Infernal Vengeance

BigBeefy · Sun Jun 01, 2008 6:37 pm 31k armor

If I get time when I get home from work today I'm going to grab the S2 Feral shoulders and the 60 badge tank ring, bringing my armor up to 31k (and improving my HP, Dodge, threat gen etc).

My question is... Does anyone know what the armor cap is? I remember reading it ages ago but cant find the article anymore.

Thanks in advance....

madalchemist · Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:15 pm

The general cap 75% damage mitigation via armour - about 35k at level 70 against a level 73, from memory.

I tend to think once you hit about 32-34k armour self-buffed, you try to build stam/dodge up. Buffs from pots/totems/etc will put you on or around 35k. Any more, is a waste

BigBeefy · Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:42 pm

Cool, ty.

Yeah I'm gonna have a good look at my hp.Will be approx 14.7k after the upgrades. I could swap out some my agi/stam gems for pure stam, but will lose valuable dodge... 41% atm.

madalchemist · Mon Jun 02, 2008 3:15 am

I want your gear :)

I just looked some numbers up, for 75% DR max cap, against level

60 you need 17648 armour
70 you need 31673 armour
73 you need 35880 armour

You're probably close to maxing out on raid trash - which is ok, maybe if you get 1 or 2 more leet gear pieces you can swap in & out for trash & bosses.

The lower levels are interesting, if you're thinking about tanking pre-TBC instances. having maybe 20k armour is capping it against trash mobs, but this goes back to 35k against "skull level" bosses. I wonder how much +dodge/stam you can pile into your gear, and still hold 20k armour.

BigBeefy · Mon Jun 02, 2008 5:21 pm

Last night in Kara with the zillion buffs my armor was 39k lol.

Based on those stats you provided, I think I'm armor capped (or almost) for level 60 instances in my DPS gear. With my DPS gear I should have several % more dodge due to all the agi. Not as much stam though.

T4 helm didnt drop from prince last night, man I'm dying for that to top off the set. Stylin' Purple Hat is gettin old. WTB meta gem slot.

MajorMojo · Tue Jun 03, 2008 6:18 pm

aww a shame - i rather liked the look of the hat (and its cool name... sorta like a purple indiana jones hat)

hey i was wondering - what if we space kara out over more nights? 2-3 bosses and call it quits.... instead of our frantic rush to do half in one night?

That means kara is only like running a heroic... say 1hr-ish.... and we all have time for PVP afters. Besides we wipe less in kara than we do in heroics these days. (not to mention trash)

BigBeefy · Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:40 pm

Yeh the hat is pimpin. If I replace It I'll still keep it for a fishing set or goofy outfit. i think I have a pink festival dress I can use with it lol. And a tux,

Definitely a good idea regarding kara, but I think we only see the mass logins on thurs, sat, sun... dont know if we can get a good mix of 10 over several nights...