Game Mechanics: AC should be hardcapped and "shield AC" shouldn't exist in this era.

[Baugi]

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

Fix AC and then just steal the ATK values that TAKP uses and boom.

TAKP attack values are derived empirically from PoP era and later aren't they? Is the claim that attack values/formulas went relatively untouched and they just played with defense?

[CrazyPro]

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

TAKP attack values are derived empirically from PoP era and later aren't they? Is the claim that attack values/formulas went relatively untouched and they just played with defense?

Exactly. Based on this quote from Kavhok in this archived thread it looks like they only tinkered with defense: https://web.archive.org/web/20110704...ead.php?t=7643

AC functions the same way in all zones. Some old NPCs may have lower attack than new ones, but the formulas for combat do not change.

The AC formulas were changed a short while before PoP shipped. Perhaps that was confused as a content change in PoP. However, the Avatar of War does less damage to a warrior with 1800 AC than one with 1300 AC just the way that Bertox does. It doesn't matter that he's "old content" - his attack is still fairly high.

- Kavhok, SOE

TAKP's ATK values are derived from early PoP.