Parsing Agility?

[Seetherrr]

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

Yeah me and one of my fellow guildie monks found a weird thing.

the Exe hood which is 5ac +4 str +9 dex. gave us 5 ac. vs Black headband ac2 +2str, +3 dex +4 stm +4 cha + 1 int, +3agi + 4 hp.
When we'd take off hood and put on black headband we lost 5 ac.

Which makes no sense to me, as headband has 2 ac + agi. So shouldn't we only lost like 3ac or even less sense there is Agi on headband.

You aren't making a proper comparison. You have to compare the AC of NO headband NO hood to headband/hood. If you are below the AC soft cap you get additional AC than that which is listed on an item. I believe you get a little over 50% of the listed AC with a 10 ac item often giving 16ac.

Agility is (nearly) useless but it has always been this way. The 45 agi shaman buff gives roughly 9 ac if someone is already over 75agi.