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hwlrmnky
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I'm thrilled to have them but have zero recollection what happened. Here's my tale:
In real life, I'm a long-time PC gamer but this is my first MMO; I've been playing NW for about 6 hours so I'm not savvy like most of y'all. In game, I'm a Level 12 half-elf cleric currently hunting Orcs on my first out-of-Protectors'-Enclave quest. I recently opened my inventory in a post-battle mental haze to upgrade and do inventory maintenance whereupon I found a pair of +2 clerics' boots, Blue rating. They are by far and away the most valuable item I have.
Does everyone get a blue piece between levels 10 and 12? Are they a random drop? Are they a specific quest reward? Did I, by chance, get them from the handsome human PC with a rodent-ish companion who asked me whether I'd like to trade? (I clicked Shift-1 to accept but have no idea what the result was...suddenly there were more orcs that wanted killing.)
Anybody care to help a sister out with an educated guess?
In real life, I'm a long-time PC gamer but this is my first MMO; I've been playing NW for about 6 hours so I'm not savvy like most of y'all. In game, I'm a Level 12 half-elf cleric currently hunting Orcs on my first out-of-Protectors'-Enclave quest. I recently opened my inventory in a post-battle mental haze to upgrade and do inventory maintenance whereupon I found a pair of +2 clerics' boots, Blue rating. They are by far and away the most valuable item I have.
Does everyone get a blue piece between levels 10 and 12? Are they a random drop? Are they a specific quest reward? Did I, by chance, get them from the handsome human PC with a rodent-ish companion who asked me whether I'd like to trade? (I clicked Shift-1 to accept but have no idea what the result was...suddenly there were more orcs that wanted killing.)
Anybody care to help a sister out with an educated guess?
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The order of value, from least to most goes:
White
Green
Blue
Purple
Purple items are only awarded through Missions, Dungeons, Paid Lockboxes, and special rewards in the new Faywild Module.
So congratulations on your first Blue, and so early in your characters' life! AND it's your class to boot!
Either that, or the Ghost of Elvis is once again wandering about, distributing Blue Suede Footwear.
I THINK I'm making that last part up:cool:
'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.' Terry Pratchet The Thief Of Time
It could be any of the above. Most likely not a quest reward. My guess would be, you got lucky on a random drop. Or help from a generous player.
Could the human with fuzzy companion have been giving me the boots? I remember thinking at the time, "How friendly of this athletic jumping high-level person. I don't think I have anything he'll want in exch--ack! ORCS!" If that's the case, that's dumb luck I'll want to pay forward.
That blue pair of boots is still on the character and that is level 22 now. I think I can replace them at level 24 by a better green item. You can do quite long with blue items as it seems, greens I replace every two levels in most cases. The fact that you replace your items so quickly makes me wonder if I should put stones in them, and burn AD to get them out. I have stopped doing that.
The blue items where rando drops though.
Yeah, I gave up on adding Enchants to Greens pretty quickly. That gets prohibitively expensive FAST. If you are going to slot them anyway, try using some of those low level "throw away" Enchants and just don't bother to remove them when you sell the item off.
A little tip if you are under-levelled for an area: Try a Foundry or two until you catch up. There are a couple of places I need to do this to keep up with my Gear early on. I HATE having gear in my inventory that I can't use yet. It's like presents under the tree three days before Christmas that YOU JUST CAN'T TOUCH.
'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.' Terry Pratchet The Thief Of Time
I didn't even know I could enchant green items. I just assumed enchantments were higher-level stuff. I think I'm underestimating the micromanagement possibilities in this game.
The Foundry is what attracted me to try Neverwinter. Some of the most creative minds in gaming are hidden in the player base; I'm interested that PWE seems to know that.
The blue item drops tend to have a bit more of a blue glow to them. Cool stuff IMO.
I hope you have enjoyed the game thus far and feel free to check out the Foundry forums. There are truly some talented authors over there!
This goes double if you're underlevelled for content (stupid easy to do if you aren't doing Rhix's dailies) as Foundry content is always equal to your level.
This is very likely. High level players who get beginner blue drops will often give those items away. I know I do, if I can find someone willing to accept.
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