Apparently this was a thing in Wrath of the Lich King, when armor penetration was a stat. A blue post confirmed that armor penetration continued to give benefit even if the enemy's armor was reduced below 0. Did it work this way since Vanilla? And has it been tested on Classic?
This could be important considering some bosses possibly having as low as 3000 armor and the max armor reduction from common debuffs is -4495 armor. Improved Expose Armor is -2550, Faerie Fire is -505, Curse of Recklessness is -640, Crystal Yield is -200, and 3 stacks of Armor Shatter from the Annihilator axe is -600.
It would be good to know if items like Bonereaver's Edge and Badge of the Swarmguard offer any benefit.
I'm sorry I couldn't actually find any meaningful data, and I was not invited to the beta so I could not do any testing myself.
Apparently this was a thing in Wrath of the Lich King, when armor penetration was a stat. A blue post confirmed that armor penetration continued to give benefit even if the enemy's armor was reduced below 0. Did it work this way since Vanilla? And has it been tested on Classic?
This could be important considering some bosses possibly having as low as 3000 armor and the max armor reduction from common debuffs is -4495 armor. Improved Expose Armor is -2550, Faerie Fire is -505, Curse of Recklessness is -640, Crystal Yield is -200, and 3 stacks of Armor Shatter from the Annihilator axe is -600.
It would be good to know if items like Bonereaver's Edge and Badge of the Swarmguard offer any benefit.
I'm sorry I couldn't actually find any meaningful data, and I was not invited to the beta so I could not do any testing myself.