>From: "Reece, Tom - 25IDL G4" <g4mntofcr@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: [eqbards] Casters vs platemail wearers (was AC Dilemma)
>Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 13:26:00 -1000
>
>Sartori,
>
>I want to believe that you are 100% correct. However, gonna put on the
>devil's advocate hat here for the sake of discussion.
>
>First: There is a big difference between the AC of a caster and the AC of
>someone wearing platemail, especially if they are the same level. The only
>way a caster will have a higher AC over a plate wearing class is if they
>are
>higher in level and get the benefit of a higher Defense skill rating. In
>the observations where you have seen casters getting hit for more damage
>than plate wearers, were the casters a lot higher in level or similar in
>level to the plate wearing classes? If they were a lot higher in level and
>therefore, in theory, had AC values that were close to one another, then
>the
>fact that the caster was getting hit for more damage than the platemail
>wearer could be attributed to the platemail deflecting part of the blow.
>If
>the caster and platemail wearer were similar in levels, I don't think you
>can compare the two. The platemail wearer would almost certainly have had
>a
>higher AC than the caster and therefore shouldn't have been hit for as much
>damage.
>
>Second, there have been so many patches since beta who's to say that
>changes
>made in beta are still in effect?
>
>I grant that you have a lot more first hand experience than I have (my only
>character is 26th level) and you may be very well correct. But like I said
>earlier, I haven't seen an analysis posted anywhere, even on this list,
>that
>had conclusive evidence that armor type can deflect part of the blow.
>Everything I have read indicates that the only thing that matters is total
>AC. If you or anyone else knows where an objective analysis with hard data
>is posted on this topic I would like to read it.
>
>Thanks
>Galtin of E'ci
Welp, things may have changed (I did miss out on the first 2 months of
commercial), but I still like the armor type theory over just plain old AC.
I know many monks who's AC get to be pretty damn high through buffs and just
from natural Defense skill, along with the armor they wear (higher than my
AC alot of times and I wear plate), but they are consistently hit for full
damage.
And I am talking about relative levels here, people, not a 20th level
players AC vs a 50th level player's AC. I hang out with 45-50th level people
daily and I notice these things. Confirmed? NO. But I don't care HOW MUCH AC
you give a mage-type (they can have VERY nice AC with all the high level
buffs available), I think they will be consistently hit for max damage
moreso than a melee type.
Sartori D'Elsiraad <The Companions>
Bard of Kelething of the 50th Chorus
Veeshan