Curse

unienaule · Oct 18, 2005, 07:53 AM // 07:53

There is no earth armor for rangers. Now I know I'll get flamed for "earth does sucky damage, and the high power damage skills are armor piercing," but I'm over it already. There should be earth ranger armor for the sake of completeness. I just plain like earth. The other elements all have armor, but not earth. It should be added. This would be very nice.

Kazahana · Oct 18, 2005, 09:27 AM // 09:27

to help support your plea elementalist have armor with + vs earth so why not rangers?

Sister Rosette · Oct 18, 2005, 09:30 AM // 09:30

But what would it be?
I mean, fur for cold and drakes for fire make sense.
Metal for lightning seemed a bit....moronic....but oh well.

All I can think of is something like Mudcaked Armor or
something....

/signed due to curiousity.

mortalis doleo · Oct 18, 2005, 09:41 AM // 09:41

most usefull earth spells ignore armor, so it wouldn't be smart to take this armor anyway.

/not signed

unienaule · Oct 18, 2005, 10:10 AM // 10:10

mortalis, please read the OP in its entirety before you say something. I already said that. And as a counter to what you say, you could make the same argument for lightning. There are a lot of their spells with armor penetration, and its not like you notice the +15 armor on top of the 100 you have vs. elements anyway.

NightOwl · Oct 18, 2005, 11:18 AM // 11:18

Mudcaked works for me. Branches, twigs, mud, something like a camo outfit. /signed, for what it's worth.

D.E.V.i.A.N.C.E · Oct 18, 2005, 11:27 AM // 11:27

/sit can stop earth spells from hurting you.

Jenosavel · Oct 18, 2005, 07:54 PM // 19:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by unienaule

mortalis, please read the OP in its entirety before you say something. I already said that. And as a counter to what you say, you could make the same argument for lightning. There are a lot of their spells with armor penetration, and its not like you notice the +15 armor on top of the 100 you have vs. elements anyway.

While I don't see any reason why there shouldn't be an earth armor for rangers, I feel compelled to point out the very important difference between "armor penetrating" and "armor ignoring." A few earth spells are armor ignoring, meaning that you'll always take the same damage, even if you're running around stark naked. Most air spells are armor penetrating, meaning that they'll lessen the effectiveness of your armor, but any extra armor you have is still helping you.

With that said, Elementalists have an earth armor, so I see no reason rangers shouldn't also. Afterall, not all earth spells are armor ignoring. Earthquake and Aftershock are some notable examples.

LifeInfusion · Oct 19, 2005, 01:02 AM // 01:02

I think this is a good idea aginst Knockdown/Aftershock warriors and sand elementals/sand drakes and other earth elemental damagers.

The problem is, obsidian flame/crystal wave don't take in account armor.

huh · Oct 19, 2005, 02:31 AM // 02:31

Now before they do this, I hope, no, DEMAND, that they update the 15k Tormentor's armour first!

unienaule · Oct 19, 2005, 04:41 AM // 04:41

Fine, you can have your 15k Tormentors armor. But I still want ranger earth armor.

Align · Oct 19, 2005, 06:00 AM // 06:00

Padded armor? To brace against bumping around...