Pascal wrote:I've grown this unyielding feeling over the past years that it is the type of armour that matters the most rather than the amount of defence shown to player
..in that for example a sacret quilted armour of 3000 defence is significantly less effective than a 3000 def tiered (6) breast plate.
Prove me wrong
Breat plate:
Max roll:
3000 / 1702 (highest base defense) = 1,76
--> So you already have 76% ED
Min roll:
3000/ 951 = 3,15
--> So you'd need 215% ED to reach that value. But that's not possible unless you socket runes.
In order to determine the average, let's just calculate a litte bit:
3000 / ((1702+951)/2) = 3000/1326,5 = 2,26
--> On average you need 126% ED to reach that value. With mystic orbs you can thus reach 3979,5 defense. Highest value is 5106 if you have 200 ED on it. But if you have the highest roll with only 76% ED you can add another 75% ED, then that means the highest possibility on a breast plate with 3000 defense is 4272.
Sacred quilted armor:
Max roll:
3000/2331 = 1,29 (1,287 rounded up)
--> So you already have 29% ED on it
Min roll:
3000/ 2263 = 1,32
--> so you already have 32% ED
On avarage:
3000/ 2297= 1,30
--> so 30% ED is needed to reach that value. With mystic orbs you can thus reach 4708,85 defense. Highest value is 6993. But if you have the highest roll with only 29 ED and add the mystic orbs to that, you reach: 4755.
Conclusion: The highest roll of a T6 breast plate is 1887 armor worse than the highest roll of a sacred quilted armor.
Now it all depends on whether you want to put another 107 points into strength to get 1887 more armor. BUT! Don't forget that you can reduce the strength required!
For this calculation I'll use the -10% jewels instead of the -14% jewels since I want to assume we can't craft jewels yet. Plus you can easily farm K3K in hatred to get -10% requirement jewels en masse.
Breast plate: 353 Base str - 60% = 141,2
Sacred quilted armor: 460 Base str - 60% = 184
184-141 = 43.
So for 43 strength you'll get 1887 more armor. Definitely an offer I'd gladly accept, since I could cover that with some mystic orbs on a honorific already. Even if we use the highest roll of a 3000 sacred quilted armor with another 75% added by using MO's and the highest roll of a 3000 def T6 breast plate with the mo's added, it's still 4755-4272= 483 more armor. But that's really only if both items have the highest base defense roll and if both armors have exactly 3000 defense. On average, it's far worse for the breast plate: 4708,85-3979,5= 729,35
So yes, I'd definitely take the quilted armor.