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oOpiaster
05-29-2012, 03:40 PM
well...
i am atm in a progression of building a dwarf fighter (intimi-tank) to be clear ;
first , ive read about ac and surfed the web to get info`ed and i came up with that ive to get AC 5*class lvl to be able to tank well and to be able to get alot of hits with less damage , is that right ? cuz i find that impossible to get at lvl 20 - 100 AC , though....
second , in fighter`s enhancements there`s : fighter`s armor mastery & fighter`s tower shield mastery and as i know theres a max dex bonus on both amor and tower shields , determined by tower shield max dex bonus : 2 on all tower shields , full plates armors max dex bonus : 1 on all full plates and the max dex is limited by the lowest of`em which is armor for sure .
my question is : when i take amor mastery 1 it will add 1 to max dex bonus and it will be equaled to tower shield so both will bring up total max dex bonus : 3 , is that right ? ; and if i picked up amor mastery 3 and tower shield mastery 2 they will add to armor and tower shield`s max dex bonus : 4 for each one , so both of`em will be like mithral combo i guess but not sure about total max dex bonus if its gonna be +5 or +6 and i dont know either if i maxed both mastries with dwarven mastries i think ill be limited to tower shield`s max dex cuz its enahncements lines`s total of 3 and fighter`s enahncements plus dwarf`s will be total of 6 armor mastries , its means ill be limited to the lowest of`em which is tower shield .
pls advice me cuz im really confused and i surfed the web and posts by other players and guides and wikies theres nothing clear about those enahncements , but i think its very important as its higher up the max dex of my tank .
pls be kind and tell me how its working and whts important and whats not and try to clear and explain as u can and thx in advance .

Xyy
05-29-2012, 04:58 PM
Best to refer to posts such as the following one to see how others are doing it.

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=374663&highlight=131

FrozenNova
05-29-2012, 05:00 PM
That is absolutely impossible to read.

Yes, as a dwarf, you will be limited by your tower shield's max dex more than your armor's max dex considering enhancements.

The "level*5" thing is just a quaint little way of telling you that AC tanking at cap is very, very hard, and requires very specialized builds.