Dragontouched Armor rant

[Junts]

I was of the impression you were comparing to the chainshirt (as that is the light armor option, breastplate being medium).

Is there a reason you lose evasion in a chainshirt that I'm not aware of..?

[Murderface]

Yes, I'm ranting. Yes, I realize Dragontouched (DT) armor has other goodies on it. Other goodies I already have in other slots quite nicely. Any attempts to assuage my rant by commenting on other available bonuses of DT armor will be completely ignored.

/rant on

So, I REALLY REALLY had my hopes up to get rid of my KDS dress on my Dwarven Ranger and replace it with the Dragontouched armor. You guys (Turbine) did a pretty decent job with it, adding 2 armor to the metal armors and 2 dex to the non-metals...

Which means that from a strictly ARMOR perspective, the Kundarak Delving Suit is still the best Light Armor in the game for a humble-dex Evasion fighter type (22-28 Dex) (*cough* melee rangers *cough*).
Dragontouched Chain: 4 dex, 6 armor, +5 = 15
Kundarak Delving Suit: 6 Dex, 5 armor, +5 = 16

(for comparison)
Dragontouched Plate: 1 dex, 10 armor, +5 = 16
Vanilla +5 Mithral Full Plate: 3 Dex, 8 Armor, +5 = 16

Level 10 Mod 1 raid loot should not be the best at ANYTHING anymore. ANYTHING!!!!!

if you had a low dex say battle cleric or paladin then thats a pretty good plate for a min dex

[nbhs275]

if you had a low dex say battle cleric or paladin then thats a pretty good plate for a min dex

exactly.. It also means that a dwarf fighter could get a total AC of 22 from armor +dex, without needing a 28 (24 is much more realistic).

BTW, is there a DT docent?

[Tenkari_Rozahas]

BTW, is there a DT docent?

Yeah there is.... check the Agro section of the boards, and check the Sor'jek 3 man topic and look at the pics, one of the guys was a WF... sorc and one of the screenies in the topic shows his DT Docent off

[geoffhanna]

Level 10 Mod 1 raid loot should not be the best at ANYTHING anymore. ANYTHING!!!!!

I disagree with the basic premise. I prefer that EVERY raid have something in it that will always be wanted.

[Gol]

I was of the impression you were comparing to the chainshirt (as that is the light armor option, breastplate being medium).

Is there a reason you lose evasion in a chainshirt that I'm not aware of..?

Sorry, I didn't see chain shirt anywhere in your post but I did see full plate mentioned...

Besides, Dragontouched doesn't come in a chain shirt. The only light armor option is leather, of which I have no hopes of "filling out" the dex.

[Mindspat]

OP, there are times where sacraficing a point or two in AC has benefits.