There are only three items (same as last time), nothing is new, and it mostly looks mediocre.

Cloak looks ok-ish, but that largely depends on how often the guard activates. I'm unaware of the rate, nor am I aware of how good Sticky Goo could be. Physical sheltering is worthless when you can just craft Sheltering (which also gives magical), and 32 isn't that great for level 28. The other thing is that Night Revels JUST ended, and that cloak seems to me to be more worthwhile than the Mimic one: +18% dodge and ghostly alone make it useful for ANY build, whereas mimic cloak's only gimmick seems like it's largely dependent upon you getting hit.

Necklace seems worthless, unless a haggle bot is your thing. I can't really see hagglebots being a thing in <current year> though. Maybe the +20 stacking to perform would be useful in certain bard builds? Seems overall way too niche.

Belt by far seems like it's the best of the three given how versatile it is: EVERY build appreciates extra HP and heal amp. Still, it's a belt and there's a lot of good competition, like Battlerager's Harness or, of course, slavers. I guess you could probably find a way to slot it in somehow.

I was taking a break from DDO last time the mimic hunt rolled around so I don't have any of the equipment, and I'm not sure if I really want any of it now. If anything, maybe I'll get a level 4 version of the cloak, since sticky goo sounds like it'd be fun at that level.

What's the general opinion on the items? The oil consumables don't look too great either. Maybe there's something I'm missing with regards to the equips.

I've only found moderate value in all the items.  Of course it depends entirely on the gear options you already have, crafting levels etc etc.

The Goo Guard procs a lot.   I made a level 8 cloak and use it rarely.  The cloak slot competes for RL set bonuses and Mysterious Cloak ml7.  So, for a couple levels, sometimes I wear it and love it.

ML12 Necklace is a convenience item for quest situations wear I might need social skills.

Up to level 7 belt is Con/FL for me.  I could work a level 8 belt in with my heroic slaver's set fairly easily but would only use it till level 10 when I can equip RL gear.

Slaver's + RL to 15 then change it all up for Heroic GS, CCrafted and named @ 15, 20 and 23.

26, 28, 29 are pretty much set although ML 16, 20 & 24 versions of the belt could fit nicely with the current gear I have for some builds with little effort up to 28.

With proposed changes to Raid Loot though I would *only* take the time to trade in my tokens for a ML 8 and maybe 20 if I happen to get the tokens from regular questing and not doing anything close to farming of mimics.

Good responses.

The ML 12 necklace was something I didn't consider--probably useful in Crucible now that I think about it. Might work up to trying to get a ML 4 cloak too if the guard really activates that often.

Skoodge wrote on Nov 9^th, 2018 at 3:28am:


lol

I like the Mimic event and I collect the tokens, but I don't really go out of my way to hit more chests or buy the mimic food.   Since you can save them up, I just do that and wait for something compelling to come along.

Metal-Beast wrote on Nov 10^th, 2018 at 12:29pm:


Run both.

I really like the level 4 cloak (and maybe belt) since I use general trash loot until level 10/12. I put it in, and it seems to trigger nonstop. I haven't gotten a belt yet, but if I did, it would only be for the healing amp. 20-30 HP is pointless when I'm sitting at 400 already once I hit level 4 and I'm doing reaper. Once level 10 hits, there are much better belts available, and cloaks it depends on builds, although if it were sheltering, instead of PRR it might be able to displace other items.

For a new toon, I think the belt and cloak would be quite nice.

Skoodge wrote on Nov 9^th, 2018 at 3:28am:

Proc your own goo guard.

Revaulting wrote on Nov 12^th, 2018 at 4:42pm:


Thanks for advice. Done!

On topic though, cloak lvl 4 is what I use.
Not a big upgrade at lvl 8. And mysterious cloak at lvl 7 from my experience doesnt bring anything dramatic to the table so sometimes I keep the mimic one until lvl 10 (ravenloft)
I do like the looks.

For belt at lower levels maybe. But at lvl 9 its crystal cove hat for hp, at 11 greensteel so again very situational and at 10 casters will go for ravenloft spellpower anyway.

Just grab companion from mimic tokens so people can ban you from their groups.

Wipe wrote on Nov 13^th, 2018 at 11:45am:


I'm only a warlock, but according to stat sheet, I have a 80% chance to avoid hits, and blur, and dodge, and ghostly, and yet I feel like it triggers pretty often.

Wipe wrote on Nov 13^th, 2018 at 11:45am:


I haven't done a side by side comparison, but I think that the Platinum Mirror Cape is the better option.  At lower levels at least, and probably higher.  It brings some nice insightfuls that aren't available for a while into epics.