AC softcap and low level hardcap discussion

[Goregasmic]

Originally Posted by Drueric [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Level difference has a huge effect on damage as well. Which is why even if you ultra twink a low level toon you still get your ass beat by an even con. But ultra twinks often offset this difference by wearing a regen item that essentially counters most of the damag they take so they can repeatedly kill even cons with little downtime. I mean, its all anecdotal to us. Sometimes it feels like my armor isnt even working, and it probably isnt.

I think it is because people don't understand how AC works. It negates max hits. They'll put a ton of AC on and expect to get straight 1s as incoming damage almost as if they activated DA but the rest of the hits are evenly distributed so you get less 82s but still ~25x 78s, 75s 72s and so on if you look at the above parses. So I suspect people will put AC on, see all the high hits and go like "this is bullshit". While soloing with my ranger in KC with ~200 AC worn I kept an eye on max hits and I was barely seeing any so AC does what it is supposed to do but with like ~2.4khp unbuffed (IIRC?) you're still going to feel the rest of the higher numbers in the distribution. After a long session of farming/grinding soloers/healers will definitely feel it though but not on single kills.