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Originally Posted by bcbrown
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I wish the "What is this bullshit we parsed this a decade ago" people would explain what they're talking about because if they're talking about xp mobs I'm pretty sure they're wrong. If they're talking about raid mobs I remain open to the possibility that something is broken, but I would love to see some data showing that.
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They probably won't provide data sadly. I've asked them before, and they haven't provided anything yet. But we can always hope.
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Originally Posted by bcbrown
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If in fact the "ranger AC is broken" thing is pure folklore here's my speculation on how it came to be:
* Ranger is an inherently inferior tank due to lower skill caps on defensive skills
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This is probably the reason. 32 less Defense skill at 60 will be noticeable. Defense affects both mitigation and how often you get hit. It's even worse for a good portion of the server's timeline, because Rangers are capped at 200 Defense skill until the Oct 1, 2001 patch. So people have experienced playing a Ranger with 52 less Defense skill at level 60.
As I said in the post before, if AC softcaps do exist on P99, Rangers may be getting softcapped sooner than Warriors/Paladins/SKs as well. This is because Rangers use Chain instead of Plate, and the EQEMU code does have the option to specify softcaps for Cloth, Leather, Chain, and Plate.
So Rangers kinda get screwed on both Defense Skill and AC. I assume the idea was Rangers are better at dodging/parrying/etc. That's the idea in Dungeons and Dragons, but it doesn't really work in practice on P99.