Quote (Bigheaded @ May 4 2020 10:06pm)
The problem with scale is that it costs more.
Lets suggest you have a budget of 3000 fg.
For a scale this will get you about ~150ee
For a chain/plate this gets you about ~200ee
There is usually more demand for scales/leathers so harder to come by.
My personal opinion is that the chains/plates are better, especially seeing the physical defense is further boosted by your vit stat.
And i also kill the damaging casters first when using plates ;)
Main reason scale value is high is that headhunter's cannot use heavy armor, this means all the guys who reach HH (usually those with gear worth 50k+) need tank scales/leathers.
Valid points here, and to go a bit further into it from another angle:
Let us say Ladder resets? A group wants to explore catacombs at X level... now since there are NO monks or ninjas around, they have a Rogue in the party which can use Scale, also tank and deal decent damage while also being the Trap door detector.
Hence another reason why scale is handy, so the cost is NOT just based on the fact headhunters can wear them. The counter argument would be: "you can still have a Rogue in the back wearing a Robe etc" ... that would be also true for every class other than Guardian.