A thought on heavy armor
Heraclea
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If they --
-- raise the armor caps quite a bit, so that you can get to around 60-70% resistance to incoming physical and spell damage,
-- make these caps achievable only in heavy armor, and add further mitigation to blockable damage (semi-automate blocking, in other words)
-- they will have created characters that resemble a class from my favorite MMO of all time (City of Heroes). I'd cap resistance at around 70% because self heals are relatively easy to get in this game. The way the math works, resistance starts to make a real difference when you get above 50%.
That kind of character might be tough enough to eventually whittle down VR mobs, and make that content more approachable; I never made a character like this expecting to kill everything fast.
-- raise the armor caps quite a bit, so that you can get to around 60-70% resistance to incoming physical and spell damage,
-- make these caps achievable only in heavy armor, and add further mitigation to blockable damage (semi-automate blocking, in other words)
-- they will have created characters that resemble a class from my favorite MMO of all time (City of Heroes). I'd cap resistance at around 70% because self heals are relatively easy to get in this game. The way the math works, resistance starts to make a real difference when you get above 50%.
That kind of character might be tough enough to eventually whittle down VR mobs, and make that content more approachable; I never made a character like this expecting to kill everything fast.
Hircine loves me, this I know,
Your intestines told me so.
Quæ tam fera immanisque natura? - Cicero
Your intestines told me so.
Quæ tam fera immanisque natura? - Cicero
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Innocente✭✭✭✭Heh. That would make Sorcerers pretty much the only viable class in the game. Since they can currently cap armor while wearing Lt/Med without even trying. Having the ability to have that much mitigation while wearing Lt/Med as well would be so OP (even more than it is now).0 -
Heraclea✭✭✭Heh. That would make Sorcerers pretty much the only viable class in the game. Since they can currently cap armor while wearing Lt/Med without even trying. Having the ability to have that much mitigation while wearing Lt/Med as well would be so OP (even more than it is now).
The actual proposal is that you would have to wear heavy armor to get that kind of mitigation. I'm ... not sure how you missed that.
Hircine loves me, this I know,
Your intestines told me so.
Quæ tam fera immanisque natura? - Cicero0 -
Innocente✭✭✭✭Sorcerers have a skill that gives them full heavy armor in addition to whatever their current 'real' armor they are wearing consist of. So, they get the benefits of, for instance, full Lt. armor and all the additional armor from heavy.0