So the best possible bonus from warpriest would come from wearing something that classifies as armor (not clothing or treasure or whatever) on all slots that fall into the various armor categories?

Would it be possible to add a line to score that gave some indication of how much benefit you were getting out of warpriest training, i.e. You gain a small/medium/large/full benefit from your warpriest training (or something along those lines).

If not the above, would it be feasible to add an echo like the one for gates when wearing stuff that indicates if it is helping or not?

More specific questions to follow (from the helpfile).

A shaman focusing in heavy armor receives the following benefits, each
dependant on wearing heavy armor (those made of stone, bone, and metal):

Is this only armor that would trigger those armor use skills? So dragon armor doesn't help? Does weight matter, or just armor type? Does AC or any other factor matter, or is it just total number of gear slots covered by the right kind of armor? Are all slots equal?

- Increased hit point regeneration.

Up to the equivalent of 50% extra regen? Some maximum value would be helpful here.

- Minor reduction of damage caused by others; this improves as the shaman
faces multiple player opponents.

Up to how much DR? How much does it increase vs. multiple opponents? Does it scale with # of opponents?

- Increased chance for armor deflection of an attack.

How much of an increased chance? Does this make shield block better? Does it make armor use skills effectively as good as another defense like dodge/parry/shield block? Do the aiming skills negate this?

- Small chance for heavy armor to reduce the effectiveness of a stunning
attack; this is very rare unless the shaman is fighting multiple player
opponents.

A shaman focusing in light armor receives the following benefits, each
dependent upon wearing light armor (by weight) and/or avoiding heavy armor:

I read this as armor that is armor (not clothing etc.) that is lightweight and not metal, stone, or bone.... Correct?

- Increased mana regeneration

Up to 50%?

- Increased evade chance

This one seems odd as shamans don't get evade. Is that an oversight?

- Increased effective level of supplications; this is more powerful while
fighting and has a smaller effect upon communing to initiate combat or while
not yet fighting.

I assume this is like spellcraft. Is it a flat +5 level bonus? A chance (like spellcraft) for 1 or more levels up to 9 (or whatever)?


Basically, how big (or small) a bonus is warpriest training? How would one maximize it? Since mana regen (even with trance) is so important to a shaman (with so many high cost sups) and landing sups is so much more difficult (due to a lack of spellcraft) I can't see why anyone would choose heavy. It seems like light would always be a better choice, even if you were fighting multiple opponents because the DR from heavy and the lag reduction doesn't seem likely to be enough (especially with a better chance at evade) to trade off the potential to hit your important sups first try, but maybe I'm missing something, or the heavy bonuses are quantitatively larger than the light armor ones.

Basically if I'm playing a race that could go either way, how do I make a decision on which to choose?