Don't whore AC

[Davairus]

When you're a lowbie the AC will help cause mobs and players to miss you completely. Players can overcome this with HITROLL, but mobs dont have very much. Mobs make up for this by having more hp than players.

As you travel toward and out of the 30s, this will quickly vanish. You will no longer be missed (or miss mobs) because of the AC, and mob hp explodes. Instead, your main protective force are your new abilities to PARRY, DODGE. These can be overcome by HITROLL, and also new things like weapon types, and your weapon attack/defense ratings. So worry about those. Not AC.

AC has almost no effect on damage taken at any level, even when comparing naked to full (and high ac) equipment.

[Louis]

though as an invoker, wouldn't high ac be kinda nice especially if you can get like -500 ac.. because a few years back it seemed like dirt kick missed a lot more against high ac.. but not sure about it now.

[Emo+o]

I heard in the past, Healers can get their AC to -500

So all those AC enhanceing spells like

1) armor
2) shield
3) stone skin
4) etc

are useless now??

Suit of Ice (rare, from winter) is kinda useless now?

[trance_monkey]

So, MY hitroll will help me get past THEIR defenses.

Bigger question: Does MY hitroll help ME with MY defenses? Like, will I, myself, parry/dodge more often with a higher hitroll?

[Davairus]

Six months late. Oh well.

[Davor]

[Noliperus_]

This makes me think that enchant armor is mosly useless, especially with the chance of fading, thus making your armor basically useless. Since AC makes so little difference, how about buffing up enchant armor a bit to make it worthwhile? Maybe -5 per enchant or something? Enchant weapon is infinetly useful, maybe enchant armor should be too?

[Davairus]