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Dev's, Why do you hate us Control Wizards?

furthrenfurthren Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 3 Arc User
edited May 2013 in PvE Discussion
Hello Everyone,

So I have been reading other people's posts on here and not been posting anything myself, but I simply could not bear it any longer: WHY ARE CONTROL WIZARDS SO BADLY TREATED IN TERMS OF GEAR IN THIS GAME? I am level 55 atm and a high level tailor (level 15), and I have literally seen 2 (maybe 3) different cloth armor looks so far in this game (and those 3 COUNTING the ones that just look like the previous ones with some frills and collars added). I have been in every dungeon up to level 55, and I have only seen 1 CW drop and that was a cloak from the Plague instance last night. No armor from bosses, no weapons, and not even accessories that were designed for a dps class.

Please dont get me wrong-- this is not a rant about the lack of different armor skins in this game, this is a serious request to add more CLOTH armor skins useable by the control wizard, and this request is also based on the fact that a lot of the instanced story quests in Neverwinter have a final "mini boss" that also drops an item that is named by the area or lore the instanced is associated with. And doing all those quests (not skipped a single one so far), I have not seen a single cloth item that I could use either. For example I just finished the "Daughter of Lloth" quest, and the end mini boss drops a green chest piece useable by Guardian Fighter that is the exact replica of the Drow armor in the area (with spider legs in the back). I have seen these bosses also drop Rogue and Cleric unique skinned items but not a single thing for CW.

So please please please, take these complaints seriously and give us some motivation to play this well-designed class, as quite simply looking at the same purple hooded wizard with the same armor for 55 levels is really starting to get to me.

Thanks, and sorry for the long post.
Bhalari Corvinus
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  • therepstertherepster Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 24 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Welcome to the bad end of the RNG loot pool. I've seen one or two extra skins for control wizards. Unfortunate that I myself could not use them.
  • furthrenfurthren Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I really don't think this can be explained by how unlucky I might have been in terms of drops though. I mean say, out of the 14-15 dungeon runs I have done so far (I did multiple runs of some), I did not get any drops, is it also my luck that none of the story quest bosses also did not drop cloth armor with a unique skin?? How many CW's have you seen running around with unique armor skins? As I said, 2-3 skins in total is all I have seen on my class.

    And in my tailoring recipes, even the rare blue items I craft ALL look the same without any unique skin. I really think this is about the development team's lack of interest (or resources) in the designing of cloth armor skins for this class which I sincerely hope gets fixed. I am sure you guys understand the motivation of a newly acquired look for your character as well as I do.

    Thanks.
  • elyrielleelyrielle Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Lack of visual armor diversity is not unique to us, that's across the board. We do suffer from bad/no itemization in dungeons though.
  • therepstertherepster Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 24 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Yeah the quest and story and crafted skins being the same is normal. I think the purp stuff might have a different skin, but dungeons are where all the more fancy dresses are.
  • furthrenfurthren Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    "Yeah the quest and story and crafted skins being the same is normal"

    But its NOT though, thats the whole point I'm trying to make here! For every other class, story quest bosses drop unique skinned armor or weapons EXCEPT for Control Wizards. If you read my post I am giving an example of the Rothe Valley quests and how they drop Drow Armor skinned pieces. Another example would be the Pirate quests (I cant recall the exact name of the area), where the story quest monsters also drop unique skinned armor pieces. Its just for cloth armor that this variety is non existent.

    As for the dungeon loot I can't really say as I'm either extremely unlucky or the cloth drops are limited to such a degree that I have not even seen other CW's with unique skins in Protectors Enclave when I'm walking around.
  • spellwardenspellwarden Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 357 Bounty Hunter
    edited May 2013
    /signed.

    Also, my entire build is centered around crit-hits. And all I have found on items from sigils and valor (pvp currency) is one weapon that is of any use to me. And that is from PvP. So sigils is compleatly useless to me.

    I will continue to grind for items. But it is not going very well. Hope there will be more items added soon, that allow for a different playstyle than one.
  • pungkapungka Member Posts: 38 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    If the devs truly hated Control Wizards...they wouldn't have put them in their game.
  • tyler23434tyler23434 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    furthren wrote: »
    Hello Everyone,

    So I have been reading other people's posts on here and not been posting anything myself, but I simply could not bear it any longer: WHY ARE CONTROL WIZARDS SO BADLY TREATED IN TERMS OF GEAR IN THIS GAME? I am level 55 atm and a high level tailor (level 15), and I have literally seen 2 (maybe 3) different cloth armor looks so far in this game (and those 3 COUNTING the ones that just look like the previous ones with some frills and collars added). I have been in every dungeon up to level 55, and I have only seen 1 CW drop and that was a cloak from the Plague instance last night. No armor from bosses, no weapons, and not even accessories that were designed for a dps class.

    Please dont get me wrong-- this is not a rant about the lack of different armor skins in this game, this is a serious request to add more CLOTH armor skins useable by the control wizard, and this request is also based on the fact that a lot of the instanced story quests in Neverwinter have a final "mini boss" that also drops an item that is named by the area or lore the instanced is associated with. And doing all those quests (not skipped a single one so far), I have not seen a single cloth item that I could use either. For example I just finished the "Daughter of Lloth" quest, and the end mini boss drops a green chest piece useable by Guardian Fighter that is the exact replica of the Drow armor in the area (with spider legs in the back). I have seen these bosses also drop Rogue and Cleric unique skinned items but not a single thing for CW.

    So please please please, take these complaints seriously and give us some motivation to play this well-designed class, as quite simply looking at the same purple hooded wizard with the same armor for 55 levels is really starting to get to me.

    Thanks, and sorry for the long post.
    Bhalari Corvinus

    Because were secretly Sith lords and they need to get the copy writes to our lightsabers.
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