Quote Originally Posted by Emili View Post


Yes but the issue outside such point is that AC can reach 90+, while the typical AC build is geared to hold all that the gear tends towards their favor or build ... the flip side of the DPS toon is they would have to give up "DPS gear" in order to achieve even a minor in AC in doing so they no longer are a dps build but hold just barely more damage output than the toon built for AC. Result would be no reason at all to build for DPS.
I don't think actually having to wear a protection item and care about barkskin would harm a dps build, let alone make them no longer a dps build. And the idea that, as a result, no one would build for dps is about as DOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOooooommmmmy as they come. I mean, heck, if you're worried about body slots, a mineral accesory takes care of fort and protection - it's just that almost nobody cares about the protection. Does wearing one of those make you not dps? In that second thread, I point out that even an arcane caster, with no armor and just a protection item and some basic spells, could achieve a reasonable fort percentage. Dps would have it even easier with actual armor. In any case, like I said, I let that idea die, but I still think the current fort system is silly.