I posted this earlier in a couple other threads:
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Level 59 Human Monk.
Was grouped in ME last night, doing Level 55-59 MOBs (Gorganna Scouts, "Grey Aliens', Hooded Xi-Viuas, and 4 armed Kabuki's, hey that's what we call them) near the ME/AR zoneline.
Group started out as me (still tanking), Cleric, Rogue, Bard, Shaman, Enchanter (all Level 58-60); and near the end the Shammie was replaced by a Mage with a pet for the Shaman, and a regular Level 55 Warrior for the Rogue.
Here were my stats:
1) My unbuffed AC is 1100. Unbuffed HP 2500 (no AA points)
2) With group buffs I was able to get to around 1181 AC, and HPs to 3700 or so.
3) With epic effect and a Bard twisting 'Cantanna of Replenishment', 'Verses of Victory' (these two were constant) and 'Nilipus March of the Wee', (this one was sporadic) my buffed AC fluctuated beteen 1193 and 1205 on most fights.
4) AGI was at 255 for most of the night (ie max avoidence AC add from that for whatever it's worth.)
We were there for about 3 hours, and I noticed the following:
At 1193 AC, I still saw a lot of hits for max damage, however when my AC went to 1205, max damage hits were very noticably reduced. I also fought enough MOBs and had situations where I can honestly say that getting to 1200 AC for me made a BIG and very noticable difference in mitigation, and while it wasn't back to what I consider 'pre-nerf' level, it was closer (I'd say I was taking only 10% to 15% more bamage than before, which is manageable imo; as opposed to 30% to 40% more damage while under 1200 on a consistent basis).
This may explain why most Iksar Monks with similar equipment (since you guys do have about 60 more base AC points then myself at 60, and AC gear equivailent to mine ins't hard to obtain), are saying they only see a 5% to 10% increase overall.
I wasn't able to break the 1200 AC barrier until last night, as I wanted to see how soloing had been affected by the nerf, and was at 1112 AC that first night for 2 hours, and then went to CT for an hour that first night, but that Group was a Warrior, myself, Cleric, Bard, Enchanter, and a Wizzie; so as I stated, that first night I never broke 1200 AC.
I still bekieve the original mitigation nerf was WAY to harsh, and could either use some adjusting (and no, I not saying back to original levels); or they could up our avoidance chance a bit. However, from what I experienced, unless I got really lucky on whatever rolls the system uses to calculate max/mon MOB hits on me, I honestly believe 1200 AC is a mitigation break point now (at least for level 59 Human monks); and if you want to live with the new patch, that's an AC number to shoot for. Again, Iksars will probably be able to get to this unbuffed a lot easier. For me, I'll need to get good Group buffs, or obtain some Uber NToV gear that VI wishes we never had access to in the first place (or so they say now.)
Just one Monk's observbation, take it for what it's worth to you.
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