AC softcap and low level hardcap discussion

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

IMHO, I would probably use a level 5 warrior, monk, paladin or SK.

I still am not certain if there is some kind of scaling issue to account for, but nobody cares how AC affects bards and rangers.

So far we only found hardcaps on AC and class was irrelevant. War/sk/ranger capped at 200 worn on a level 45 mob and ranger (and druid?) at 180 on a level 40 mob. That is despite haynar himself talking down people thinking there's a hard cap. We already confirmed this before but DSM reconfirmed there seems to be a hardcap... even though haynar gave the softcap formula.

It could particularly matter for rangers because their lower defense means they get hit more and the main way to mitigate damage is AC so they could be the class who AC matters the most, depending on where the soft/hard caps are.

Everyone always assumed AC does nothing for rangers due to them taking more damage but no one was ever able to give a satisfactory explanation of the mechanisms behind the phenomenon.