Why people seems only think of CoA, and don't think of upped rockstopper

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Why people seems only think of CoA, and don't think of upped rockstopper

Recently I got a decent resist rockstopper (about 40 to resists) and 190 ed, and I upped it and got 394 defence, which is pretty near the defence of a CoA. Compare the stats:
Rockstopper:
Damage Reduced By 10%
(160-220)% Enhanced Defense
+15 to Vitality
Fire Resist +(20-50)%
Lightning Resist +(20-40)%
Cold Resist +(20-40)%
30% Faster Hit Recovery

CoA:
+(100-150) Defense
Damage Reduced By (10-15)%
50% Enhanced Defense
All Resistances +(20-30)
30% Faster Hit Recovery
+1 To All Skill Levels
Indestructible
Sockets(1-2)
Personally I treat a decent rockstopper as a crap coa with no skill, but actually compare to the helms, rockstopper has vit bonus and have potentially more resist, where CoA has skill bonus and socket(s), but it seems pretty that people pay hell lot for CoA, where they pay nothing for a rockstopper...
Also actually, I pay 20 pgems for the rockstopper:prop:
Any friendly comments are welcome :jig:
 
Rockstoppers oK for mLd, but CoA's just that much better for hLd...

eVen if it is more expensive, pvp's about efficiency, and it just offers more, in less space.
 
People are mainly looking for damage reduction, nice socketing options, coupled with other nice mods such as +1 skills, 30%FHR, +all resistances and great defence. A ber'ed Rockstopper offer 18% damage reduction. Now, consider a build such as a dual-wielding Frenzy barb or elemental Druid who uses dual-Spirits, etc. If the character wears Rockstopper with Ber + Enigma/CoH + 15DR Verdungo, he can at most achieve 41DR. However, with CoA dual Ber'ed + 15DR Verdungo, the character already has 46DR. This leaves a lot of flexibility for the armour. A character who uses a Stormshield can wear a 15DR CoA to achieve maxed DR, and he still has 1-2 open sockets in the helm for other configuration (e.g. IAS, ed). All in all, CoA offers a lot of flexibility for the gear configurations of certain characters (mainly for PvP), hence its awesome value IMO.

In any case, I must admit that the Rockstopper is a good poor man's version of CoA.
 
icicle said:
People are mainly looking for damage reduction, nice socketing options, coupled with other nice mods such as +1 skills, 30%FHR, +all resistances and great defence. A ber'ed Rockstopper offer 18% damage reduction. Now, consider a build such as a dual-wielding Frenzy barb or elemental Druid who uses dual-Spirits, etc. If the character wears Rockstopper with Ber + Enigma/CoH + 15DR Verdungo, he can at most achieve 41DR. However, with CoA dual Ber'ed + 15DR Verdungo, the character already has 46DR. This leaves a lot of flexibility for the armour. A character who uses a Stormshield can wear a 15DR CoA to achieve maxed DR, and he still has 1-2 open sockets in the helm for other configuration (e.g. IAS, ed). All in all, CoA offers a lot of flexibility for the gear configurations of certain characters (mainly for PvP), hence its awesome value IMO.

In any case, I must admit that the Rockstopper is a good poor man's version of CoA.
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Yeah thats what I mean.
Think about a 2os 15 DR CoA is something like 20 hrs, or even more :cry: , which is just killing me
 
Pricing is hardly ever tied 1:1 with quality. A CoA is better than a Rockstopper, but probably not 100x-400x times better, even if it is that much more expensive. But that's how it goes with everything.

A 120 ED Arach has exactly 19 more defense than a 90 ED one and is otherwise identical. Yet it's probably 3-4x the price. Really in most cases, a poor player can get something 90% the effectiveness of a rich player's item at a fraction of the price.
 
hardnfast said:
As good as a 1 socket COA.
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Nope, not as good. Useful, but not as good.

Rockstopper < CoA.

I agree with what everyone is saying about rockstopper being underrated and all that. I used it for the first several months of ladder, and it's great...but it's no CoA...even a 1 socket CoA.

Also, I'm just getting into dueling, and the extra +1 all skills as well as higher damage reduction makes a HUGE difference in PvP. In Pvm, I don't see that much of a difference, but in dueling, it's a very noticeable difference.
 
I sold my 2os COA for 15 HR's, i don't duel so i had no use for it. Rockstopper got me and several mercs through the first months of Ladder. I hadn't thought of upping a rockstopper though, might give that a try as i have a couple with good resistances somewhere. I'm loving the Crown of Thieves as a merc helm too.:thumbsup:
 
bg1256 said:
Nope, not as good. Useful, but not as good.

Rockstopper < CoA.

I agree with what everyone is saying about rockstopper being underrated and all that. I used it for the first several months of ladder, and it's great...but it's no CoA...even a 1 socket CoA.
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I couldn't think of a use for my 1 socket COA.

bg1256 said:
Also, I'm just getting into dueling, and the extra +1 all skills as well as higher damage reduction makes a HUGE difference in PvP. In Pvm, I don't see that much of a difference, but in dueling, it's a very noticeable difference.
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If we do melee PvP we aim for 50%DR, in the case of a 1 socket COA vs Rockstopper you get between 1% and 5% extra DR, +1 skill but require more strength and loose +15 vit.

(I don't have a char using either atm, just agreeing with the original posters sentiments)
 
hardnfast said:
I couldn't think of a use for my 1 socket COA.



If we do melee PvP we aim for 50%DR, in the case of a 1 socket COA vs Rockstopper you get between 1% and 5% extra DR, +1 skill but require more strength and loose +15 vit.

(I don't have a char using either atm, just agreeing with the original posters sentiments)
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In theory, Rockstopper can be used on a low strength melee character. However, what melee characters use THAT low of strength?
 
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