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

[Jimjam]

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Toven's writeup - https://www.eqemulator.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=40543

01-21-2024, 08:11 AM Torven said:

This is the AC cap timeline that we're aware of as of this post:

* Classic (pre-Kunark) had a hard mitigation AC cap of 350 for all classes.

* At Kunark launch, level 51+ warriors had their hard cap increased to 405. All other classes (and sub 51 wars) remained at 350. (verified from the April 28 2000 client)

* AC caps changed again some time after (or at) Velious' launch. The earliest known client having the higher AC caps is April 4 2001. The new caps are: 430, 403, 375 for level 51+ melee classes only.

* The hard caps turn into soft caps for melee classes only in the late Velious time frame. (or maybe Luclin launch, not sure; would be nice to narrow this down) The overcap returns at this time are divided by 12 for all melee classes.

* PoP launch made shield AC ignore the cap. Also class and level based overcap returns. Casters get softcaps at this time, so no more hardcaps for any class.