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New: Boons from Dread Ring in Module 2 - Shadowmantle

fondlezfondlez Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited November 2013 in PvE Discussion
Here is the list of Boons from the Dread Ring:

Tier 1
Reliquary Keeper's Strength- You gain 125 Power and 125 Movement.
Conjurer's Gambit - You gain 125 Critical Strike and 125 Movement.
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Tier 2
Evoker's Thirst - You gain 250 Life Steal.
Illusory Regeneration - You gain 250 Regeneration.
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  • fondlezfondlez Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Tier 3
    Illusion Shimmer - You gain 3% Deflection Severity.
    Forbidden Piercing - You gain 250 Armor Penetration.
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    Tier 4
    Enraged Growth - When taking damage you have a chance to heal 1000 Hit Points over a few seconds. After this effect ends you have 250 more Defense for 10 seconds.
    Shadowtouch - When dealing damage you have a chance to deal 1000 Necrotic damage over a few seconds. After this effect ends the target receives 25% less healing from spells for 10 seocnds.
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  • fondlezfondlez Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Tier 5
    Augmented Thayan Bastion - When taking damage you have a chance to generate a shield that absorbs 500 incoming damage and redirects that damage to a nearby foe. This shield lasts 6 seconsd.
    Rampaging Madness - When you deal damage you gain a stack of "Madness". When you reach 50 stacks of "Madness" you gain 600 Power, 300 Life Steal, and 300 Regeneration. 10 seconds after gaining this bonus your stacks are reset. You may only gain one stack of "Madness" per second.
    Endless Consumption - When you steal health from your Life Steal stat, it has a chance to steal 3 times as much.
    Burning Guidance - Your healing spells have a chance to burn enemies near the target for 120 Radiant damage.
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  • rabbinicusrabbinicus Member Posts: 1,822 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    These are some very solid rewards!
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  • idontwinitskkidontwinitskk Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 43 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Incredibly easy choises on everything except Tier 4.The cooldown on those will be very important but i still think the heal one is useless.
  • dante123pldante123pl Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 282 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    rabbinicus wrote: »
    These are some very solid rewards!
    yea finally something worthly getting
  • rabbinicusrabbinicus Member Posts: 1,822 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    idontwinitskk wrote: »
    Incredibly easy choises on everything except Tier 4.The cooldown on those will be very important but i still think the heal one is useless.

    Depends how often it procs. Shadowtouched could be amazing with AoE's.
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  • todesfaelletodesfaelle Member Posts: 1,370 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Those boons are definitely better than the ones we see on Sharandar, but the capstone boons aren't exactly all that useful. Rampaging Madness seems good in paper, though. 600/300/300 every 50 seconds at max. That's pretty much like once every 60 seconds. I wonder how it works for AoE's. Endless Consumption is also pretty sweet. I'm hoping the proc rate is at least 25%.
  • j0shi82j0shi82 Member Posts: 622 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    No reason not to think the proc rates for Tier 4 are any different than Sharandar. So I wouldn't be too excited.
  • kaylos29kaylos29 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Even at one minute, the 25% reduction on healing received for 10 seconds could be very good.
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  • kurisantonkurisanton Member Posts: 64
    edited November 2013
    Teir 1 and 2 rewards Ive got no real problem with, although I kind of wish one of the Teir 1 choices was a defensive stat with movement speed instead of two offensive stats with movement speed

    Teir 3 rewards are alright. I run deflect on my GF so the extra deflect severity is nice. I cant say I would ever consider the AP over deflect severity on most of my characters though

    Teir 4 rewards I really want more info on. This is the same issue I have with the tier 4 rewards for sharandar. The sharandar t4 rewards have an internal cooldown which isnt even listed on the tooltip. That needs to change for both current and future powers that have internal cooldowns. Im not against internal CDs, Im against that info being hidden. Let us make informed decisions by giving us all the relevant information to that ability

    Shadowtouch actually isnt as good as it may seem because teh healing debuff doesnt happen until after the necrotic dot finishes (also does this necrotic damage heal us?)

    Teir 5 rewards...ok these I have to go over one by one.

    Augmented Thayan Bastion - Not bad but again we dont get enough info. How is the target determined? How often does it proc? Is there an internal cooldown? Put this kind of info on the tooltip so we can make an informed decision

    Rampaging Madness - This may be a bit OP if it procs on every attack which is what the tooltip suggests. I also wonder if the stacks will fall off or if they just stay permnently till 50 are gathered

    Endless Consumption - What is the chance on this? It goes right back to my criticism about uninformative tooltips. It wouldnt be a terrible ability if lifesteal could heal for huge amounts but currently I cant see using this on any character.

    Burning Guidance - Again, an uninformative tooltip. What is the chance to proc? Is there an internal CD? Does it work on potions, lifesteal, or regeneration or does this only work on cleric/daily abilitys?

    As you may have noticed I still criticize these uninformative tooltips. Cryptic has to fix this problem so players can make much more informed decisions when it comes to campaign boons
  • j0shi82j0shi82 Member Posts: 622 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    kurisanton wrote: »
    Teir 4 rewards I really want more info on. This is the same issue I have with the tier 4 rewards for sharandar. The sharandar t4 rewards have an internal cooldown which isnt even listed on the tooltip. That needs to change for both current and future powers that have internal cooldowns. Im not against internal CDs, Im against that info being hidden. Let us make informed decisions by giving us all the relevant information to that ability

    Pretty much this. It's not like the CDs are a well kept secret so you can just tooltip them right away.

    Finally an useful offensive Tier 5 with Rampaging Madness, the kill based one from Sharandar is not worth it at all.
  • erikiki1erikiki1 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 144 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    Rampaging madness looks good on paper but may be mediocre in actuality, you need 50 stacks to get the effect and you only get 1 stack per second, doesnt matter how fast you attack, so thats 50 seconds of stacking and we're not sure how long a stack is gonna last and most mobs die fast anyways. if the stacks only last for a few seconds then it might be a bad boon.
  • ladysylvialadysylvia Member Posts: 946 Bounty Hunter
    edited November 2013
    erikiki1 wrote: »
    Rampaging madness looks good on paper but may be mediocre in actuality, you need 50 stacks to get the effect and you only get 1 stack per second, doesnt matter how fast you attack, so thats 50 seconds of stacking and we're not sure how long a stack is gonna last and most mobs die fast anyways. if the stacks only last for a few seconds then it might boon.

    Depending on the description, the stack could stay for a long time.
  • vortix44vortix44 Member Posts: 680 Bounty Hunter
    edited November 2013
    Endless consumption: what is the chance? Is there a CD? How long does it last?

    Why on earth is Cryptic so stubborn on writing such deceptive, uninformative tooltips? The result is, community has to wait until some player sacrifices a crash-test-dummy alt to get the boon and posts the info for his guild and then in the game forum.
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  • kershelkershel Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    just to be clear, those boons only have an effect in the ``zones``.

    so sharandar boons are only worth it in sharandar zone ?
  • fondlezfondlez Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2013
    kershel wrote: »
    just to be clear, those boons only have an effect in the ``zones``.

    so sharandar boons are only worth it in sharandar zone ?

    Nope. These are permanent character improvements that appear as "Features" in your Character Sheet when you press C. They work and apply everywhere in the game, even if you are completely naked. The only time they do not apply is when you use a Respec token, since you have to choose them/put points into them again.
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