Talk:Armor/@comment-98.218.151.42-20120211050119/@comment-98.175.96.143-20120215233157

Proton: Fair enough regarding the 9900 vs 19900 armor, but the jist of the article (and many others like it ive seen) seem to imply that around 150-200 armor etc it isnt worth stacking it anymore, which isnt true. I think that effective health sends a BAD message by encouraging the line of thought "well, im at 200 armor and 66% reduction, so getting thornmail and going to 75% isnt worth it"-- even though in that scenario you would be adding an effective 25% survivability (going from 34% damage to 25% is reducing your damage by 1-(25/34)= 27%).

I think giving examples, and showing the wolfram alpha links, but also mentioning the comparative increase in survivability, would be sufficient-- there isnt any need to throw in effective health as it really doesnt simplify things, and will only make people THINK they understand it better when youve just made them understand it more poorly.