[Dolalin]

Regarding the AC change, this post says Paladin armor was 1ac less than Ranger armor until the November 3rd patch, so I imagine the change was similar:

On Wed, 3 Nov 1999 13:56:06 -0000, "FRED BRIEDEN JR"
<f.a.b...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Part of the new patch message
>
>Item Enhancements*
>The entire set of the Armor or Ro (Paladin class specific armor) and
>Darkforge (ShadowKnight class armor) has received an increase in AC.

Which probably brings it up to par with the ranger armor. Not only
are the paladin armor quests harder than the ranger's, but the paladin
armor pieces I saw were 1 AC point lower than the equivalent ranger
items (pre-patch).

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....E/L_IIgXjGQsAJ

Edit: I think I found the pre-buff AC stats of Darkforge:

Darkforge Armor Boots AC 11, STA +3
Darkforge Armor Breastplate AC 18, STA +10, Sv Magic +3
Darkforge Armor Bracers AC 9, DEX +3
Darkforge Armor Boots AC 8, DEX +3
Darkforge Armor Gauntlets AC 9, DEX +2, Sv Magic +5
Darkforge Armor Greaves AC 11, STA +9, Sv Magic +3
Darkforge Armor Helm AC 13, INT +5, All Resistances +5
Darkforge Armor Vambracers AC 11, STR +4

http://web.archive.org/web/200011100...ht/combat.html