Has anyone seriously parsed AC?

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

You guys are both generally correct. But vs high atk mobs, Pasi is slightly more correct.

I intentionally left some variables out so that I wouldn't be writing a book of a post [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.].

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

If you can't live through a max round, AC may/will be the better choice, depending on the mobs mean DI, number of hits per round, etc. There's an equation we could plug in to determine the probability exactly. There's 2 intersecting lines where one or the other is the superior choice.

I agree with this in theory, but not in practice. My example for this earlier is Vindicator. Evasive will come out to be better than Defensive from a mathematical standpoint, but evasive is inferior from a practical/strategy standpoint. Minimizing damage intake and surviving are usually the same side of the coin, but they can be separate in some instances. This is due to healing being entirely pre-emptive in this era.

Originally Posted by Raev

I mean, I just did this earlier in the thread, although it was a simulation and not a closed form equation.

Obviously it will look different for every mob of course, and I have no idea how the Spiroc Lord is tuned vs Velious mobs

Two things.

1) You're comparing hardcap AC returns with your Spiroc Lord. I'm talking softcap returns here. This is complicated by the fact that I have no idea how good softcap returns are gonna be over here. I will concede that the more unclassic we go with AC, the more I'm gonna be wrong.

2) Spiroc Lord (should) have a lot lower ATK than Velious mobs.

Originally Posted by Raev

ATK is not what is important; it's the number of attacks.

I think we're including number of attacks in # of rounds. I thought this went without saying! Obviously, the more attacks (rounds) that you're looking at between CHeals, the more we're gonna see a normal distribution. No need to go further than koros did in his previous post!

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