Tenser's Weapon Box?

[ThomasHunter]

How new is this item? I like the sentient XP for sure!

[Arkat]

It's making its debut today, AFAIK.

[Cordovan]

The Tensers Weapon Box is a new item available through January 1st, and contains:

10 units of 5000 Sentient Experience
20 Sentience Toolkits
2 Glamered Weapon Auras
5 Mirrors of Glamering
2 Lasting Oils of Strengthening.
All items are Bound to Account.

[cdbd3rd]

The Tensers Weapon Box is a new item available through January 1st, and contains:

10 units of 5000 Sentient Experience
20 Sentience Toolkits
2 Glamered Weapon Auras
5 Mirrors of Glamering
2 Lasting Oils of Strengthening.
All items are Bound to Account.

Ima start planning my purchase now...

https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/rs-500x291-160113105616-jan-13-2016-1052-1.gif?w=1180&h=400&crop=1

[Graskitch]

The Tensers Weapon Box is a new item available through January 1st, and contains:

10 units of 5000 Sentient Experience
20 Sentience Toolkits
2 Glamered Weapon Auras
5 Mirrors of Glamering
2 Lasting Oils of Strengthening.
All items are Bound to Account.



just to be sure: the Tensers Weapon Box is not bound and can be gifted/traded/sold, but the items within are all bta ?

[HungarianRhapsody]

The Tensers Weapon Box is a new item available through January 1st, and contains:

10 units of 5000 Sentient Experience
20 Sentience Toolkits
2 Glamered Weapon Auras
5 Mirrors of Glamering
2 Lasting Oils of Strengthening.
All items are Bound to Account.

What is a Lasting Oil of Strengthening?

[SpartanKiller13]

The Tensers Weapon Box is a new item available through January 1st, and contains:

10 units of 5000 Sentient Experience
20 Sentience Toolkits
2 Glamered Weapon Auras
5 Mirrors of Glamering
2 Lasting Oils of Strengthening.
All items are Bound to Account.

No Spark of Memory? Seems like it might be pretty useful given you cap at 60k and this gives 50k lol.

What's the price?

Thanks!

[Graskitch]

What is a Lasting Oil of Strengthening?

I was wondering the same thing. Apparently, it is the consumable item that you can get from the Mimic Hunt:

When used, this oil prevents all items from taking durability damage for 10 minutes.

although lasting oil suggests that it would last for longer than 10 minutes.

I thought initially that it might be an oil that permanently increases the durability of an item, but it is probably for situations where you are using a quarterstaff or fighting against an ooze/slime/rust monster/earth elemental for extended periods of time like Creeping Death.

[Graskitch]

No Spark of Memory? Seems like it might be pretty useful given you cap at 60k and this gives 50k lol.

What's the price?

Thanks!

Tensers Weapon Box price is 3995 ddo points.

[Cordovan]

just to be sure: the Tensers Weapon Box is not bound and can be gifted/traded/sold, but the items within are all bta ?

Correct. The item as delivered by the DDO Store is unbound. When used, it will open up a UI to claim your reward. Claiming the reward places the various items into your inventory, and all items are Bound to Account.

[SpartanKiller13]

Tensers Weapon Box price is 3995 ddo points.

Thanks!

While it would be super cool, I can't justify that price-perfomance vs farming WPM lol (and I have that many points sitting rn). Hope other people disagree with my assessment!

[fatherpirate]

nice for some but not my thing...pass

[ValariusK]

Thanks!

While it would be super cool, I can't justify that price-perfomance vs farming WPM lol (and I have that many points sitting rn). Hope other people disagree with my assessment!

That's a whale item, you and I aren't in the target market.

[NemesisAlien]

2 Glamered Weapon Auras, what auras?

[Arkat]

2 Glamered Weapon Auras, what auras?

Green and Red Christmas-y auras?

[JQP]

Great idea! Probably not for me, but I am glad to see these sorts of new items in the store.

[HungarianRhapsody]

2 Glamered Weapon Auras, what auras?

Green auras that have dollar signs radiating off of them.

[J1NG]

Actually, whilst not entirely accurate, Green is one of the "Elements" available to glamor your cosmetic weapon: Enhanced Acid (It's what makes a cosmetic Sunsword look like a Green Lightsabre.). :)

Anyway, back to point, those two Weapon Aura Glamours aren't very useful in most cases, since it doesn't really carry the colours and looks you really want and doesn't work on all weapon glamours either (Poison, Fire, Acid, Cold, Electricity and Holy for example absolutely does nothing on the Sunsword cosmetic, but the Enhanced Fire, Electric, Acid and Cold show up in various degrees. Acid being the best looking as its very clear and obvious, then Enhanced Fire, then Enhanced Cold, with Enhanced Electricity barely looking like its on it).

