"Fair and legitimate chance at a target" (cont)

[Raev]

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

The problem with AC is that it doesn't reduce the maximum potential damage

This is neat, simple, logical, and wrong. For example, suppose you are tanking the Avatar of War. A full round requires:

• Flurry check (say 0.5)
• Dual wield check x2 (say 0.8)
• Double attack check x4 (say 0.8)
• Hit check x 8 (say 0.6)
• Max hit check x 8 (say 0.55 for an HP stacking warrior, or 0.40 for an AC stacking warrior)

So the Avatar will get 8 max hits on an HP stacking warrior approximately every 50,000 attack rounds (p = 0.5 * 0.8^6 * 0.6^8 * 0.55^8) and on the AC stacking warrior every 700,000 attack rounds (p = 0.5 * 0.8^6 * 0.6^8 * 0.55^8).

TLDR: AC does in fact reduce the maximum practical damage.