Display Armour Skill benefit in body armour description


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Ziggurat Zagger

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Post Friday, 28th July 2017, 06:47

Display Armour Skill benefit in body armour description

Recently there was yet another player training Armour for Gr in leather armour without boots/gloves and with scarf.
Why? Because it requires out-of-game sources or very careful and time-consuming analysis to learn how the skill works.
I suggest to display "You will get another point in AC at X.X Armour skill with your current equipment" in body armour description. Or alternatively "You will get an increase in AC every X.X Armour skill with your current equipment"
Underestimated: cleaving, Deep Elf, Formicid, Vehumet, EV
Overestimated: AC, GDS
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Post Friday, 28th July 2017, 13:52

Re: Display Armour Skill benefit in body armour description

When you press "m", you can then press "?" to get a description of the various skills. I feel it should at the very least be displayed there. In fact, there is plenty of space there bellow the basic descriptions to give a lot of useful info not only for armor, but also dodging, fighting etc. Some skills could get a "One more point of this skill will net you:".

At least, if you keep in mind that 22 armor will double your current base armor, it's possible to get a feel for how valuable armor might be.

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