BI gear is not just some old gear, you cant buy it, and there is no sub. for it. BI gear is ONE OF A Kind and as he said a whole Module was made for it.
It's not like you can just go get the set on the AH and is still one of the most powerful sets in MOD 5.
I'm just sad that black ice gear will essentially be pointless unless they make the gear scale to 70 and still have competitive stats because otherwise why work so hard for PVP gear thats pointless as you level up higher (especially when you'd probably hit 65+ from the campaigns time alone lol). I've spent weeks and still have no black ice gloves.
Me thinks a large portion of the "Dragon" population thinks that was an entire useless module.
I actually had loads of fun in the IWD area. the open pvp was much more satisfying than domination, because its not premade stacks of BIS people vs the scraps. also lets me and my friends go 1v1 against each other for bragging rights.
I actually had loads of fun in the IWD area. the open pvp was much more satisfying than domination, because its not premade stacks of BIS people vs the scraps. also lets me and my friends go 1v1 against each other for bragging rights.
So have we, but it's a novelty at best. That's just me though.
And, gloves gated behind RNG that you then Craft, and have to feed. All to do 1 skirmish? Wasn't exactly something I was interested in.
That being said I have sets on HR and CW, but I could give a flying rip if they get "updated" or not. I'd actually prefer not and move on. I can't count how many times I've seen people whine about the gloves...
A whole module was built around this gear, its complex to aquire and maintain. This isnt some random T2 you can buy at the AH for 10k. Seeing IWD deserted because no one intersted in it, would be just sad.
Updating it to lvl 70 and adding T4 empowerement will breath live into IWD.
The only way I can see to make T1,T2 and even BI gears relevant would be to reduce the minimum level they can be equipped. Sure they will be obsolete beyond level 60+ but having such a short lifespan for the absurd amount of effort required to get them is rather incomprehensible. I'd say let T1 gear be equippable at lvl 25, T2 at lvl 35, BI at lvl 45. That way contents where such items dropped will still be relevant.
No need to upgrade the old Black Ice. The reason that most people hated IWD was because they could not get the initial piece to get started. They need to make new pieces that are independent of the old Black Ice armors. They have a chance to fix things now without having to rework the old gear and making people mad that spent the time grinding it the hard (insane? luck?) way.
There will be a new tier of Black Ice armor, both Corrupted and Purified. It will be, at max fill of Black Ice, in between the 2 sets of Dungeon armors. I did increase the drop rate of the Black Ice Arms and you can use also your old Corrupted/Purified Arms to make the new Black Ice arms. It should be visible in the next patch.
There will be a new tier of Black Ice armor, both Corrupted and Purified. It will be, at max fill of Black Ice, in between the 2 sets of Dungeon armors. I did increase the drop rate of the Black Ice Arms and you can use also your old Corrupted/Purified Arms to make the new Black Ice arms. It should be visible in the next patch.
There will be a new tier of Black Ice armor, both Corrupted and Purified. It will be, at max fill of Black Ice, in between the 2 sets of Dungeon armors. I did increase the drop rate of the Black Ice Arms and you can use also your old Corrupted/Purified Arms to make the new Black Ice arms. It should be visible in the next patch.
Sounds great all around. Interested to see if Black Ice damage/resistance will play a factor in some builds.
Black Ice damage is a thing of the past. It has been removed from all monsters and resistance from equipment. We didn't want to force players to wear Black Ice only in Icewind Dale.
There will be a new tier of Black Ice armor, both Corrupted and Purified. It will be, at max fill of Black Ice, in between the 2 sets of Dungeon armors. I did increase the drop rate of the Black Ice Arms and you can use also your old Corrupted/Purified Arms to make the new Black Ice arms. It should be visible in the next patch.
Black Ice damage is a thing of the past. It has been removed from all monsters and resistance from equipment. We didn't want to force players to wear Black Ice only in Icewind Dale.
So Kessel's Retreat is no longer being gated behind BI equipment, and will BI Equipment have a new stat added to it to replace BI Resistance?
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There will be a new tier of Black Ice armor, both Corrupted and Purified. It will be, at max fill of Black Ice, in between the 2 sets of Dungeon armors. I did increase the drop rate of the Black Ice Arms and you can use also your old Corrupted/Purified Arms to make the new Black Ice arms. It should be visible in the next patch.
Thanks, that makes so much sense for the reasons stated.
Have you considered tying the new PVP armor to IWD as well? The open world areas need all the help they can get.
Black Ice damage is a thing of the past. It has been removed from all monsters and resistance from equipment. We didn't want to force players to wear Black Ice only in Icewind Dale.
That would be my question as well then, to confirm that Kessel will no longer require anything but to unlock it and maybe have an ilvl requirement.
why the hell everybody cries for upgrades to old gear ?
whats the point of having a new level cap if we still have all the old equipment ?
didnt read all replies, but..
The answer is that this level Cap Increase is designed to make it easier for Cryptic to re-designate dungeons and gear to different lvl brackets.
