1. A random question about "Armor"

    Hello warmane!

    Lately I was talking with my friends/guildies about "Armor". Most of people say that 45k armor aka 75% is the cap for Armor. My thoughts and also a question, isn't that a cap for lvl 80 mobs/bosses?! I think I remember like some time ago I've read a forum post from a Dev that 49k is the cap for in example The Lich King (Lvl 83).

    Might be just a silly question from me, or a ******ed post, but I'm just curious. Would also love if a Dev/GM could reply on this post.

    P.S - If you want to call me a ****** for such questions (i've already heard it in game lol), or start some dumb/irrelevant drama, please DO NOT reply here.
    P.S2 - I've might put this question in a wrong section, if so please move it where it belongs :).

    Thank you all for reading, cya in-game ^^.

  2. Character sheet armor damage reduction is versus targets of lvl 80. The 75% cap versus targets of level 83 is 49,905.

    Edit:

    DR% = Armor / (Armor + (467.5 * AttackerLevel - 22167.5))

    DR% - your physical damage reduction vs appropriate level;
    Armor - your current armor;
    AttackerLevel - appropriate target level;

    This is your formula for calculating what your respective armor cap is vs lvl X target. To illustrate how it works both ways (armor or DR% being unknown):

    Let target level be 83 and our armor be 40,000, then we have

    X = 40,000 / (40,000 + (467.5 * 83 - 22167.5));
    X = 40,000 / (40,000 + 16635);
    X = 40,000 / 56,635;
    X = 0.706...... //multiply this by 100 to get a % value;
    X = 70.6....... % physical damage reduction

    Now let DR be 75% and target level be 83, what's the armor value going to be?

    75% = X / (X + (467.5*83 - 22167.5)); //75% is equal to 3/4 as a fraction
    3/4 = X / (X + 16635); //multiply both sides by "4" and "X + 16635"
    3*X + 49,905 = 4*X;
    49,905 = 4*X - 3*X;
    49,905 = X;

    As we can see you'd need to have 49,905 points of armor to get a 75% damage reduction when it comes to targets of level 83. Feel free to use the same formula for targets of levels 80, 81 and 82.
    Edited: September 18, 2017


  3. @Rifokelt, thank you for the explanation, everything's crystal clear now :)

    @astrild, l2p with your gay friend marknor <3

  4. riko nob.

    Theres actually quite an excellent little tool part of the ElvUI DataTexts that will give you your % reduction vs bosses (level 83s):


  5. The 45k "cap" is refering to what you can get gear wise (unless you go 2 armour trinkets), the rest u need engineering for armor on gloves /enchants and some even use elixir with 800 armour instead of flask of stoneblood.

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