AC softcap and low level hardcap discussion

[bcbrown]

The shield parse looks about the same to me as the others. I'd want to see another parse replicating it before I'd say there's any impact from a shield here. 400 hits is very noisy and the difference between 1 max-hit and 7 max-hits could easily just be noise.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

The shield parse looks about the same to me as the others. I'd want to see another parse replicating it before I'd say there's any impact from a shield here. 400 hits is very noisy and the difference between 1 max-hit and 7 max-hits could easily just be noise.

Two 400 hit parses with a shield, one at 55 AC and one at 190 AC both show an average minimum hits of 179. That is 800 hits total.

Three 400 hit parses without a shield at 55 AC, 61 AC, and 178 AC show an average of 164 minimum hits. That is 1200 hits total.

The datasets are larger than 400 if you agree that I am not getting any additional returns at 55 AC and beyond.

There is a clear pattern where minimum hits increase and other hits decrease as AC increases when looking at all the data. This is also the expected result for the D20 function.