So those grabbing this bundle need to take care as you've only got two to use.

J1NG

[Saekee]

That's a whale item, you and I aren't in the target market.
This—P2W, no thank you

[LordDunmore]

For those of us who don't care/don't want all the cosmetic stuff, could SSG, in the future, make some of your bundles like this cheaper without all the cosmetics? I would be much more inclined to purchase bundles that don't have stuff that just takes up inventory space and/or is deleted as soon as I get it.

I am not saying don't offer exclusively non-cosmetic bundles, I know there is a big demand for them. Just asking for those of us who don't want it.

[heavyaslead0]

How new is this item? I like the sentient XP for sure!

Bought with spare DDO points

Saved me months of sentient food farming!

[mikarddo]

For those of us who don't care/don't want all the cosmetic stuff, could SSG, in the future, make some of your bundles like this cheaper without all the cosmetics? I would be much more inclined to purchase bundles that don't have stuff that just takes up inventory space and/or is deleted as soon as I get it.

I am not saying don't offer exclusively non-cosmetic bundles, I know there is a big demand for them. Just asking for those of us who don't want it.

Its the sentient XP they are selling. The rest is just an add on. Thus they obviously wont be selling the actual power parts cheaper as the entire point is selling thus at a premium price.

I wont be buying any even though I could easily effort several - but I like the fact that others can and will buy these and thus help pay for the game.

[edgarallanpoe]

That's a whale item, you and I aren't in the target market.

If $30 is what constitutes a "whale item" then I guess I'm guilty. I am not replying specifically to this post when I say the following....I am 50+ yrs old and at a point in my life where things like this will not impact my finances and allow me a measure of recapturing that feeling I had all those years ago when I discovered D&D. I am baffled as to why that is looked upon with disdain. I don't apologize for spending money on this game. I work hard and don't have as much time as I would like to play, things like this allow me to keep current and experience newer additions to the game...like fils. I don't have a single weapon on any character that has 5 slots in it's sentient gem. This will allow me to experience that.

[SpartanKiller13]

If $30 is what constitutes a "whale item" then I guess I'm guilty. I am not replying specifically to this post when I say the following....I am 50+ yrs old and at a point in my life where things like this will not impact my finances and allow me a measure of recapturing that feeling I had all those years ago when I discovered D&D. I am baffled as to why that is looked upon with disdain. I don't apologize for spending money on this game. I work hard and don't have as much time as I would like to play, things like this allow me to keep current and experience newer additions to the game...like fils. I don't have a single weapon on any character that has 5 slots in it's sentient gem. This will allow me to experience that.

If you're just getting into Sentient Weapons and can afford it, it's a very solid purchase! I won't dispute that.

For me, I just farmed out my 7th slot in my main gem (so many WPM runs) and already have 5 in a secondary gem; so it'd only be valuable to me for going for 8-slots (another 39k from where I'm at). Since I don't have a Spark of Memory, I was wondering if one would be included; as it isn't, and I'd prefer to save Threads of Fate, I don't think this package is high-value for me.

$30 to go from 1-2 slots to 6-7 in one go is pretty solid, especially if you don't enjoy SXP farming or you collect lots of named gear (and don't want to feed it). Throw on an artifact for 3k feed that you would have used and you're getting two full set bonuses lol.

$30 + 500 threads to go from 7-8 slots I don't think is nearly as valuable. For me I'd probably find it worth spending $10 or so for using on an alt (or on my main if I get lucky and pull a Spark in the next week) but I can't justify $30 even though it's within my budget.

As far as a "whale item" I guess that depends on how you compare it. There's a lot of games you can purchase entirely for less than that, although DDO is more of the cash-heavy end if you want to spend $$ vs mostly F2P. Even if I discount my hourly rate I've spent a lot more hours grinding quests for SXP than I would with a one-time purchase of $30 lol.

[Saekee]

Bought with spare DDO points

Saved me months of sentient food farming!
you mean playing the game? hah!

[HungarianRhapsody]

Build a new wall. Sell a new ladder to bypass that wall.

[TitusOvid]

Build a new wall. Sell a new ladder to bypass that wall.

Yep and then build a new wall. Rinse and repeat.

[Arkat]

Bought a Tenser's Weapon Box expecting to be able to access some new weapon auras. Guess what? We have the SAME selection of weapon auras as we've always had.

Don't buy a box if new auras is one of the reasons you're doing so.

https://i.imgur.com/CmDtYNT.jpg

That aura for Whelm in the splash screen is what I was hoping to get, btw.

