AC and p99

[Troxx]

I guess I am just old school and too tied down to all my research on live. Granted … my research and extensive parsing on live did not start in earnest until some time well after Gates of Discord.

But I digress …

I got 2x Hammered Golden Loops on my warrior here. Then I got 2 for my Pal. Then another 2 for my necro then another for my bard and sham.

The casters I understand but for the plate tanks I will be honest - I held off for a LONG time as I didn’t want to suck the -15ac hit per.

I really haven’t noticed a difference other than I have 8 more stamina and 75 more go per ear. Perhaps this is simply because I am really only considering the raid mobs they are tanking and the ~100hp more I have per ear. Clearly this is a unique time in eq where complete heals are complete and more hp is always good …

But is ac broken?

I mean I have a 60 Ranger and ac doesnt seem to mean shit for her. But for the tanks? Does it actually help?

My experience thus far with these earrings is that negative xp be damned the hp is amazeballs. But they are also xp capped so not slumming on “trivial” targets found in xp groups.

I guess my question is for the raid goons amongst us who have experienced both HIGH hp and “meh” ac and HIGH HP and HIGH AC …

Does that extra armor class mean anything?

Or on p99 is ac a wash?