Editing Turbine Games Q&A/Items/Q-138 (section)

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 | Title = Can we get an explanation for armor's protection levels?
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{{Turbine Games Q&A Question
 |    Asked = 2000.10.31
 |   Player = Climax
 |    Title = Can we get an explanation for armor's protection levels?
 | Category = Items
 | Question = Can you please tell us the modifiers for each of the protection types: Poor, Below Average, Average (assumed 1.0), Above Average, Excellent, and Unparralled.<br /><br />I would also like to know if after doing a bane and say an armor is now "excellent" vs an attack type, does that mean is has the exact "excellent" modifier? Or does it mean that something more like: excellent >= actual < unparralled?<br /><br />Lastly, is unparralled the max modifier? Ex. does lightning bane 6 on a matty coat improve the matty's already unparralled protection? If so, what is the true maximum? (and what is the modifier that would occur in the example of the matty)<br /><br />*Phew*<br /><br />That was long.. but we all want to know the answers to these questions. =)
 | Answered = 2000.11.01
 |      Dev = devilmouse
 |   Answer = The descriptions map to the same set of modifiers, whether enchanted or not.<br /><br />The mappings:
* No protection: 0.0
* Poor protection: 0.1 - 0.3
* Below Average protection: 0.4 - 0.7
* Average protection: 0.8 - 1.1
* Above Average protection: 1.2 - 1.5
* Excellent protection: 1.6 - 1.9
* Unparalleled protection: 2.0
<br />Take the AL of the armor and multiply it by the mod and you'll have your effective AL.
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