[Graskitch]

Bought a Tenser's Weapon Box expecting to be able to access some new weapon auras. Guess what? We have the SAME selection of weapon auras as we've always had.

Don't buy a box if new auras is one of the reasons you're doing so.



That aura for Whelm in the splash screen is what I was hoping to get, btw.



That is a bit misleading that the Tenser's Weapon Box splash screen advertises them as "new" weapon auras, and yes - agreed that something similar to the one in the splash screen would have been nice.

I do think that the Weapon Box is good value if you just want to max out sentient xp without farming/feeding, but it would have been nicer if there were some really unique weapon auras, and/or if the lasting oil of strengthening had been an item that could add some permanent effect (+50 durability, +10 hardness).

[gravisrs]

Bought with spare DDO points

Saved me months of sentient food farming!

New ways to pay for your "win" ;)

Next year - all raid loot Otto box for just 9995 DDO Points!

[deeeathbladee]

you mean playing the game? hah!

I mean I hate playing this game below level 4, I gold rolled whenever I died on Hardcore to skip that, and while yeah I still did all the lv1-4 quests for all the favor anyway I could exit reenter to go fast. It can be just as fair for someone to spend resource to sidestep less desirable portions, ultimately it's what people should spend their points on; playing the game when and where they want to play it.

Plus VIP players get 6k DDO points a year +~ 1300 points for 100 favor a week. That's 7300 ish points a year someone can reasonably have by just playing the game a small amount, I've certainly saved to get Otto's box one year because I really wanted the Cyan cube pet.

This year I did get one Wish of Inheritance and gave me winning Hardcore character a Spireth from a raider's box. She earned it, and while expensive I'm extremely happy with it. And sure I could have flagged and run Caught in the Web several times by playing the game..... OR sidestep that by spending resource that I do get in the game.



As for tenser's weapon box it's definitely to sidestep the sentient grind which to me isn't really worth, I've been hungry for sentient XP lately on the alts from Hardcore, but I found doing borderlands Wilderness laps on Epic gives plenty of named drops plus feathers.

But I imagine someone out there just wants to give their alt the one sentient wep set that just completes their build and they wanna be awesome this Christmas, and that 50k Sxp will be great.

[SSG_RedPanda]

We're going to look into the weapon aura thing. Thanks for the report.

[Arkat]

We're going to look into the weapon aura thing. Thanks for the report.

Thank you.

[J1NG]

We're going to look into the weapon aura thing. Thanks for the report.

Whoa, there's actually supposed to be New Auras included? Anyone know what they're supposed to look like? :)

J1NG

[Arkat]

We're going to look into the weapon aura thing. Thanks for the report.

Any word on this?

I see the splash screen was changed...stealthily.

https://i.imgur.com/n4YKy6w.jpg

[J1NG]

Any word on this?

I see the splash screen was changed...stealthily.

Yep, that's the fix I'm guessing. Those Auras remain the same old ones only.

J1NG

[Torkzed]

EDIT: I screwed up. I fed a 1000 xp gem when I thought it was a 5000 XP gem. Nothing to see here, move along...

[J1NG]

Fed a 5000 XP gem to the minor artifact with 0 XP...and its XP was raised to 1000 XP....Boo!

Anyone else experience this?

I have submitted a ticket.

Hopefully I will get reimbursed for the 4000 Sentient XP I lost...otherwise I will feel a bit cheated since I saw nothing to warn me that the XP on the artifact (The Zasrash'Ak Ward) would not receive the full 5000 XP.

But even if I don't get reimbursed, maybe my post will be found by someone who is doing the due diligence before using the product and save them some Sentient XP loss.

This Artifact wouldn't happen to be the Epic Voice of the Master would it?

:: edit ::

My mistake, artifact listed. And not eVoM.

J1NG

[SpartanKiller13]

Hopefully I will get reimbursed for the 4000 Sentient XP I lost...otherwise I will feel a bit cheated since I saw nothing to warn me that the XP on the artifact (The Zasrash'Ak Ward) would not receive the full 5000 XP.

But even if I don't get reimbursed, maybe my post will be found by someone who is doing the due diligence before using the product and save them some Sentient XP loss.

Minor Artifacts cap out at 3k XP anyway (with epic VoM not needing any) so I'm not really sure how you expected to get full value.

[Torkzed]

Minor Artifacts cap out at 3k XP anyway (with epic VoM not needing any) so I'm not really sure how you expected to get full value.

Yep, I realized this while eating dinner after my earlier post. At the time, I was thinking 3 slots = 6000 xp (like on a jewel).

Either way, though...my intent was to try to quickly max out my artifact, and 5000 xp should have done the job.

So I would have been happy to have gotten 3000 XP, but I only got 1000 XP.

