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Originally Posted by demokatt
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My shield AC is 17 do you mean that those AC are more worth than armour and buff AC?
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Yes. Basically, there's something called an AC softcap.
Softcap refers to a specific amount of AC you can reach by equipping enough armor with AC on it. Once you reach the softcap, any AC you have above that number is penalized by about 33% - 50%.
Since the softcap is actually fairly low and not hard to reach (at least the classic/live values were), that means most people are already getting a big penalty on their armor's AC right now. So if you are already above the softcap and put on a breastplate with 20 AC on it, you will only actually get about 33-50% of that in AC.
It works this way for every item EXCEPT for your shield. The shield is the only item and slot in EQ where even if are already above the AC softcap, you will still get ALL of the AC on that shield. As a result, you get a lot more bang for your buck in the AC from shields than any other armor.