It was very straightforward and easy to understand before. Armor Hard Cap was 85% at 1,000 value. It took Seasons and Seasons to get this right.
Elemental Resistances have always been easy to understand with Soft Caps and Hard Caps.
Outside of this there were a ton of conditional DR% sources that displayed in your character sheet. It was pretty easy to understand in that the priority was:
- Hit Armor Hard Cap for the Tier
- Hit Soft Cap Elemental Resist for Tier
- Increase Maximum HP until you do not die
- Be sure to have Fortify always up if available.
- Be sure to have Barrier always up if available.
- If you feel squishy, look at your DR and see if you can increase that. Does it feel better? Yes/No?
- If all else fails and you still feel squishy - just do more damage lol.