Post: #4

Thanks darksun84 and bmanny.

@bmanny - I'm completely re-writing it all from nothing. So with your example of dmg = WeaponDMG * (armorMod/100+1), I plugged my AR value (physical AR in modern terms), which, for instance, a full set of normal plate gives 28 AR. When I use your formula with my AR, it looks like this:

10 damage (dagger) * (28AR/100+1) = 12.8 damage
and then lets use a heavy crossbow
24 damage (heavy crossbow) * (28AR/100+1) = 30.72 damage

then I change the armor value from 28 to 100

10 damage (dagger) * (100AR/100+1) = 20.0 damage
and then lets use a heavy crossbow
24 damage (heavy crossbow) * (100AR/100+1) = 48 damage

So with the same weapon, with 100 AR, its doing more damage. So that wouldn't work, I'd have to rewrite how I get my armor value, which has already been done. Thanks for the suggestion though! I'm sure it will help someone at some point searching the forums in the future.

@darksun84 - I have tested this formula a lot tonight, and it looks like it will work for now. I think I want a gradual curve on the % of damage that is mitigated, and I'll probably have to write this out with like 4 different formulas depending on if my armor is less than 50, less than 100, less than 150 and less than 200 but the formula you suggested is almost exactly what I needed at this point.

Thank you again to both of you.
-Murmur