Can someone please explain the iksar SK math for me?

[DrKvothe]

http://wiki.project1999.com/Magelo_Blue:Noplate

A reasonable set of gear for someone to earn by lvl 60. Should run ~50-65k depending on how good a bargain you're looking for. It's not all BiS pre-planar, but it's all close, and it's all high performance per value.

At lvl 60, displayed AC is 984.
At lvl 50, displayed AC is 884
At lvl 40, displayed AC is 783.

How would these AC levels affect dps taken compared to a properly pre-planar geared Ogre SK? By what fraction will damage taken increase?
Also, how well do racial AC bonus and AC buffs close the gap?

[Zapatos]

It's extremely difficult to notice any difference in damage taken from full AC gear to being naked. I'd say the math is broken. Gear for hp/resist!

[DrKvothe]

So pros of iksar SK:
- regen
- size (big deal for me, I dont wanna spend money on shrink pots)
- Come velious, Greenmist racial epic
- Come velious, AC bonus that breaks AC cap (not an actual bonus?)

Cons
- AC (not an actual con?)
- fewer high HP gear options (how bad is this, really?)
- no ogre stun resist
- racial exp penalty

If I say that for me:
regen > fewer high hp gear options
size > racial exp penalty
Greenmist (both reward and questline) ~ stun resist

Then iksar is the race for me? Period?

[Itap]

As Loraen's thread has pointed out, DMG mitigation by AC seems to be working incorrectly. The journey to 60 will be a long, painful experience.

[dhoushi]

Was Greenmist completed in Velious? I was reading over it and it seemed to come out late, and broken in velious and was not fixed until luclin? Confirm/Deny?

[Tikker]

hrm, i can't remember

it was definitely fixed by luclin as it counted as bane damage vs ssra and seru iirc

[khanable]

It was finished/working like a month into velious

so I'd say working.

Luclin I believe is when it gets opened up to other races. Hope we never see that here.

[happyhappy]

It was finished/working like a month into velious

so I'd say working.

Luclin I believe is when it gets opened up to other races. Hope we never see that here.

As much as I'd want this to be true, it's actually 10 months into Velious, mid-October.


October 23rd, 3:00 am
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*Patch Day*

This patch primarily addresses item fixes in regard to the Chardok revamp, as well as some minor other quest and item fixes. There's also been some talk of something called the Green Mist.

- The EverQuest Team

[khanable]

As much as I'd want this to be true, it's actually 10 months into Velious, mid-October.

Whoops

Guess I was thinking a month before luclin

Knew it had something to do with a month!

[Yinikren]

Hell yes, time to start factioning on my troll SK.