AC soft cap for pally

[4evercrack]

Like the title states anyone have information on what the armor class soft cap is for a paladin

[zelld52]

I’m not sure what it is, but if I remember correctly the AC soft cap is (near) impossible to reach in this era

[zelld52]

Update it’s 1850. It’s impossible to get 1850 AC in this era

[4evercrack]

Dam didn't figure a knights AC cap was even remotely close to that

[Stonewallx39]

Yeah I don’t think 1850 is the soft cap, I think for a pally the soft cap is in the low 300s, but shields don’t count towards the soft cap so they have a higher mitigation value than worn armor AC. AC still seems to add a lot of value well past the soft cap though, perhaps 1850 is the hard cap?

I’ll see if I can find the post I was thinking of to substantiate my assertion (or not, who knows the future?).

[Videri]

Originally Posted by Stonewallx39 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah I don’t think 1850 is the soft cap, I think for a pally the soft cap is in the low 300s, but shields don’t count towards the soft cap so they have a higher mitigation value than worn armor AC. AC still seems to add a lot of value well past the soft cap though, perhaps 1850 is the hard cap?

I’ll see if I can find the post I was thinking of to substantiate my assertion (or not, who knows the future?).

You may be thinking of two different caps.

"Worn AC" is the total of the AC stats of all items you're wearing, plus buffs. Most people don't even know what their worn AC is. The softcap is 289 for all classes. Past the softcap, you get abysmal returns. And yeah, shields ignore the softcap.

The AC number shown in our inventory is some twisted monstrosity that doesn't tell us very much at all. Maybe this 1850 cap applies to the AC number shown in the inventory.

[long.liam]

This a thing that has always confused me. What kind of Softcap system does P99 use? Is it a softcap of Total AC? Or Softcap on Worn AC? TAKP, most of Eq Emulated, and Live uses a Softcap on Total AC.:

TAKP - https://www.takproject.net/forums/in...24/#post-34573

EQ Emulated - http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40543
- http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40289

Live - https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/...s-acv2.210028/

I'm not sure what they use here. I'd assume it's a similar system given that P99's code is based on EQ emulated code, but I don't really Know.

[Sweeper41]

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

You may be thinking of two different caps.

"Worn AC" is the total of the AC stats of all items you're wearing, plus buffs. Most people don't even know what their worn AC is. The softcap is 289 for all classes. Past the softcap, you get abysmal returns. And yeah, shields ignore the softcap.

The AC number shown in our inventory is some twisted monstrosity that doesn't tell us very much at all. Maybe this 1850 cap applies to the AC number shown in the inventory.

Does that 289 number take into account a Iksar innate armor class? Asking for a friend..

[Snaggles]

Originally Posted by Sweeper41 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Does that 289 number take into account a Iksar innate armor class? Asking for a friend..

No, shields and Iksar ac are commonly viewed as outside the “soft cap”.

[long.liam]

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

No, shields and Iksar ac are commonly viewed as outside the “soft cap”.

No based off of coding from live eq, which all EQ emu servers have emulated, The Iksar AC bonus is under cap. Only shield AC is over cap, in other words raises your AC bonus.