AC softcap and low level hardcap discussion

[Jimjam]

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

Yeah I am confused about that too, but there are multiple possibilities:

1. He didn't want people to know, so he denied it. The devs don't give away all their secrets.

2. Perhaps it was added later. The 2014 post was Velious beta I believe, so the 289 worn ac clamp might not have been active or added at the time.

3. The way Haynar was testing AC might have involved guide tools, cheats, a separate program that runs the code outside the client, etc. Sometimes when testing with those methods, you get incorrect results because the code being run is different from what the players are using. So he may have thought it was correct.

If AC was hardcapped until very end velious (and only soft capped after this for melee) it could be that a) the classes we're testing on (hybrids and priests) are not considered melee for these purposes or b) there is a era based timelock which Haynar was testing outside of, but hasn't been properly activated on r/b/g so we're still getting pre-softcap era results?

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

If AC was hardcapped until very end velious (and only soft capped after this for melee) it could be that a) the classes we're testing on (hybrids and priests) are not considered melee for these purposes or b) there is a era based timelock which Haynar was testing outside of, but hasn't been properly activated on r/b/g so we're still getting pre-softcap era results?

That is a good point about timelocked content. It sounds like the 289 worn AC clamp was removed sometime in Velious, but I am not 100% sure. It is possible there is a bug where the timelocked content that enables the 289 worn AC clamp is still active.

Testing this with a shaman shouldn't matter. The post says there is a 385 worn AC clamp for the four cloth casters. All other classes use the 289 worn AC clamp.