Just what does armor defense do for you?

[Greybeard]

We were discussing this among our guild members and I was just wondering if someone knew for sure what armor defense does. Some say it increases miss chances and others say it cause the monsters return hit energy to be less. Anyone know for sure? Thanks in advance for your replies! 8)

[Kjctnorris]

Pretty certain it doesn't change the amount of return damage. The LTQ spreadsheets sometimes list what the mob does in return damage and it's been the same for everyone.

I'm assuming it increases the miss chance. I've done no personal study however.

[Berneburg]

I have been asking my guildies who got the armor in 21/21 of individual.. No one is reporting a greater number of misses than before. But it might affect weaker mobs more, which are killed with 1 hit anyway, so no real way to know.

[candii]

we havent noticed a change to hit back damage. it is difficult to confirm if miss % is higher. you would need several members with different defense strength battling the same mob and reporting lots of data

[Person]

thats rich. When i traded my 68 armor for a 100+ one i noticed it a lot. So i suppose they gave this epic prize and then removed the benefit. lol

[The_Legend_Shall_Live_On]

I think it will affect the Raid Boss events.....

[l3lade2]

Possible. It doesn't have any impact during Individual boss events, but who knows what Raid Boss' will bring.

[The_Legend_Shall_Live_On]

It'd be great if that was the case.

[Shinazueli]

It hasn't ever affected boss damage. Always 25 hit back, with extremely rare exceptions where I get hit for 24 damage randomly.

[JJazz]

When I received the 21/21 armor the % of missing more did not increase. I still get a miss every 5 tries or so like before. Hopefully it has a purpose and is not just a typo that Gree made where he put 368 instead of 68* ^_^

[[ARH] ELF]

I believe it just adds to your defense score. No more, no less.

[Mystogan]

Ever sine I got the armour my average attack on critters has dropped. Average before armour was 270-299 now dropped to 214-238. Punished for getting better items.....

[JJazz]

Ever sine I got the armour my average attack on critters has dropped. Average before armour was 270-299 now dropped to 214-238. Punished for getting better items.....

What you described happening to your crits happened to mine as well once I got the 21/21 normal armour.

[Romel]

I think it's got something to do with the defence stats of the mobs in heroic quest. Nothing to do with anyone individually. I noticed the drop and tried to hit kraken or ocean giant in shipwreck cove and the damage to these normal mobs did remain the same as previously before getting the new armor. Try it!

[plavine]

From what I have ready on this forum elsewhere, it is supposed to increase the % of misses. I noticed a difference with some( but not all enemies) each time I got a better armor. I don't have the 368 yet.

[Rawrimabear]

It seems like I have a larger number misses now, but I haven't ever really kept track of that so I have no way of knowing for sure.