Armor is too weak

Armor in this game is biggest problem since it kills tank builds(most of people i know go full hp build).Why is armor so weak why cant we have armor tank build which reduces damage and whats the point of armor which works against monkey but doesnt work against boss so i have 20 k armor to tank monkeys but Vaal on the other hand(pun intended) Looks at my armor with b...ch please.



Whole armor calculation is mathematical failure!It should have FLAT value like in any other game so 50% is on hit of 5000 damage 2500 and hit dealing 50 25 damage.That way there will be point in high armor builds,since for now HIGH HP build is all everyone needs,this would help balance and armor nodes would make sense.

Why must every tank build be HP build and not damage reduction build with high armor.

1. Not every game has flat value reduction.

2. Flat value reduction would make armour useless for 95% of the game due to low values.

3. The devs summed it up by saying, essentially "Armour protects better against 50000 toothpicks than it does a single tree" which really makes a lot of sense.

4. Armour. With a 'u'.

You are not supposed to tank a Vaal smash. Get used to it.

End of story.

Just one more thing so u all agree that HP should be totally over armor great balance and when enemies start attacking me with toothpicks its great not say that pvp wise DPS would always win which is not BALANCE.

Thx guys for making me clear that all people agreed that armor should stay crap and all tanking must be done by hitpoints!

Okay then they can just throw out armor nodes from game !

Sry for getting used to say armor as when i played games before POE it said Armor Class and such and in dungeons and dragons also !

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Astarte911 a écrit :

You are not supposed to tank a Vaal smash. Get used to it.

End of story.

I have 400 armor and tanked the vaal smash merciless : http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/463266

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Alfabetica a écrit :

1. Not every game has flat value reduction.

2. Flat value reduction would make armour useless for 95% of the game due to low values.

3. The devs summed it up by saying, essentially "Armour protects better against 50000 toothpicks than it does a single tree" which really makes a lot of sense.

4. Armour. With a 'u'.

http://grammarist.com/spelling/armor-armour/

With no "u"!!!

4. Armour. With a 'u'.[/quote]
Armor for american peeps, but I'm from Norway and like armour best xD

High armour, Aegis Aurora, Max Block:

Double bosses 76 Crematorium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQXs701qKsI

76 Crema, -max, +extra cold dmg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb_wuEuqPsA

77 Shrine, -22 max resistance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB8JeFLZhFI

71 Temple, dual bosses, -max resistance, chain, ele weakness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT4FWCamVBk

This would never be possible with low armour rating, the higher the armour, the more ES you refresh. Currently at 34.5k armour with auras = 1380 ES refreshed per block, granited, 70k+. With 10k armour it would be only 400 ES refresh and practically impossible to do any harder bosses.

Granited can tank Vaal smash (hits for 2000 damage), with Ruby flask even better (does 1200-1500 damage), not to mention Immortal Call, which takes out all the physical damage and IF the smash comes through block, it does 500 damage :)

So in short, it's not weak, it's just how you use it :)

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Alfabetica a écrit :

Armour. With a 'u'.

lol? It's an English word, don't expect people to spell it in American ;)