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Davairus Implementor
Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 10368 Location: 0x0000
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:44 pm Post subject: Don't whore AC |
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When you're a lowbie the AC will help cause mobs and players to miss you completely. Players can overcome this with HITROLL, but mobs dont have very much. Mobs make up for this by having more hp than players.
As you travel toward and out of the 30s, this will quickly vanish. You will no longer be missed (or miss mobs) because of the AC, and mob hp explodes. Instead, your main protective force are your new abilities to PARRY, DODGE. These can be overcome by HITROLL, and also new things like weapon types, and your weapon attack/defense ratings. So worry about those. Not AC.
AC has almost no effect on damage taken at any level, even when comparing naked to full (and high ac) equipment.
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Louis
Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 823 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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though as an invoker, wouldn't high ac be kinda nice especially if you can get like -500 ac.. because a few years back it seemed like dirt kick missed a lot more against high ac.. but not sure about it now. |
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Emo+o
Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Posts: 18 Location: Singapore
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:34 am Post subject: |
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I heard in the past, Healers can get their AC to -500
So all those AC enhanceing spells like
1) armor
2) shield
3) stone skin
4) etc
are useless now??
Suit of Ice (rare, from winter) is kinda useless now? |
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trance_monkey
Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 198
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2005 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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So, MY hitroll will help me get past THEIR defenses.
Bigger question: Does MY hitroll help ME with MY defenses? Like, will I, myself, parry/dodge more often with a higher hitroll? |
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Davairus Implementor
Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 10368 Location: 0x0000
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:13 pm Post subject: |
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Six months late. Oh well.
louis wrote: |
though as an invoker, wouldn't high ac be kinda nice especially if you can get like -500 ac.. because a few years back it seemed like dirt kick missed a lot more against high ac.. but not sure about it now. |
Myth.
Emo+o wrote: |
I heard in the past, Healers can get their AC to -500
So all those AC enhanceing spells like
1) armor
2) shield
3) stone skin
4) etc
are useless now??
Suit of Ice (rare, from winter) is kinda useless now? |
AC spell are not useless, it has a tiny affect on damage, so you might as well cast those spells since they also last quite a while. But if you're chasing somebody, or got dispelled, don't waste your time casting, especially instead of sanc/protection.
trance_monkey wrote: |
Bigger question: Does MY hitroll help ME with MY defenses? Like, will I, myself, parry/dodge more often with a higher hitroll? |
No, hitroll helps you strike your targets. |
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Davor
Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 229 Location: Seeogra
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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Emo+o wrote: |
So all those AC enhanceing spells like
1) armor
2) shield
3) stone skin
4) etc
are useless now??
Suit of Ice (rare, from winter) is kinda useless now? |
Correction, it is not "now" it is like since a LONG time ago.
Useless?
And the answer is sortoff yes, their contribution is so marginal that these spells are by someones standards are trivial(mine ie.), but then again you have people that claim they were saved by that one extra hp so...
I would not cast them exactly before combat cause id sooner use that extra mana for a cure or two, maybe some in-combat spell. |
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Noliperus_
Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 39
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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This makes me think that enchant armor is mosly useless, especially with the chance of fading, thus making your armor basically useless. Since AC makes so little difference, how about buffing up enchant armor a bit to make it worthwhile? Maybe -5 per enchant or something? Enchant weapon is infinetly useful, maybe enchant armor should be too? |
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Davairus Implementor
Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 10368 Location: 0x0000
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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your main protective force are your new abilities to PARRY, DODGE. These can be overcome by HITROLL, and also new things like weapon types, and your weapon attack/defense ratings. So worry about those. Not AC. |
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