Arena Chest Gem Unveil/Discussion

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Hello everyone!

Inbound in the future is a new Arena Gem for players to farm for. The primary idea behind these gems is to give players something in between the Arcane Fossil, and the Undead Vials, mixed in with the Gladiator gear to pursue. There will be three flavors of this gem, one for each primary stat (DEX, INT, STR).

In order to prevent scamming and other issues associated with gems/socketing/selling items, these gems have been scaled in such a way that everyone can use it without breaking PvP from the Armor amount at lower levels. The armor will certainly help however, but it will take some time and some coin to acquire. Note that the hit reduction on enemy only applies in PvE.

Here's a quick breakdown of what the gems are in there current form:

EDIT: Current iteration here: http://www.spacetimestudios.com/show...=1#post2034518

Base Gems:
8 Armor, +INT (Scaled based on item level), and chance on do damage to apply a 20% hit reduction debuff on the target
8 Armor, +STR (Scaled based on item level), and chance on do damage to apply a 20% hit reduction debuff on the target
8 Armor, +DEX (Scaled based on item level), and chance on do damage to apply a 20% hit reduction debuff on the target

Grand Gems:
15 Armor, +INT (Scaled based on item level with supergem bonus), and a chance on attack to apply a 20% hit reduction debuff on the target
15 Armor, +STR (Scaled based on item level with supergem bonus), and a chance on attack to apply a 20% hit reduction debuff on the target
15 Armor, +DEX (Scaled based on item level with supergem bonus), and a chance on attack to apply a 20% hit reduction debuff on the target

And here's a breakdown of important aspects related to these gems:

• The armor bonus does stack with multiple gems
• The chance to proc hit reduction debuff on attack ability does not stack, or benefit from multiple arena gems. This currently has a 2% chance on doing damage to go off
• The chance to receive a super gem is the same as other gems
• The Supergem bonus for the stat portion of the gem will be a bit lower than a pure Blood, Glacial, or Fire gem. Not a lot, but enough to dissuade a potentially broken scenario of all gem slots taken up by these gems.
• Arena Gems can be traded and stashed
• Their vendor value is 2750 Gold
• Only available from Elite Arena Master Chests
• No crafting is required, the actual gem will drop and be of Legendary quality
• Don't underestimate the value of reduced chance to hit in PvE!

Here’s how the Gem compares against its basic glacial, blood, and fire gem counterparts throughout some sampling of levels.

Level 02:


Level 11:


Level 21:


Level 31:


Level 41:


Thoughts? Concerns?