All in all, it really does depend on personal opinion and the build you're going with.

Seems like I'm late on this topic, and I'll admit I didn't read past the first page. But in my experiance with my 253% EE lvl 55 plate and my 234% EE lvl 55 scale.... The scale by far out performs the plate in the arena and catacombs.

EE scales are more balanced. This is extremely handy but it can be a downside if you run into a powerful physical monster many times over.

I prefer EE scales because they are balanced. But Plates/Chains can do almost as good considering most mobs are melee compared to caster.

But on Scales on a HH is just fucking nasy. I love my EE scales on my HH.

Me and guildies have much experience in this field.

I personnaly came to this conclusion today, I might add: (even Ambush wasn't hurting me alot)

Solo, plate or chain with ee is better.
You're facing one monster at a time, either monster's melee or caster.

Cata's, scale or leather with ee is better.
You're facing many monsters at a time, wich are casting or meleeing against you.

Balance is best I believe in cata's, I rather keep these to myself but since theres a thread about it.
I'll share this info to help some of the ppl who still ask me and others with sick ee scale/leather to go to M

Depending on your ee of course.
With my armors and guildies, we always stay in Front and even the ppl with over 100 ee chain/plate that we ask to go M, get the double more dmg then us in F.
Today, even the ppl in back had more dmg then me

It's the truth, ya'll can ask around if you'd like

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Chains/Plates have 0 as a minimum, in my opinion that 0 really diminishes the avg, wich to me even if it's 0 - 300 = 0, and not 150.

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Anywho, thats my 2 cents about this secret wich is now also out thanks to me

Lol'd
it wasn't a secret.

nor are u the creator of this thread discussing it

This post was edited by Riots on Jan 24 2010 10:25pm

.... I know, I meant another secret that I divoldged in a thread about something else.
And you think I'm stupid? I know I didn't create this thread... but wtv man have a good time.

don't get sour.

I didn't call you dumb.
I wasn't even remotely rude to you and you're getting all butt hurt.
chillax

this is my opinion also
i have a nice chain set that i wouldnt trade any day for equal ee plates (unless it was to sell the plates off, buy the chains and pocket the fg)
i cant diss the scales though. a guy with a 173 55scale and 100+dex matched my 220 chain with 60dex. tanking in cata
but solo ... have not tested but i would probably say my chains ofc untill tested
anyways voted scales greater than plates but woulda chose chains had it been an option

Sorry this statement is just too wrong to even think about. Have you never used a solid padded robe with a lot of ee before this last patch? It made a big difference over a regular non-padded robe. Ask Adam how well his 200ee lvl 40 robe worked pre 1.8. It still worked well, now it is amazingly sexy. I believe it's range of defense was like 0-1XX and it was sexy as hell.

Now you just have to use that same theory with Chains and Plates against caster. Sure they look bad, but if you pump pure int and have nice int and ee that plate will be solid. (for a hybrid character you should almost always pump int anyway).

This post was edited by danomak on Jan 25 2010 06:00am

Me > Scale > Chain / plate

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