AOW + Defensive

[koros]

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

Wat? Warriors using a shield for ridiculous damage bosses is classic as fuck... Shield AC is hot and extra ripostes from a second weapon is not.

You just had to control your aggro better as a DPS class.

Maybe the warriors you all rolled with were incompetent?

Christ. No. Warriors didn't use shields, they didn't do jack shit. You have no idea what the fuck you're talking about. If you care about ripostes THAT much you'd be better off with a 2 hander for better damage and less ripostes than a one hander.


Old 06-17-2004 #10
Kavhok
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The cap on AC in the Velious era wasn't a soft cap; it was a hard cap that had been there from day 1. After a certain point, which differed for each class, the benefit of more AC didn't just diminish - it dropped to nothing.

The change I referred to, just before PoP, changed that from a hard cap to a soft cap. You get a percentage of the amount over that soft cap. Shields increase both your total and your soft cap, making them more effective than any other item with equal AC. Your mitigation AAs, level, and class also affect the cap and the percentage return for AC over it.

Separate from this, there are diminishing returns if your AC is much greater than the NPC's attack. This is due to the nature of the formulas that produce the probability distributions that have been well documented on this board.

Does that help?

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