Post:Armor Food for Thought - 09/29/2012 - 16:27

Armor Food for Thought · on 09/29/2012 04:27 PM CDT	2615
I just completed some armor testing in 3.0, and wanted some feedback on the numbers. 100 hits were directed towards an opponent with the damage randomizer turned off, using a Tier 4 claymore. We assume no armor is our 0% baseline. First, the numbers with no armor skill - Cloth - 18.5% damage reduction Leather - 22.5% damage reduction Chain - 33.0% damage reduction Brigandine - 43.0% damage reduction Plate - 47.0% damage reduction Now, numbers with armor skill over what the enemy's offenses are - Cloth - 32.8% damage reduction Leather - 37.8% damage reduction Chain - 41.2% damage reduction Brigandine - 51.0% damage reduction Plate - 58.8% damage reduction Note that all armor used was Tier 3. From these numbers I see a clear progresion of increasing protection that is largely modified by skill. The light armors in particular depend just a litle more on skill than the heavy armors. Any thoughts? Our goal was to provide incentives for the Armor Primary/Secondary Guilds who will be the most likely Guilds to have armor skills trained to ranks comparable to the enemy types being hunted.
This message was originally posted in Combat - Weapons and Armor \ General Discussions, by DR-KODIUS on the play.net forums.