Tanking armour traits ??

Zeeed · April 2014

Ok guys i am playing MMOs since ultima online and was crafting stuff everywhere. I got to 50 last night with 4 days 11h played and 120 skill points. Anyway i want to craft something for myself to wear and tank in and we got few options

Infused -- +% on Armor enchant effect ---> Looks best atm
Divines -- +% Mundus Stone effect ---> Looks interesting iif u have it on all pieces as you can swap it with shrine anytime you want !!! I am considering this one atm.
And most interesting:
Impenetrable -- +Crit Resistance ---> Is this a PvP stat ?? Can Bosses and NPCs crit at all ??? I have not noticed any crit hits on me while doing quests and normal dungeons.
Reinforced -- +% Armor value on item ---> I play heavy armour + sword and board so cant see the point of it for DK tank

Ideas please

Destabilizator · April 2014

Depends if you can turbocharge your armor (full heavy, all Reinforced) to hardcap, soft cap is 30%, hard cap 50%. That extra 20% reduction would be pretty boss.

doggie · April 2014

I've been using Impenetrable lately used Infused before as the first trait, TBH I have no idea if it's working or not. I do expect it to work though as noone has said it only works in PvP.

It's a good question wether the bosses critt or not, I don't run a combat log, is it possible to log combat in the game?

Zeeed · April 2014

dont think so. I was running Impenetrable till level 43 duneons and swaped for one of tanking sets with reduced stamina on sprint and.... NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL !!! So i assume bosses and NPCs dont crit and its full on PvP trait. As once at level 41 i got 1 shoted by nightblade in my tanking gear... I died on horse dismount animation !!!!

KiroElmarok · April 2014

@doggie‌
Yep. Esoui.com bro

Zeeed · April 2014

KiroElmarok Link or did not happened. I was looking over on that forum and NOTHING. Installed combat text and not a single crit from player in lst dungeon either.

Phranq · April 2014

Not to hijack your thread, but another question I have is where do you find armor with these traits to research once you decide which one(s) you want ?

Zeeed · April 2014

eee grind mobs down

RylukShouja · April 2014

@Phranq‌ you find them on random weapons and armour you loot from mob drops, chests, or get as quest rewards. Often green items will have the enchantment (i.e. add fire damage to weapons, increase frost resistance for armour, etc), and underneath that will be the name of the trait.

There are eight armour traits (sturdy, divines, reinforced, exploration, well-fitted, and three others I can't remember off the top of my head) and eight weapon traits (precise, infused, piercing, powered, and the other four I've forgotten).

Each piece of armour for each grade and each weapon need to be individually researched. So if you research divines for light armour gloves you will need to research it again for light armour boots or medium armour gloves, etc.