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vteasy
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This has been mentioned a few times but I couldn't find the specific thread. Currently on preview Black Ice gear is pretty terrible. Will it be getting:
1. A rework or
2. New levels of Black Ice crafting? (IE level 4 stuff)
Personally it seems like a waste if nothing happens. This was a whole mod and black ice damage/resistance seems kinda wasted now. Lets add back some features and give another path to some cool items
just a thought
1. A rework or
2. New levels of Black Ice crafting? (IE level 4 stuff)
Personally it seems like a waste if nothing happens. This was a whole mod and black ice damage/resistance seems kinda wasted now. Lets add back some features and give another path to some cool items
just a thought
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whats the point of having a new level cap if we still have all the old equipment ?
This......
in wow whole expansion was about frozen throne gear, i dont see many ppl still running around in it or crying about it
Out with the old in with the new get use to it same thing in every MMO with a new expansion btw i would rather have new dungeon sets then time gated campaign gear.
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Are they getting rid of regen or halving of it and making purified usable? If not then its pretty bad now.
Save your seals/glory, get new drow. Problem solved.
I wouldn't mind if they did a a new rank up using the crafting systems, if the set was usable.
If you haven ben playing a MMOs for a while you know every new expansion makes old expansion gear Obsolete same things happening here get the new drow gear and move on cause regen and stats changes have wrecked BI gear.
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every mmorpg(at least the ones made by ppl who know what they are doing) does it, its the reason why they add new level caps, not like here where beta sets are still BiS after 5 expansions, there is a reason wow still has 5x more subscribers than most mmorpg developers could dream of
and yeah grind every day.... for about a month til u complete campaign and have enough for set unless you have really bad luck with gauntlets
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I think this issue goes beyond gear as well. Mod 3 was not only their biggest expansion so far, but also their biggest fail! In continuing with BI gear as hybrid PVE/PVP gear you would give PVP players some variety (looks like Tenacity will get even stronger in Mod 6) and revitalize the only open world PVP areas this game has.
Not only would I add another tier to Black Ice gear, I'd also let open world domination drop tokens you need to unlock the tier and the new PVP Elemental armor. And voilà, that's nearly as much work as grinding out entirely new gear.
I think there are some opportunities to update it. It was a whole mod that was based around black ice and black ice gear. All the old gear is getting tweaked alittle.
Not trying to make it best in slot but it was above t2 and it has tenacity which is nice. Plus I think there could be some uses for the black ice damage/resistance stat
I understand the frustration behind not wanting a repeat of the PvE RNG grind for gauntlets for hybrid PvE/PvP gear, but I'm really reluctant to endorse a requirement to engage in OWPvP (and tons of it, no doubt) to obtain an updated set. Why can't it just cost black ice, without the missing pieces?
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I would hate to see the same stuff people have been wearing for a year or two recycled.
Though as to what they will do with the gear is a complete different story. Since I currently wear CBI, part of me would like to be able to just "upgrade" but that is almost wishful thinking. I'm used to cycling through armor sets with new updates/expansions so it's water under the bridge.
What I would like to know is if I should continue mining and refining ice for future use or if it will just be a waste of time.
Honestly I wish they would expand with Icewind Dale. The area has so much potential but I believe Cryptic had to take the WoTC train and had to leave it behind. IWD itself feels incomplete.
Something should be required besides just black ice. The items that could be used with it could be the rare items from heroic encounters to give PVE players a chance to get them, and allow those items to also be bought with scrimshaw to allow PVP players to get. Either way something besides just Black Ice should be use. This would make the item either corrupt or purified of whatever piece you are trying to make. This makes the items obtainable for any play style and limits the speed at which it can be obtained.
There are many ways that this system could be refined as long as it does not require luck (RNG). Black Ice equipment is something that is needed in this game really. Without it certain parts of the game just die. One of skimishes will be obsolete (why would a paladin worry with getting black ice armor when getting into a skirmish is the only reason), there will be no reason to use one of the professions (black ice shaping), and most importantly the only form of owpvp in the game is dieing without a reason for people to go there (making it impossible to legitimately get the iwd pvp campaign completed).
And there's the rub. If they come out with sets with twice as many stats but the 4-piece bonus is something that contributes 0.000005% of your damage over a parsed run, it will be written off as more trash not worth the effort to acquire and people will bend over backwards to keep using their old gear anyway.
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Not viable? +30% DPS is ALWAYS viable. Lvl 70 gear could offer 5 times as many stats as existing gear and still be worthless outside of PvP. 4-set bonuses trump stats every day of the week.
did u check this set http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?846441-Eternal-set ?
7k stats + 37k hp from rare @ lvl 61, when t2 has 5.5k and templar 5.7k stats+some hp
judging from lvl 70 content running with some 30k hp wont be viable, or at least will be pain in the rear
and they need to get rid of t2 sets cause of the op bonuses
if they are updating other gear, they should update this one, done deal