no more Exceptional +2 abilities?

[DDOGoz]

I noticed both the GS weapon and TOD upgraded ring's exceptional +2 ability bonuses have been changed to insight bonuses. Why was this changed? And is there anymore exceptional +2 bonuses in game now?

[djl]

I noticed both the GS weapon and TOD upgraded ring's exceptional +2 ability bonuses have been changed to insight bonuses. Why was this changed? And is there anymore exceptional +2 bonuses in game now?

This was changed with U14, I believe. They did that because they added Insightful +3 bonuses. Exceptional bonuses only exist in +1 form now; past that, they are insightful bonuses.

[-Zephyr-]

This was changed to add the +3 insights. That way you upgrade your +2 into a +3, one point of ability increase, and frees slot (making yet another type and making it +1 wouldn't have brought that slot freeing part).
Keeping the "exceptional" would have made the +3 stack with the +2, giving too much an increase and not giving the free slot part.

That's the explanation given by a dev. It did cause a lot of stacking problems when it was done, most of which are fixed now, but not all. Power surge (Kensai 2) doesn't stack anymore with titan gloves' buff for exemple.

[Arkat]

How about the Epic Bracers of the Claw? They used to have "Exceptional Constitution +2" on them. Is that still the case??

[Shade]

It gets a lot worse then just stat bonuses.

There changed/removed ALL exceptional bonuses from the game as of U14. Pretty massive nerf no one ever asked for.

U14.2 they put back exceptional +1 stat bonuses. All others remain changed.

Most were changed to type "insight". This includes exceptional fortfication, sneak attack, resistances, and more.