Mithral Body Feat and Dodge

[droid327]

WF are already at a disadvantage with the new Armor system since they need to spend a feat to enjoy the PRR/MRR benefits from armor...but the Mithral Body feat now is completely obsolete, because it locks you in at 5 MDB forever, which means 5 Dodge.

Mithral Body is supposed to be Light Armor, but actual Light Armor has MDBs that are triple or quadruple that by endgame, while Mithral Body does not scale. Light armor is supposed to be for mobile combatants, classes that have things like Evasion and Dodge bonuses, so it makes no sense that Mithral would impose such a stringent handicap. Right now, there's no reason to take it because (even with some various MDB bonuses) the Dodge penalty is always going to outweigh the PRR and MRR (and AC, meh) you get from it.

Remove the MDB penalty for Mithral Body, or reduce it (5+1/2 Char Level?) so that its a viable option to take.

[unbongwah]

Agreed: Mithril Body should have its MDB scale automatically with char lvl to keep pace with light chain armors and should've done so ever since Turbine revised armor types in U14.

[FuzzyDuck81]

some MRR & PRR is nice for an evasive non-centered build, but the loss of potential dodge just really doesn't make it worth it, you're pretty much stuck with all-or-nothing, so yeah agreed 100%.