I have a WF Sorc friend who has been having a lot of problems with getting more damage from ranged enemies than he wants. This is very important for him, so can anyone suggest other sources of AC that he could use. A +4 Dodge bonus that isn't Icy Rainments would be a big help as well as any other sources of AC that you could come up with. He already knows about other ways to not be hit (Blur, Displacement, not standing in front of archers, etc), so I'd like to keep this just focused on AC.

I'd like to keep this (at least mostly) serious, so please keep the mockery to a minimum at least for the first couple of pages. I think that approaching the problem from this angle might help him more than


AC
10 Base
1 Alchemical Dodge
3 Chattering Ring Dodge
6 Dexterity
4 Insight (Shroud Crafted)
5 Protection
5 Barkskin
8 Armor Bracers
5 Combat Expertise
1 Haste
1 Haste (Air Guard Haste stacks with spell Haste for AC)
2 Recitation (Scroll)
1 PSA (DDO store-bought Potion of Supreme Ability, use only on special occaisions)
1 Yugo Pot for +2 DEX

53 AC from what I can think of off the top of my head. That's not enough to take seriously for high end content, but it's getting into the useful range for at least some of the stuff that you might want to farm at cap, so I know we're close.

A lesser reincarnate to splash a level of Monk would pick up about an extra 10 AC on top of that. I can't think of any other sources of AC, so I'm appealing to you all.

A shield maybe?


Honestly, some dr (hound shield/bramble casters) and a torc would be a lot better use of time farming for items then trying to get a meaningful ac.

I'm not advocating this sort of build on a Sorc.  If you want to go down that road it's more viable on a Wiz with the extra feats needed.  I'm also not claiming it's the ezmode way to gear up a caster. But is indeed possible to build a good functional caster with AC.  It just takes more effort.

Your never going to tank Horoth with 60ish AC, but it will mitigate some damage on non raid/epic quests.  Just carrying a DR type shield helps.

The OP did not ask for my opinion on such a build for a Sorc.  I'm just tossing out ideas.   

Yeah.  I didn't want to say on the DDO forums since I wanted to get serious responses, but this is kind of like the prep work for an intervention for H4xx0r1f1c.

"Haxxorific, we're all here because we care about you and we want you to stop playing PvP.  If you're not going to stop with the PvP, we at least want you to know about some treatment options for your Arcane Archer condition."

I just forgot to put the clarification in my no-BS forum post.

Would the + to armor from the docent make you not receive the benifit from the armored bracers??

Would the + to armor from the docent make you not receive the benifit from the armored bracers??

I also heard that stat damagers don't actually do anything if their "regular" damage doesn't get past the DR.  If you are shield blocking, do you have to suck up just the regular weapon damage + strength + favored enemy, etc. or do you have to eat all the extra typed +damage stuff like the Whatever Burst/Whatever Blast/AA Acid arrows/AA Force arrows/etc.?

Dunno for stat damagers beyond they gotta bleed, but that's how guards work. No ding, no joy.

I think most players are thinking the same thing as this but given the player and the purpose of this I think a better question would be "How do I obtain an AC high enough to avoid most players attacks?"