lv 55 pinks worst stats then hate set???

[Echelong]

New sets lack hit, crit or damage depending on the set. You lose to much stats not only mana or health regen. For birds dps is a must but a dead mage is no good anywhere. I run BS with a group that consists of mostly level 55 players with level 50 sets and we clear runs in less than 5 minutes. Gear helps but it doesn't make the player. Its a simple game but one false move and you could get a wipe.

[Moogerfooger]

Give the devs time! They always correct their mistakes, unless these.. horrible stats are maybe.. ON PURPOSE?!?!

I know, right? They unbalanced the sets, so you have to pick and choose which stats you want to focus on. No superduper overall combination :P

[Ursanblessing]

the whole crafting is just the issue.
Crafting should be that you can choose if you want m/s or h/s, not only h/s.
There should be only 1 pink item for all 3 chartypes, and with crafting you can customize it for yourself.

ANd i think the devs found out that they made some mistakes, and give us the RING

[Ellyidol]

I know, right? They unbalanced the sets, so you have to pick and choose which stats you want to focus on. No superduper overall combination :P

Thats possible too. The current gear really emphasises on the pure builds.

Bears tank, birds damage, mages support/nuke.

Other than the small inconveniences like no ms, useless crafting stats, etc, it really forces players to mix and match.

[Moogerfooger]

Thats possible too. The current gear really emphasises on the pure builds.

Bears tank, birds damage, mages support/nuke.

Other than the small inconveniences like no ms, useless crafting stats, etc, it really forces players to mix and match.

Bingo. Although I did craft a 55 Raid bow and got +2 dex and 6 h/s with no real hurtful penalty anywhere else, at least I have to chug a couple less pots along the way.

I am hoping that there may be a crafted set bonus someday, kind of like the belated Shadow gear bonus.

[Ellyidol]

Bingo. Although I did craft a 55 Raid bow and got +2 dex and 6 h/s with no penalty anywhere else, at least I have to chug a couple less pots along the way.

I am hoping that there may be a crafted set bonus someday, kind of like the belated Shadow gear bonus.

Dex has the best crafting option stats IMO. It doesn't make your Gear completely useless. Sure, lose a bit of damage per piece, but it's not taking away the essential stat which birds need, unlike bears who lose dodge for damage, and mages who lose ms for hs (weirdest one btw).

I hope so too, and not too far away

[BeefyMeat]

Elly, the mana regen still sucks. Sure, 300+ DPS is nice, but when you have to pot or wait to regen it slows that way down. I think there are 55 pieces that mesh well with 50 pieces but you really have to be creative with what matters.

Right now at 54, I have 250+ DPS and 117 Armor with a talon, while maintaining 9 regen for mana and health. I like my setup but it took some work to figure out how to maximize what I deem important. You can go full DPS or full Sentinel for regen and armor, I took the middle road and am pretty happy.

[Kindread]

You guys complained before to make purple and green drops more useful and not inventory dumps and you got it. I agree that the Devs left much to be desired but I have to say, it's fun mixing and matching to get different results. Would have been nice if the pink, purple and green items looked different. I'm thinking there will be updates to correct the high end items and crafting so I'm still going to be working on collecting the lvl55 gear for my class and the recipes.

--- Kindread

[Dizzy]

I believe there needs to be some tweaks made to the stats, but overall, I'm sort of liking the general directions this is going. There is no one type of gear that is Teh Best -- it's all a matter of choice -- go for DPS gear with little regen and chug pots and maybe die a little more, or go for regen and do less damage but save gold and dying. Maybe some gear could have stats adjusted so they work better with duel-builds, while others favor pures.

One thing I disliked about the lvl 50 sets is that there were a couple of sets that were clearly better than anything else, and thus everyone at lvl 50 got those sets. Everyone looked the same, and there wasn't any strategy in choosing a certain type of armour over another.

In the future, I'd like to see this pushed further. It would be nice if certain types of armour worked better in different situations. It's old school RPG, but why not put more into elemental strategy? We already have fire/ice skills and gear, why not make bosses and dungeons that have weakness or strengths based on elements? Fire heals the lava boss, but Ice kills him faster. Maybe mix up a dungeon with contrasting elements: Ice kills that one, but heals that other one. You'd have to see some real teamwork and strategy to work through a dungeon like that! Not revolutionary, but at least it would give a reason for people to have different armour for different situations.

