WonderfulFoppyBint wrote on Oct 25^th, 2018 at 11:31am:

That shouldn't be more than 15-20 dodge tops.

WonderfulFoppyBint wrote on Oct 25^th, 2018 at 11:31am:

I didn't think this one through. Even if they had adjusted it to ravenloft raid values, the goggles do not suddenly become much more desirable. 18 dodge vs 20 is pretty much a wash. Still, the item is great, but I feel we don't have enough loot for the diversity to compliment the slot versatility of the goggles. It's also a speed item. So much latent potential there. We just need another few packs with more sets of robust loot.

Another roadblock for loot design that we are heading to is the uniqueness of items. We are already kind of saturated with stat creep and set bonuses. It's going to become even more stale in the very near future. They should focus on shifting to creative effects rather than stacking huge values in large quantities on a single item. Even slot diversification of items will become stale and uninspired. There should not be 12 places to slot dodge....

SSG cannot continue to design items that are only better because it has 21 stat instead of 20, or 7 effects instead of 5. They need to be wiling to break the game and bend the rules to radicalize playstyles or new building options. Something like a ring of evasion with no other effects would outweigh most of the loot today if considering something like that for a build. Unless their vision is for the next expansion having 22 stats and 7 effects per item, and then the one after has 24 and 9.

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Lhynn says she wants MOD gear to be on the level of slavers---but without a set bonus, the gear has not a chance in hell.

If they allowed us to apply any set bonus to any item through runes/legendary souls, then I'd say this system might create some cool combinations.

Remember how the White Plume pack was supposed to make epic leveling more fun?

This new raid gear will make leveling more fun!

Dat some bullhockey.

White plume content is skipped in epics because it is long, and unrewarding. The  thing selling the pack is the requirement for sentient progression. If they want to revitalize the leveling progression then they need to take a DEEP look at difficulty versus reward.

People have been facerolling content for years, and reaper didn't fix it. They didn't nerf EPIC PLs in heroics and the reaper trees are abominations. Ya, you need carrots, but people always take the path of least resistance. That's why the white plume epic quests are dead. That's why the raids will stay dead. That's why the powercreep in Sarn will feel like a breath of fresh air.

WonderfulFoppyBint wrote on Oct 25^th, 2018 at 1:19pm:



Fuck, this would get me to reinstall the game and sub again, probably. The other changes as proposed now...uh...probably not.

WonderfulFoppyBint wrote on Oct 25^th, 2018 at 10:02am:


It's actually borked, hence my post. You only get +1W from it. At first I used to believe it was just an error on the inventory page, then I took the time to investigate further and test it. It actually only gives +1W.

The shield is really limited if you're using it for DPS purposes. The only places it shines are a couple of cases; obviously abnormal/high base die weapons is one. Abusing other weapon die bonuses is another: Such as wielding a Flotsam while taking the level 6 SH core to slap another +1W on it and the +1W from vistani, that bumps it up to a 8[1d4] which for a single dagger is pretty damn respectable. It'd also be useful in the instance that you are a half-orc for pumping out big boy damage while using your rage clickie.

For me; what they need to change scaling wise is the 15/adamantine DR portion. Make it 30/- to compete with Bloodrage Chism and Shadowdragon Plate. Also make the +2W actually give +2W, though I'll be greedy and ask for +3W. After all given the changes to druids; this is practically your only reason to not go with a two-hander if you're serious about DPS.

Edrein wrote on Oct 25^th, 2018 at 3:11pm:


Cheers. I didn't know that was borked. I'll go bother Lhynn (bless her soul) about it a little.

The DR/30 is dogshit though since it applies before PRR. Say the tank gets hit for 3k physical damage. The DR 30 is just a 1% reduction in that damage. Hopefully they hit DR with the same bat they did with barbarians.

400, cunts

acidpickachu wrote on Oct 25^th, 2018 at 11:16am:



Fixed that for you... you're welcome

WonderfulFoppyBint wrote on Oct 25^th, 2018 at 3:38pm:

Your idea for customizable set bonuses would be a colossal waste of coding hours.  In the end, there are only a handful of set bonuses worth using and those aren't that hard to get as is.  Just like there are only a handful of filigree sets that are used even though there are 30+ filigree sets that you can "customize" however you wish.  The devs wasted a large amount of time itemizing those other filigree sets.


Not sure what you don't understand about legendary souls being the item that incentivizes old raids. Run old raids.  Get legendary souls.  Get items you want using legendary souls.  Incentive!

If you don't understand how getting more souls by running the old raids in addition to the new ones is incentive, I'm not sure what else to say as it can't be more obvious.

However, since you think the impact will be "ZERO", this won't incentivize people to run the old raids and there's nothing worth farming, it will be interesting to see how many old raids you run after the change.

ISeeSockPuppets wrote on Oct 25^th, 2018 at 11:11am:


And did you miss the part where these dumb fucks think that Fortification at level 16 should be 94% vs the ML8 100% Fort aug. I am fairly certain I will be farming none of these if the power curves they are matching are more of this bullshit.

Justanotherlurker wrote on Oct 26^th, 2018 at 6:07am:

Yet being the key word.  Lynn did however mention their plans for the future.


From Lynnabel in the OP:
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Granted, I realize this could very well turn out to be a "check is in the mail" vaporware thing, especially since it's SSG saying it.  If they do follow through on that though, it will be a really good change.

5 Foot Step wrote on Oct 26^th, 2018 at 1:46pm:


Haha, I don't care, I have this big boy!


(On a favor runner on Wayfinder, uh.)

Revaulting wrote on Oct 29^th, 2018 at 5:06pm:


You know why they don't have a  universal currency that goes backwards.  Let's not pretend otherwise.