There are other items with parry, dodge, ripotse that all have AC comparable or more than other items at their tier, designed for tanks, so why is this one deserving of lower AC than other tank bracers that are even lower tier than IT?
This wouldn't leave me alone, so I put in some research.
The following is a list of tank wearable raid/6man gear with dodge mod, compared to other tank wearable raid/6man gear on roughly the same tier:
Band of the Overgrowth Given enough coin, you could propably finish this on a level 1. So not rating it.
Bastion of the Vahir vs.
Targe of the Adjutants - Targe of the Adjutants wins, both in how popular it is and in how easy it is to get. (Ferdolen is Tier9? Really?)
Boots of the Shifting Currents vs.
Musklh's Boots of Agony - Tier2 boots. Why are the boots w/o dodge so much better using the common tank conversion of 1 AC = 5HP? Because of dodge mod maybe?
Cape of Poison Petals (t10) vs.
Cloak of Disillusion (t10) vs.
Cloak of Fire Lords - even the back from 1 tier lower has more AC!
Cataracted Lens - The first and only example I could dig up prior to absolute endgame (t13+ loot) where an item with dodge mod indeed has the most AC for that slot on that tier.
Darkened Galaxy-etched Bone - Lo and behold, THE t13 ring with the most AC. But then again, there are only 3 t13 rings total, and there is
Dense Finger Joint 2 tiers ago.
Devout Crusader's Breastplate vs.
Jhaldjarimar - Paladin thaz BP and the reason why noone ever wanted it.
Earring of Confounding Images vs.
Talon of Roc
Grace of Sympathy vs.
Toaris, Shawl of Small Hope - Another example of no dodgemog = more AC.
Imperceptable Bonds - T13 loot. Best in slot. Not much more to say.
Leggings of Deflection vs.
Fitted Scalemail Greaves - The pattern is true for t1.
Loop of the Tireless Highly sought after because of the worn Acumen. Both
A Glowing Black Pearl and
Bauble of Forbidden Rituals have more AC though.
Mephit's Will vs.
Gemstone of Growth AC tie.
Meteoric Girdle vs. well nothing, because there appears to be no other tank belt past this one.
Miasma vs.
Klazka, the Mirror Blade - The pattern is still true on t6!
Now to the item that sparked this thread:
Mindlash. Bracers with more AC on about the same tier:
Bracelet of Divine Honor/
Bracelet of Masterful Strategy/
Bracelet of Virulent Hatred,
Tuor, Bracer of the Dusk-watch,
Bracer of Flowing Mana, the list goes on. Looking at the weapon aspect of this, things actually get interesting: off all the weapons around this tier (
Varisath, Innocence of the Fallen,
Blade of Warped Designs,
Calcified Perfection,
The Caretaker's Will,
Nautilus, the Shir Blade of Empire), only one has more AC then this! (Caretaker's Will) Even
Spirit-Harvest, the WAR-reward from the very same quest, has less AC.
Ring of Whirling Vapors vs.
Silence of an Ashen Field or
Icy Diamond Band - Pattern still true on t9!
Sash of the Disciple vs.
Glory, Girdle of Enthann - Another tier, another example.
Shadow-stitched Tunic vs.
Denos's Breastplate of Valor - And it works just as well with different slots.
Spinecrusher vs.
Truncheon of the Deep Sea - T3 example, because why not?
Steely Bark Mask vs.
Glare of the Eternal Construct
Vile, Boots of the First Flesh vs.
Spectral Treads - T8 example.
Voidsetp vs. I was going to say
Earthstomping Clogs at first, wich are obviously CLR boots (Oh hi Uzzdaar!), but decided to settle for
Ger'Valla, Pillars of Frigid Defiance instead - T12 example!
My conclusion is that you were tripping when you made that post, and that there is exactly one example prior to t13 where an item with dodgemod has more AC then a comparable item in the same slot on the same tier.
