Defensive Skills Comparison

[Itap]

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

I really have no idea what the developers were thinking in regards to monk vs warrior endgame. "Lets make monks like warriors, except better".

[Sage Truthbearer]

Pretty much, yes. And not to mention this parse that was posted showing how much better the Monk skill, Block, is at avoidance compared to Parry.

It only gets more imbalanced in Velious, when apparently they decided that Monk itemization gets a massive AC boost with things like 60 AC leggings equal to or better than what actual tank classes get..

[maskedmelon]

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

Pretty much, yes. And not to mention this parse that was posted showing how much better the Monk skill, Block, is at avoidance compared to Parry.

It only gets more imbalanced in Velious, when apparently they decided that Monk itemization gets a massive AC boost with things like 60 AC leggings equal to or better than what actual tank classes get..

The skill caps you posted are from Velious 2001.02.21 patch. I cannot log in right now to confirm, but pal/sk def caps should be in the 225 range iirc. Classically, we actually get a nice bump in effectiveness in Velious ^^ though it is still not enough ^^