[Trexmaster]

Isn't the cap +5? I could be wrong my dude.

The cap was updated to be +10.



I feel Orichalum is fine for PvE at the moment but it could serve as more of a band-aid for level 80 content to help evade against the absurd numbers mobs pull if the cap were increased.

The most impactful values being hit and evade, as it stands the highest hit (without flanking or skill/prefix buffs) mobs get is around 255~. With Orichalcloth 10 base evade armor at the evade buff cap you're looking at about 220-225~ evade.

So against high hit level 80 mobs you'll always run the risk of getting high rolled and having all your defenses ignored. It's not like having your evade higher than the enemies hit is always safe, either, since many evasion ignores or forced glancing attacks exist now.

So if we raised Orichalum's cap it'd become the de facto material to use in higher level content (not that it isn't already for most builds). Which seems strange to me when it's so easily accessible compared to desirable materials like Dragon Remains and Boulder.

If we introduced some sort of upgrade to Orichalum with a higher cap that may be more ideal to give people something to work towards (and it only being for PvE alleviates any PvP balance concerns).