Right now we have 20 different sets of gear and 20 Dungeons to run at 60, yet only 2 sets of gear are worth even looking at and only 2 or 3 dungeons are worth running.
its not so much that they have added 10 new levels to the game, but more like they redesigned the game to be played out over 70 level instead of 60. they nerf the worth of each stat, increased the top lvl of enchants and artifacts, and the end result will be: We are simply working our butts off Simply to get Back to where we currently are in Live Server (that is, for the BIS end gamers)
but hey, its still early in mod 6 testing, who knows what 70 will actually be like when it goes live.
I have the gloves on 4 of my chars, the others have not been lucky enough to get. Is the increase in drop something noticeable, or is it such a small percent that it will not matter? Seeing a 1 in 200 drop rate vs 1 in 250 isnt that noticeable. It would be nice if a person tried to farm it for 20 hours and was able to be successful in that time. It shouldnt be much harder to get than any other piece since it is not stronger (when Black Ice armor was the only armor with overload slots it was understandable that the armor be rarer and hard to get).
There will be a new tier of Black Ice armor, both Corrupted and Purified. It will be, at max fill of Black Ice, in between the 2 sets of Dungeon armors. I did increase the drop rate of the Black Ice Arms and you can use also your old Corrupted/Purified Arms to make the new Black Ice arms. It should be visible in the next patch.
Thanks for the info.
So if I understand right, T2 dungeon armor will be better than the new tier black ice armor?
Currently on live, the only armor that has (arguable) better stats than black ice is draconic templar. T2 armor is inferior (stat wise only, set bonuses aside).
There will be a new tier of Black Ice armor, both Corrupted and Purified. It will be, at max fill of Black Ice, in between the 2 sets of Dungeon armors. I did increase the drop rate of the Black Ice Arms and you can use also your old Corrupted/Purified Arms to make the new Black Ice arms. It should be visible in the next patch.
So, let me get this straight.
BI gear, which by original design was intended to be more powerful than PvE T2 gear (thus it's T3 fully-empowered ranking) will get "levelled up," but that top level will in actuality be effectively T1.5?
You realize this will completely kill IWD, right? Who would want to work for gear that is basically Drake Seal equipment with a set bonus?
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maybe go ask them to upgrade you lvl1 gray stuff to be viable at 70, because getting new gear and mmorpgs dont mix
But it's God Awful Fugly.
I'm running with 40k no biggie on my CW.
And if you have some ideas how to populate IWD other than Black Ice gear let us now. You have no substantial ideas after bulldoze, bulldoze, bulldoze!
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Me thinks a large portion of the "Dragon" population thinks that was an entire useless module.
I actually had loads of fun in the IWD area. the open pvp was much more satisfying than domination, because its not premade stacks of BIS people vs the scraps. also lets me and my friends go 1v1 against each other for bragging rights.
Drunken Goose of MidNight Express. - 3.3k Paladin , 3.6k GWF , 3.1k GF,
So have we, but it's a novelty at best. That's just me though.
And, gloves gated behind RNG that you then Craft, and have to feed. All to do 1 skirmish? Wasn't exactly something I was interested in.
That being said I have sets on HR and CW, but I could give a flying rip if they get "updated" or not. I'd actually prefer not and move on. I can't count how many times I've seen people whine about the gloves...
Updating it to lvl 70 and adding T4 empowerement will breath live into IWD.
new gear yes, old <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font> updated no
these sets have been around for so long its boring, these old campaigns should be used for leveling not because they cant be bothered with new content
Very nice! thanks.
Sounds great all around. Interested to see if Black Ice damage/resistance will play a factor in some builds.
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you stated about all lv 70 gear having HP.
you can expect more HP on purified and some HP on corrupted then?
thanks
So Kessel's Retreat is no longer being gated behind BI equipment, and will BI Equipment have a new stat added to it to replace BI Resistance?
Thanks, that makes so much sense for the reasons stated.
Have you considered tying the new PVP armor to IWD as well? The open world areas need all the help they can get.
That would be my question as well then, to confirm that Kessel will no longer require anything but to unlock it and maybe have an ilvl requirement.
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didnt read all replies, but..
The answer is that this level Cap Increase is designed to make it easier for Cryptic to re-designate dungeons and gear to different lvl brackets.
Right now we have 20 different sets of gear and 20 Dungeons to run at 60, yet only 2 sets of gear are worth even looking at and only 2 or 3 dungeons are worth running.
its not so much that they have added 10 new levels to the game, but more like they redesigned the game to be played out over 70 level instead of 60. they nerf the worth of each stat, increased the top lvl of enchants and artifacts, and the end result will be: We are simply working our butts off Simply to get Back to where we currently are in Live Server (that is, for the BIS end gamers)
but hey, its still early in mod 6 testing, who knows what 70 will actually be like when it goes live.
So if I understand right, T2 dungeon armor will be better than the new tier black ice armor?
Currently on live, the only armor that has (arguable) better stats than black ice is draconic templar. T2 armor is inferior (stat wise only, set bonuses aside).
So, let me get this straight.
BI gear, which by original design was intended to be more powerful than PvE T2 gear (thus it's T3 fully-empowered ranking) will get "levelled up," but that top level will in actuality be effectively T1.5?
You realize this will completely kill IWD, right? Who would want to work for gear that is basically Drake Seal equipment with a set bonus?