I found this post very interesting on the of:
Quote:Banditman wrote:
New question:
Prior to the release of Sentinel's Fate, mitigation on gear became less effective as the gear was farther behind. So, for example, a level 70 ring with 500 mitigation versus Noxious would actually offer less protection than a Level 80 ring with 500 mitigation versus Noxious.
Since there was no way for players to effectively measure this, it became a real issue when trying to decide what gear might be better. Is 500 mitigation on a level 70 item better than 400 mitigation at level 80? No way to know!
If this mechanic is still in place, the problem still remains: How do we know?
Gear scaling was supposed to make this mechanic more transparent, but was scrapped. So now we're still left in the dark about a very important mechanic.
TimeTraveling responded with:
Quote:That mechanic is indeed still in place. Higher level armor will be more effective for you.
This is a mechanic that we would definitely like to clean up and make more intuitive. When the rating system was removed, this remained. We'll look into it again in the future in order to hopefully make it more visible and intuitive for y'all!
There are 2 things that SOE NEEDS to do in the very near future in my opinion related to gear/itemization:
a.) Get a realistic view of resists vs specific levels (some kind of quantification on why a 500mit/lvl 70 item is less usefule than a 400mit/lvl 80 item.
b.) Somehow highlight effects on items on PvP servers to know which effects can be used in BGs and which ones can't.
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