Comments on: What the hell is Bonus Armor anyway?

By: Lari

Lari — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:44:58 +0000

Yeah, i felt that this was a nerf kinda. My defenders code (it took a long time to get) became useless, my Keystone Great-ring become lame… but… now i get to replace the Code w/ a dodge trinket OR! a threat trinket, which helps on Maly…. those….. those OP ppl w/ 50% dmg increase :*(, oh. and also Origin of nightmares is CRAPPY, which it was the best staff in game!! < made me angry
Well, they nerfed the Mangle also, that makes me q.q. but they fixed kitty dps a lil bit also. which i like..
but all in all… I hoped they didnt change it, now all the druids that didn’t take time to get all of this gear can be l33t also

By: Javan

Javan — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:57:10 +0000

BBB, I really lucked out last night – we had done a couple easy raids and our off-tank wanted to try to get some drops from heroics – we ran AN for the plate hat (which dropped), but along the way, the Essence dropped. My jaw about hit the floor because I’d pretty much given up on finally seeing it. :) Now that we know the heroic AN fights better, it doesn’t seem quite so bad as the first time we tried. Even if a poison totem would have made it so much easier.

The armor bump in the patch was more than I expected and I’m loving it… because it appears the meta gem for bear tanks multiplies ALL armor by 1.02, not just leather / cloth. At least, when I equipped and unequipped my armor rings, the armor I got was higher than the base value.

And I finally got to equip my Staff of Trickery! Now to get that sucker enchanted.

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:58:28 +0000

Rarely have I been so delighted to be wrong.

Bonus armor, like that gorgeous armor from the Flowing Cloak of Command still doesn’t get multiplied, but just that little bit from the base armor of the cloak, with the new boosts, is HUGE.

very happy, very happy.

But now I REALLY gotta get the Keystone Great Ring and the Essence of Gossamer, because my level 70 legacy items are fail.

By: Nirgala-Destro

Nirgala-Destro — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:35:29 +0000

I had been thinking that Cloak armor would be multiplied, based on the simple fact that on the AH, it's under Armor>Cloth>Back, and therefore counts as cloth armor. But I trusted the Big Bear Butt. Oh well, i still have my Platinum Mesh Cloak, so I'm happy! Thanks for the clarification sir!

By: Yggdrasil

Yggdrasil — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:30:22 +0000

My Death Knight saw an increase as well, though obviously not nearly so dramatic, but from 23.5ish to 26.5ish k armor. All in all, I was very happy with the changes out of the patch, for all the classes I play.

By: Amandrel

Amandrel — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:01:04 +0000

Another non-hardcore bear who saw a significant increase in armor: from 26.7k to 31.5k. I’m actually going to switch a few pieces around to get a bit more HP and dodge while still staying around 30k armor.

By: Goldengreen

Goldengreen — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:44:50 +0000

Being mostly a kitty druid, in kitty druid gear, I went into dire bear form and saw that pre-patch I was 19K armor, and post patch over 30K. This has got to be the best nerf ever.

By: ARA

ARA — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:31:09 +0000

Yep my armor went up too! Very happy over here

By: Mooster

Mooster — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:29:14 +0000

Tbh I’m not really worried bout the armor…
I just can’t wait to get me some sweet polearm! :D
And guess who’s MT in Naxx tomorrow? :D:D

By: Caelean

Caelean — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:57:40 +0000

I believe that the plan had been for the cloaks to have the druid multiplier, but only up to their “base” armor.

i.e. a Druid with an 150 armor cloak will get an 8.58 multiplier on the 150, plus any bonus armor straight up. (i.e. 1287 + bonus armor.)

I’ll let you know when I get home. :-)