AC is used in a formula that determins whether a creatures hits you
and how much damage they do after they hit. I do not know the formula
but you have witnessed the effect. [change to be hit] & [damage
sustained when hit] are inversely proportional to AC.
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> Subject: [eqbards] Platemail vs Banded vs Leather
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> From: David Rubino <tigger@...>
>
>
> Hello all . . .
>
> I completed my set of bronze armor, and now I have a few
questions about
> it if anyone can help.
>
> AC continues to be a mystery. It seems to be no more than an
overall armor
> rating, which increases with level and with type of armor, and
exists only
> so that I can compare AC values with jealous people who still have
> patchwork. Does AC really have a meaning? If so, what does the total
AC
> value mean? What does the AC value of a single piece of armor mean?
>
> Now I know from experience that as soon as I went to full
banded, my
> ability to take damage skyrocketed. All of the sudden things which
used to
> destroy me just kept missing me or hitting me for 1 damage. This
seems to
> suggest it has nothing to do with AC value, and everything to do
with armor
> type. The fact that the banded "only" increased my AC by about 25
from
> patchwork was irrelevant.
>
> Now my bronze "only" increased my AC by about 15, a small
amount compared
> to my overall AC, but again my ability to take damage jumped
significantly.
> I can again solo everything that is blue.
>
> I read somewhere that each different type of armor (Leather,
Chain, Plate
> and its equivalents) can absorb more and different types of damage
as the
> armor gets better. This seems to be true, and seems to make the AC
value
> worthless . . .
>
> Besides, full bronze looks really cool.
>
> Please comment . . .
>
> -Musil
>
>
>
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