Hey,

I have heard about absorbtion of armor, but do not understnad the
mechanics/formula/general idea behind it. My deep armor knowledge is
confined to games as primal as UO =) Sooo, if you can do a little
explanation of the general differences between AC and Absorbtion, I would be
most gracious. And also, will I notice a big difference between no armor and
my new Bronze (let's assume it's a full suit)? I know it should be an
obvious yes, but I have been less than enthralled with armor effects in the
game so far, and am wondering if I'm going to noticed monsters about my
level that did 20 or so damage suddenly start doing 4 or 5.

Thanks a bunch again,
-Rukkak

(Just to cover my prospective flame bases, nothin against UO. IT is just my
personal opinion that EQ is faaaaaar better. =)

>From: Michael_Wyatt@...
>
>Bronze plate, in addition to being extremely heavy, does not
>absorb damage as well as normal plate.
>
>On the heaviness side - 86lb may not seem like much, until
>you factor in that you will be carrying at least 10LB of weapons,
>4LB of backpacks, several LB of food and drink, every 40 coins
>weighs 1B. A full suit really isn't feasible for anything weaker than
>a troll or ogre.