Elemental Armour

[Mordix]

Hey,

Sorry if this has been raised before, but I just wanted to post some ratios and see if other people are experiencing the same problems as us (I apologise no tables or anything, hopeless with that sort of stuff).

Below is the split of elemental armour drops for us:

Type------Count---------Percent
Chain------74------------20.9039548
Leather----73------------20.62146893
Plate------122-----------34.46327684
Silk--------85------------24.01129944
Total------354-----------100

On paper this seems right in terms of ratios, in practice we're seeing Chain/Leather rotting, silk near rotting, but our plate classes seem to be struggling for their armour still.

If we recruit a new Chain/Leather class they're pretty much in full ele armour within 2-3 weeks (minus legs/bp... though Leather gets Grio legs pretty quick). However plate classes seem to take at least twice that to get their armour.

In a guild of only 92 members, that's a long time by comparison.

Are/have other guilds experienced this same issue, or have we just been a bit unlucky with drops?

[Rewedanz]

Armor imbalance is due to class imbalance. /shrug, old argument I suppose.

[Kreugen]

Every time I read "armour" I kick a baby.

[Tongue]

Makes me want a hot dog

[Tolanin]

the difference is cause you have alot more plate classes obviously, every guild needs warriors, clerics, paladins, sks, and bards in good numbers.. its skewed cause of that and the fact that most guilds have twice as many clerics as any other class.

[Mordix]

Tolanin,

That's what I thought too at first, but when I actually added up what we had, it falls almost exactly on those same percentages. Data below, sorry if you're not interested :P.

Class-----------Current--Open--Total
Bards-----------------4-----2------6
Beastlords------------5-----2------7
Clerics--------------12-----4-----16
Druids----------------8-----0------8
Enchanters------------2-----9-----11
Magicians-------------3-----2------5
Monks-----------------5-----0------5
Necromancers----------4-----2------6
Paladins--------------4-----1------5
Rangers---------------8-----1------9
Rogues----------------6-----0------6
Shadowknights---------3-----0------3
Shaman----------------5-----1------6
Warriors--------------7-----0------7
Wizards---------------9-----1-----10
Totals---------------90----18----108

Type-----Count--Percent
Chain-------21--19.4444
Leather-----20--18.5185
Plate-------37--34.2593
Silk--------30--27.7778
Totals-----108------100


Not exactly the same percentage as the drop rates we're getting, but close. Maybe we have a strange guild makeup.

[Furor Planedefiler]

old and has been beaten to death. Do a search and also try checking class forums like Steel Warrior, Monkly Business, etc...