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HomardWed 07-Sep-11 03:57 PM
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#3438, "From what I could tell."


          

First of all, sometimes when you put on an item you will get an echo that indicates that Gates is being put to use. I never thought to try and figure out if those echoes came at certain threshold (-100AC; -150AC) or if it only came from an item that bumped your AC a certain degree (likely more than -10AC.)

However, if I remember correctly, if you are completely naked and put on a decent piece of gear you will get the echo, meaning that it likely doesn't 'kick in,' but rather is a sliding scale that starts as soon as you're wearing any single significantly hefty piece of gear.

Only an IMM could say whether it has a cap or not, but the fact is that there is a hard limit to just how low you can get your AC with gear. After all, you only have so many slots. From what I could tell, though, it scales more steeply the lower you go (ie. -300 to -400 is better DR than -200 to -300.) By the time I got to -400 (though I also had resist and inherent stoneskin) I was seeing absolutely absurd damage reduction. I remember in one fight against the Archmage of the HTOS, my group was taking ***DEMOS*** and I was taking decimates.

Good luck with this awesome legacy.

  

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TopicGates of the forge. [View all] , Wawayah (Anonymous), Wed 07-Sep-11 03:44 PM
Reply RE: Gates of the forge., Daevryn, 07-Sep-11 03:59 PM, #2
Reply From what I could tell., Homard, 07-Sep-11 03:57 PM #1
     Reply Thanks for the advice and would appreciate you or Daevr..., Wawayah (Anonymous), 08-Sep-11 03:15 AM, #3
          Reply RE: Thanks for the advice and would appreciate you or D..., Kirslamix, 08-Sep-11 07:49 AM, #4
          Reply I get the sense (and I might be wrong) that only gear -..., Homard, 08-Sep-11 08:54 AM, #5
          Reply My advice - don't worry about it., Twist, 08-Sep-11 12:32 PM, #6
          Reply RE: Thanks for the advice and would appreciate you or D..., Daevryn, 08-Sep-11 01:09 PM, #7
               Reply Thank you all again, food for thought., Wawayah (Anonymous), 08-Sep-11 03:49 PM, #8
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