I was wondering what people think about the new U57, Grip of the Hidden Hand...

[jfgddo]

and is it worth getting and is loot good? I have enough to get it in store if it is decent.

[Fisto_Mk_I]

and is it worth getting and is loot good? I have enough to get it in store if it is decent.

All loot (https://forums.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/535278-U57-P2-Loot) is nice sentient food, exclude 3 good augments.

[kmoustakas]

and is it worth getting and is loot good? I have enough to get it in store if it is decent.

The loot is NOT good because it's not part of any set and since there are equal items due to the way items get scaled now that are part of a set, these are automatically worse. With that being said, there are a couple very worth cosmeticising!

The quest themselves are fine, some are very pretty, some are fast but they are legendary thus great for that first time reaper xp.

[Eantarus]

Play through it once for first-time reaper bonuses and to see it. After that its just... does the phrase "so ok, its average" work here?

[LightBear]

Play through it once for first-time reaper bonuses and to see it. After that its just... does the phrase "so ok, its average" work here?

Well, for me it's far above average.

The scenery and story fits nicely together. Really shows what effect the eyes have on their surroundings when not properly maintained.

[Firebreed]

- The update by itself was good. The HP changes were mostly good, the Imbue changes were mostly good, there weren't *that* many bugs.

- The new quests were fun, the "X elemental artifacts" trope has been fun for decades, Order in the Court has 2 named chests to justify its length, mobs weren't missing from the Monster Manual for once, don't know if the XP is good. There's like 5 significant bugs left to fix still.

- The loot is OK, but suffers from the set problem as mentioned before. Personally I'd hope they just rip off the bandaid and rid the game of the set mechanic, cause it's only gonna create problems, unless Lynn can find a way to fix it (hopefully NOT by adding more Set augments, but rather by making non-set items stronger/providing some other bonus).

- I'm super disappointed they didn't care to use the proper colored ring icons on the planar Signet rings, they just used random colors which screams lack of interest. (https://forums.ddo.com/forums/showthread.php/535267-U57-Preview-2-Treasure?p=6550394&viewfull=1#post6550394)

[helpfulguy1234]

I liked the scenery in the first one. And there wasn't any super annoying jumpy stuff, puzzles, random annoying find stuff. Not bad, not great, but solid enough. Someone got me a guest pass, I might buy it later if no free coupon code this year.

[Caarb]

Order in the Court is my least favorite quest in the game by some margin (and I like quests most unpopular quests like the pit and terminal delerium).

[Strider1963]

The quests were decent enough though the one with the dancing part was lame and took too long IMHO. As far as the loot goes, as someone stated above, theres no sets so for most people forget the armor. Some people might find something good to equip in here, but I dont personally see anything for my toons. In all, its a decent pack but could have been better with equpiment sets.

[jirksa]

My Opinion:

HP changes: good.

Imbue changes: Kind of OK, if it did not help with lag - then it is kind of useless

Quests: I really enjoy them.

Bugs: The Ability chaining problem killed my monk and nerf it to the ground. It broke my mouse and keyboard macros. Devs said they will look into it ASAP. nothing happens to this day.

Verdict:
Pretty good update, with a major bug. If they fix it - 8/10. If they dont fix it -345134312/10 and I probably quit since I have spent 6 months farming monk items. Building monk finishers is now unusable.