Quote Originally Posted by Habien View Post
I don't think he was trying to argue, just help with a correction. Currently I have 893 str and 1243 vit in my gear. If the multiplier is 0.44, then I would have 939.84 AP. If it was 0.45, I would have 941.2. I have 941. I can't say with 100% confidence, but I'm pretty sure it is 0.45. If fact I believe SE has said this somewhere, but it's early and I'm not totally sure where.
I read somewhere that there is a base AP based on your level. I could track it down, but it's not worth arguing about since the end result is the same -- tanks lost a significant portion of the total AP they used to have, in an attempt by the devs to achieve several things which aren't actually being achieved by this change. Meanwhile playing a tank has become even more unfun because you can't contribute much to DPS (especially if you are a PLD) for no meaningful gain in survivavility, and low level tanks have threat problems because the formula impacts them the most.