Whats Going on!

piyro

Firstly we all grind every day by day to get access to Kessels retreat and it states very clearly on the Skirmish table, entry to Kessels retreat requires a gear score of 12k or more mines 14.5k, it then goes on to say you need 20% black ice protection ergo 2 pieces of crafted black ice gear filled with black ice to T3. Guess what we were lied too! you cant get in, in fact you get a message saying you don't meet the requirements to access Kessels..so whats the solution another grind day in day out to try and get the gloves drop as mentioned in the previous post, firstly its ridiculous to offer access through hard work and consistent playing to get your rep up to 200, then to be forced into crafting to have black ice gear (only useable in Icewind Dale), then to find its bugged and you cant get access with 2 pieces, no you have to spend days trying to get a glove drop or carry on getting another 150 rep to actually craft another black ice item to get into Kessels Retreat. And guess what the black ice gear is eating the black ice forcing you to play more to harnest black ice but no thats not enough you then have to wait bloomin hours to refine black ice so its useable!

Also on a by note how the hell is a devoted Cleric meant to get double kills in pvp tree along with some other unachievable goals! I mean really who thought this lot up and too be honest why hasn't there been a fix to the blatant messup with Kessel access? not to mention forcing players to craft who don't like crafting and having to level another char to 60 and get to the third tier in a module campaign to get access to the artifact quest holy moly I dont do alts, why then should I.. its all getting a bit much to take I foresee a lot people leaving this game for something else pretty soon if things don't change quick!

Your taking all the fun out of the game by bottle necking people to do things they don't want to do to advance, were not bloody mindless robots!

jintortle

It is true!!! You need 3 pieces to get in. I do not know if a bug or not but I had 2 pieces at 100% and could not get in - I added my 3rd piece and I had access.

I even tried 2 without the gloves which is a drop and can only get in with 3 pieces.

Note: I think the Double kill is the challenging part of the PVP tree and not an everyday occurrence. I have none on any toon (TR, GWF, GF are all single target attackers and It would be harder for them then a Cleric).

I do see how a cleric could get double kill - Flame strike, Daunting light - Chains of Blazing light and Sun Burst I find can kill massive amounts of mobs at once and in PVP would finish off a couple of toons.

empalas

For double kills ...does it have to be solo...(ie. if you are in a group you can get double-kills I would think)

jintortle

it's whoever does the killing Blow!

hamletswords

They should just change it to read 21%.

It's been an issue since preview so I'm prepared with my 3rd piece being ready by the time I can access it tomorrow.

cayapp

We were never sure if it was a bug or just a mistake int he tool tip on preview. Incidentally there are a few mistakes in the tool tips. On this one we never got a direct answer from a dev.

Originally the requirements t enter kessell's was 14k GS and 40% black ice resist. When reading the tool tip with 40% it reads correcntly, when it was changed to 20%, the tool tip was only changed to reflect the new numbers.

It should either allow you entry or the tool tip should read greater then 20%.