The reason for the poor returns from Agility is because not all AC is created equally. Agility adds "miss" AC. Hypothetically, with higher Agility you should be missed more often. Armor and AC buffs add mitigation AC which simply skews DI a little lower and which has no effect whatsoever on base damage (minimum hit). Point being: Since mitigation AC simply lowers damage, while Agility AC can eliminate a damage round completely, 1 AC from agility is worth more than one AC from armor.
Disclaimer: The above assumes the stats at least function in-game as they should. Given P1999 and Eq-emulator's historic problems with AC and combat in general, this assumption is not a sure thing. In my own gearing I do not focus on Agility as a stat; that's pretty hard to do as a tank type due to the lack of Agility on plate armor. I will, however, ask for Agility buffs when available.
Danth
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