myriverse]

What's broken is the client. The client lies... right to your face.

[errorlvlacro]

I'm not sure why a dev can't just come and tell us. Maybe it is broken and they don't want to tell us? I don't know. Either way, last thing I read from a dev about the AC was something like, "well this is the purpose of the beta to figure out and work on getting all the mechanics right over time". I think it works, but it's still a work in progress. Still, a lot of people say it's broken. I hear it all the time.