0.0% Avoidance ?

[MaskedMart]

<DIV>For the last few levels the personae window is telling me that my character's avoidance is 0.0%.  He is wearing player-crafted chain armor.  Is this a bug or is it possible I am doing something that decreases my avoidance?  I realize this is a newbie question - trust me, I am a newbie - but I am unable to post there.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Agility 51</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>14th level swashbuckler</DIV><p>Message Edited by MaskedMartyr on <span class=date_text>07-14-2006</span> <span class=time_text>02:50 PM</span>

[eromon]

<DIV>this thread had a very similar problem m8...in fact its exactly the same  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=33&message.id=12792&query.id=352760#M12792" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=33&message.id=12792&query.id=352760#M12792</A></DIV>

[MaskedMart]

<DIV> <P>First of all, thank you for the response on this.  Everyone (here, in game, and on other boards) has been a huge help in understanding what is going on.</P> <P>An update:</P> <P>My skills are still about 20 below cap at level 16.  I have done over 140 quests and don't get attacked very many times since I kill things extremely quickly.  I did some attacking green mobs and letting them hit me for extremely long periods of time before turning on auto attack and it raised my skills a little, but it was extremely slow.  One person told me that the skills go up a lot faster once you reach level 18 and get the defensive stance.  Not sure if that is true, but it sounds good to me and I know my skills will go up in time especially when my level advancement slows down a lot.  </P> <P>One additional item: someone mentioned that defense doesn't go up while avoidance is 0.0%, but it does.  It is going up extremely slowly, but it is going up.</P></DIV>