The armor cap of 9,230 for S4 seems way too low and trivializes most defensive gearing. It renders Juggernaut and Disobedience aspects obsolete with such a low cap. It was an over simplification to defense and everyone now only concentrates on offense.
But on the flipside, we want to maintain flexibility in gear choices. I think it’s reasonable to require atleast 1 Armor roll and 1 Armor aspect to hit the cap. I think a nice round armor cap of 12,000 (roughly 30% increase) would be more appropriate.
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How did you find out there is a cap of 9230?
They stated it in the s4 campfire chat and it was in the patch notes.
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The latest patch notes? Dang how I missed that one?
And this helps the game how? How does raising the armor cap make the game fun? Because it is not. And asking for changes like this that mean absolutely nothing is why.
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Oohhh, oh yeah I missed that one.
It’s in the patch notes as well as the in-game tooltip if you hover over the armor stat on your character sheet. Hopefully you didn’t invest too much into armor.
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I can’t hover. I’m on console. I don’t see the cap.
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Ooh, I’m sorry for your loss. Jokes aside, at least you know the cap now.
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How does it impact the game where 85% physic res cap is the same vs mlvl 10k whether its 9k or 12k?
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Personally, I love the new armor cap and hope it won’t change. 9230 is a sweet spot for my necro. (Put 1 node in Paragon, 1 armor affix, and 1 Skull on Ring)
However, I think there should be a soft cap - diminishing returns feature for those who overcap to 12k and more. They ought to have like 90% reduction instead of 85%, etc
Helps alleviate the OCDers from seeing such a weird number for a cap. My best guess anyway.
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Punish ppl for wearing more armor, yeah right like that’s go happen.
It doesn’t punish. Right now, if you overcap 9235 Armor, you won’t get ANY benefits at all.
A diminishing returns soft cap will at least give them more damage reduction.
For the sake of shame, I won’t share how much armor I have. Goodnight folks
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How hard is it to reach the armor cap though? How many aspect or affix is need to hit 9320 armor?
It stops moving game into care-bear mode. It adds tension to think about both defense and offense. That’s healthly for the game.
They already do this. A soft cap would be better
That is precisely what im doing on my necro. Couldnt hit 68% Dodge if i had to worry about armor!
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