And I'd like to see crafting with choices: Take this wand with decent stats, add a Gladiator gem that gets rid of m/s but gives you awesome DPS OR add a magic gem and lose some DPS but gain a lot of intelligence. Most of all, for crafting to work, you have to end up with gear that's unique in some way to drops, either you end up with something that has the highest stat in the game (while losing some other stat), or otherwise gives you some sort of advantage you can't get from a dropped item. Perhaps even give some sort of bonus to crafted items that nothing else adds, maybe a new skill or the ability to do a new combo. That would make crafting worth it.

Mostly, it would be nice if you couldn't identify every level 55 in Balefort just because they're all wearing the same gear. And I think that's the point of the gear in this update.

[Echelong]

Yes dizzy you can't tell what they are wearing except for the weapons gem. And all helms look the same on your character no matter what type you are wearing.

[Moogerfooger]

There is no one type of gear that is Teh Best -- it's all a matter of choice -- go for DPS gear with little regen and chug pots and maybe die a little more, or go for regen and do less damage but save gold and dying.

Can I get a Amen?

Not to mention the regen setups have generally far better Crit.

[BeefyMeat]

We got spoiled by Void/Rift/Cosmos and the Shadow gear. Now it's time to be creative and people are pissed that they don't just need to be pinked out to be the best they can. I have a orange talon and I really dont mind.

[Echelong]

Not spoiled when playing any MMO the point of them is not reaching the last level since there technically isn't one. The point of MMOs is to build your character with the best gear and the skills you like. If you played for example WoW after you reached the level cap you will need to go run raids in order to get the best gear (no buying the best gear in the auction house) then when an expansion came the next gear would be a lot better than the previous one. Its always like that. Shadow gear gives more mana regen than you can use and a lot of mana regen as for death its better than void and now hate is slightly better than rift (imo).

All I would want is for similar h/s and mana regen as previous sets and more damage crit, armor and dodge. This would make sets better every time without becoming useless stats.

[Moogerfooger]

All I would want is for similar h/s and mana regen as previous sets and more damage crit, armor and dodge. This would make sets better every time without becoming useless stats.

Then there would be a Teh Best set, and it looks like the devs are trying to force people to pick and choose which stats they want to focus on. Kind of like the Do-I-Use-Thoth-Isis-or-Osiris days.

[Physiologic]

71% crits w/ Focus on the lv 55 pink dex gear. That's insane, just sayin'. Sucks for mages/bears, but IMO archers have it pretty damn good despite all the other stat losses.

[Echelong]

Then there would be a Teh Best set, and it looks like the devs are trying to force people to pick and choose which stats they want to focus on. Kind of like the Do-I-Use-Thoth-Isis-or-Osiris days.

What I mean was for each set to have different stats not only h/s and dodge and then the crafted set would have damage but lose the dodge. Each of the 3 sets would have a better combination. Like you said when you had to chose thot, isis ect. it feels a step backwards.

I guess I will just have to trust STS to come up with something. Maybe they are busy with blackstar.

[Moogerfooger]

What I mean was for each set to have different stats not only h/s and dodge and then the crafted set would have damage but lose the dodge. Each of the 3 sets would have a better combination. Like you said when you had to chose thot, isis ect. it feels a step backwards.

I guess I will just have to trust STS to come up with something. Maybe they are busy with blackstar.

I think that devs did this on purpose, is what I meant...brought back the Thoth/Isis/Osiris-type combinations. There is no super set that has best dmg/DPS/dodge/regen/high-power cookie dispenser rate...it forces us to pick and choose which attributes we want to utilize. I personally like it, as mentioned previously we got spoiled with super-sets that were superior in almost every way. I can see why others don't like it, but I'm fine with it. Makes ya think about what to equip for a certain level, or boss, or in general

[Kujen]

I just find it odd that the pinks, which have a much lower drop rate, are sometimes as good as or maybe worse than some orange/purple/green. If it's just about variety and they're all equal but different....then make the pinks drop at the same rate. That or improve the stats to make them proportionate to their rarity.