AC or HP?

[Grombar]

My main was an SK starting in 2000 for 6 years on live.
AC > hps > everything else. Back on live in this era the accepted formula was 1 AC = 10-12 hps. Since I was an AC whore, i skewed it closer to 1=15.

The more you mitigate the less you have to be healed. At 39 when the cleric has CH, the more you mitigate the less spiky your damage will be and the easier it will be to time those CHs for max effect w/ lower hps.

Maxing hps is for warriors tanking top end content where the damage bonus is so high that the only way to reasonably mitigate damage is with their defensive disciplines. That said, you still need enough to do your job, but no reason to over stack on it.

[rikustrength]

Well I'm mostly looking at the difference of 30-40 ac more from cultural, or 150+ and rising hp from the sta from crusty. If the formula of 1 ac equals 10+ hp is even remotely true, this would mean the gain of 35 ac would be like having 350 hp, way over compensating. The only downside in that case is slightly lower str, but I'm not meant to be the heavy hitter so that doesn't bother me too much.

And I already have velium/black sapphire jewelry so I have a ton of hp from all that. (255?)

[Xaanka]

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

Well I'm mostly looking at the difference of 30-40 ac more from cultural, or 150+ and rising hp from the sta from crusty. If the formula of 1 ac equals 10+ hp is even remotely true, this would mean the gain of 35 ac would be like having 350 hp, way over compensating. The only downside in that case is slightly lower str, but I'm not meant to be the heavy hitter so that doesn't bother me too much.

And I already have velium/black sapphire jewelry so I have a ton of hp from all that. (255?)

stamina will give you more health as you level even if it's at parity with AC right now at lvl 30.
you're a paladin, don't waste your time auctioning and posting on the forums, just go level. you can hit 60 in bronze easily.

[Kalex716]

I'm not sure the AC calculations on P99 are quite the same as they were on live back in 99 though.

[khanable]

Originally Posted by Kalex716 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm not sure the AC calculations on P99 are quite the same as they were on live back in 99 though.

it's not the same as live, but the old idea of 'ac doesn't matter here' is outdated. The recent updates with Velious have made it absolutely matter.

[Lartanin63]

In the argument of AC you could just ditch whatever 2 hander you are using for a flat AC bump from a shield. Idk, the stats of cultural armor doesn't seem like an upgrade because of the 30 something AC. Losing that much str and stam doesn't seem to balance out for a small amount of AC and wis agi increases. I did get sick of being that ugly crusty color for 20 some levels so I feel ya on that ha-ha.

[Xaanka]

Originally Posted by Lartanin63 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

doing math on a level 30 paladin

oh blue server [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[rikustrength]

I was just looking to see what would be most effective. I can probably get what I need at cost so it's really just a matter of what I prefer, and I'm definitely still leveling with my crusty gear in the mean time.

Actually, after parsing some rough numbers here it seems like that amount of AC makes a pretty reasonable difference. Enough to warrant the AC over the HP even as increasing levels would have me gain more of a return from stamina.

[Rararboker]

Mix and match?

[Pint]

The crustacean set is better

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

Mix and match