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Why are some gear marked Recommended?

ladymythosladymythos Member, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 637 Bounty Hunter
edited January 2014 in The Moonstone Mask (PC)
When I first started the game, I happily put on gear that was marked Recommended, thinking it was, well, recommended. It would improve my important stats, so I wouldn't have to worry about what my class needed. (not that it would be the best gear possible, of course.) But it didn't take long before the Recommended-gear started showing some flaws, and lately, I find myself asking what the point in all that is. Why do we even have it, when it clearly doesn't work?

To prove my point, here's what greeted me today:

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See the problem? Gilded Moonstone Regalia Mask is Recommended over Sunite Headwear. Is the SH going out of style, or something?`This is fashion gear. "Yickes, she's wearing a Sunite Headgear? Call the fashion police! The Sunite Headgear is soooo last week!" :D
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  • reddeishreddeish Member, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I wonder the same but it could probably be improved im sure theyre working on it..
  • nameexpirednameexpired Member Posts: 1,282 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Wearing a Sunite Headwear obtained from stealing corn and frightening chickens during the Midsummer Festival has a higher tendency that said chickens might attack you, as they are looking for the corn.
    Hence the Moonstone Regalia Mask is recommended, as you may approach chickens without the fear that they attack you.

    And PWI makes/made more $$$ if you own that Moonstone Regalia Mask.

    Just my thoughts ...
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  • groarkgroark Member Posts: 29 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Yeah, I thought too that 'recommended' was a great idea of the devs. Till I found out that this doesn't mean a thing. Totally senseless. It says 'recommended' only when that particular gear is more expensive than the one your character is wearing. So it's just the price, nothing else. Pity, because it's rather difficult sometimes to choose the right gear.
  • sockmunkeysockmunkey Member Posts: 4,622 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    The system simply recomends the item with the higher sell value. Actual stats have zero impact.
  • ladymythosladymythos Member, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 637 Bounty Hunter
    edited January 2014
    Why would I care about the sell value? If the stats are better, I wear it. If the stats are worse, I sell it anyway. I don't go: "Hm... I got two things, but can only sell one. Which one should I choose?" :p

    (and yes, I do own both headgears. Though I should admit I "cheated" and got the sunite headgear on the AH.) ;)
  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    The point is, "recommended" is utterly useless, as you seem to be figuring out. The stat comparison is actually useful.
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