[CF-Devel] Enchant Armour MUST be moderated

[Peter Mardahl]

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      Peterm wrote:
     
     
AV, your modified scheme seems fine to me, by and large, 
but your calculations don't include protection spells
(protection from attack)
armour spell
(armour)
(ironwood skin)
potions
(invulnerability, aetherality).

Does consideration of these other ways to boost physical
protection change your calculations?  3 of the 5 are readily
available to fighters.

After all, fighters must also often face fire and cold
and other attacks, and these are much more dangerous, because
they cannot be avoided by simply stepping back a square.

So I think we can safely tolerate less protection to physical
attacks than for the others.

How about you pick values for 90, instead of 94?  

PeterM


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      > With enchant armour scrolls, it's not very hard to obtain
     
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      > armour values like 95 or 97.  Permanently, and with items of
     
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      > your choice.
     
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      > We can do this immediately post 1.0.
     
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      > To get similar values for other resistances, you have to
     
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      > make REAL tradeoffs.
     
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      > How about this?  Armour caps for every type of armour:
     
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      > Type            Max armour  Current max
     
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      > boots           10          90
     
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      > helmet          20          90
     
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      > armour          60          90
     
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      > shield          20          90
     
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      > gloves          10          90
     
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      > gauntlets       10          90
     
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      > cloak           20          90
     
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      > bracers         10          90
     
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      max total:        86%         99%
     
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      > I don't propose to cap the amout of ac given beyond what
     
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      > is already done.
     
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      It's a real good idea, but I think the maxes you proposed
     
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      are too low. Almost every monster has physical attack, at
     
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      higher levels these do crazy amounts of damage. A warrior
     
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      needs real tight physical protection or he is totally screwed.
     
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      86% is not enough.
     
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      What about this?:
     
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      Type            Max armour 
     
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      boots           20
     
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      helmet          30
     
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      armour          65
     
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      shield          40
     
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      gauntlets       30   /gloves     10
     
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      cloak           20
     
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      bracers         10
     
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      max total:      94%
     
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      Note that the max total can be surpassed by finding equipment with
     
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      more than max armour. Wearing rings/amulets(/girdles?) with
     
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      physical protection is also possible but usually this will not
     
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      be rewarding.
     
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      Andreas V.
     
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