Still an issue, in my opinion.

[GramercyRiff]

Yep, I realized this while eating dinner after my earlier post. At the time, I was thinking 3 slots = 6000 xp (like on a jewel).

Either way, though...my intent was to try to quickly max out my artifact, and 5000 xp should have done the job.

So I would have been happy to have gotten 3000 XP, but I only got 1000 XP.

Still an issue, in my opinion.

Of course it's still an issue. Anything other than you losing 2K xp is completely irrelevant. You presumably paid money for this virtual product. It has to work right.

Hope it gets sorted for you.

[Torkzed]

Well, I have to now acknowledge my own failure. I would not want to cause anyone at SSG to spend time tracking down the problem, because this was truly my fault.

When I was doing this, I had expected to have to spend 6000 xp (again, this was wrong too, but I had recently upgraded a gem from scratch to 3 slots for the same character). So I had gotten the tensors box *and* a 1000 xp gem out of my bank in preparation for the upgrade. (Yeah...you see where this story is going, but let me spell it out...)

I thought I had rearranged backpack slots in such a way that all the stuff out of the box would end up in a single tab.

I opened the box and fed what I thought was a 5000 xp gem to the minor artifact. I only got 1000 xp and immediately thought something was screwed up. But then...I thought...wait...did I feed the wrong thing? So I counted the gems remaining in the backpack tab where I was working. Only nine 5000 xp gems! Yep...I had been screwed out of XP!

Then came the ticket. Then the post.

Logged back on. Decided life must go on, so I started working some other issues and noticed on the first tab of my backpack (which I thought I had filled with other junk), there was another 5000 xp gem. Somehow despite my preparations and intentions, I fed the 1000 xp gem instead of one of the 5000 xp gems.

Doh!

But one final annoyance followed. I decided I should cancel my ticket, since obviously this was my fault and nothing bad happened at all. But now I can't get the help ticket window to populate! It is just staying black...sigh...

[J1NG]

When the Help window remains unpopulated, move your mouse near the bottom of the inside of the Help Window. Click and drag that area if need be, but it should then populate it unless if there's some serious lag going on at SSG side (which is rare for the Help Window).

J1NG

[Torkzed]

When the Help window remains unpopulated, move your mouse near the bottom of the inside of the Help Window. Click and drag that area if need be, but it should then populate it unless if there's some serious lag going on at SSG side (which is rare for the Help Window).

J1NG

Thanks for the tip. That did get it to populate. I have played this game a long time, but that is just the 5th ticket I ever submitted, so not real familiar with the quirks.

[aGarde]

This—P2W, no thank you

It's not P2W, as there is no winning in DDO. There as somethings I'd rather spend some $$ on than grind out in the game. As in, my time is limited, and there are somethings I really enjoy, and others I do not. I'd rather pay $$ to get to focus on what I enjoy.

It's a funny thing, I know people who don't bat an eye at spending $100 to go to the movie theater. I have friends who will drop $500 at the casino on a regular basis. If you can afford it, it's just another form of entertainment.

[SpartanKiller13]

Yep, I realized this while eating dinner after my earlier post. At the time, I was thinking 3 slots = 6000 xp (like on a jewel).

Either way, though...my intent was to try to quickly max out my artifact, and 5000 xp should have done the job.

So I would have been happy to have gotten 3000 XP, but I only got 1000 XP.

Still an issue, in my opinion.

I wonder if it's capped to prevent leveling twice with one feed (to stop exploits etc?). Doesn't really follow, but it's the best I can come up with lol.

Sounds like you're really just out 2k SXP, right? Annoying, but at least is a pretty minor loss? I'd obviously also prefer if stuff worked, but this is a pretty niche case XD

[Mglaxix]

Was this removed from the store

[Arkat]

Was this removed from the store

Like Otto's Boxes, they were only in the store for a short time.

[Mglaxix]

Like Otto's Boxes, they were only in the store for a short time.



The Tensers Weapon Box is a new item available through January 1st, and contains:

10 units of 5000 Sentient Experience
20 Sentience Toolkits
2 Glamered Weapon Auras
5 Mirrors of Glamering
2 Lasting Oils of Strengthening.
All items are Bound to Account.

Tis seems odd then

[Jeromio]

Like Otto's Boxes, they were only in the store for a short time.

Hm... sometimes I don't get SSG's marketing strategy. Personally, I'm in need of one of these right now... instead I have to concentrate on getting sentient food in the old fashioned way, i.e. I will most likely not need a box next time it comes around.

IMHO it would be better to make this kind of offer permanent for a much higher price, and periodically have a discount on them. It seems that SSG doesn't want my money... *sad panda*