Avoidance or Mitigation?

[RyudoAnta]

<DIV>Between the two, which one would be more important to a Monk? I'm asking this because I noticed that equiping cloth shoulders the other day increased my Avoidance, after this I assumed that the lighter the armor the higher the Avoidance (I'm fairly new to the game) so I was thinking if Avoidance if a Monk's primary defense, wouldn't cloth armor be ideal? Or would it be better to just keep on Leather and have it more balanced between the two?</DIV>

[zabor]

Our avoidance is high enough. Mitigation is much more important for us i think.

[x0rtrun]

I'd be interested to see some parses of damage taken between a monk in rare light armour and rare very light armour. I wonder how much the extra avoidance would offset the loss of mitigation. I don't think it would be a viable option for any monk, but it would be interesting to see none the less. <div></div>

[genoli2]

<P>Avoidance: You chance to avoid attack from the front and Rear of you. You will still take damage from mobs behind you.</P> <P>Mitigation: Your Ability to absorb damage taken from the blow that comes through your avoidance.</P> <P> </P> <P>In my eyes, Mitigation is best, If your fighting many enemies at a time. If only 1 or 2 mobs infront of you, go for the Avoidance.</P>

[stfields]

Mitigation is what counts.  Our base avoidance just by simply being a monk is good enough.  The increases to mitigation go much further than anything avoidance will do.  If you need avoidance, put up your defensive stance.  It takes a ton of agi to make a raise your avoidance by any appreciable amount.