What's the point of Half Plate?

[oogly54]

As for why a set of full plate is the same weight and dex bous, FP is supposed to be disigned for the person wearing it, making it more form fitting and flexable. Of course this can hardly be the case here in this game since finding a set in a chest (that in itself is weird, how big is that chest that had 4 sets of armor and two tower shields) seems to fit just fine.

[Mercules]

As for why a set of full plate is the same weight and dex bous, FP is supposed to be disigned for the person wearing it, making it more form fitting and flexable. Of course this can hardly be the case here in this game since finding a set in a chest (that in itself is weird, how big is that chest that had 4 sets of armor and two tower shields) seems to fit just fine.

Man you people are literal. I'm supposed to be the concrete thinker here.

The Developers explained, long ago, that the chests are often not chests. They are a representation of searching an area for useful items. The monsters do not store those items in a chest(certain exceptions exist) but instead that is what you found when you looted the body or searched the nearby rooms.

This is why we find Bloodknuckle's Smasher in a chest instead of in his hands, it was actually in his hands, but the party scooped it up with the rest of the useful items and it was randomly handed out.

[Tanka]

This is why we find Bloodknuckle's Smasher in a chest instead of in his hands, it was actually in his hands, but the party scooped it up with the rest of the useful items and it was randomly handed out.

Which makes it doubly funny that sometimes you find one, and another person in the party finds one too.

[Mercules]

Which makes it doubly funny that sometimes you find one, and another person in the party finds one too.

Yes, it does, but that is the silliness of MMOs. How many times does Arlo get captured in a day? Hasn't Hazidel learned to lock up his warehouse tighter and hire some guards to protect his crates? Why did I have to give up the Seal of Shan-To-Kor to the Wayfinder when I'm a Chaotic Neutral Wizard who would love to wield the power of an artifact. How did so many super-powerful Seals get made anyway?

[Tanka]

Yes, it does, but that is the silliness of MMOs. How many times does Arlo get captured in a day? Hasn't Hazidel learned to lock up his warehouse tighter and hire some guards to protect his crates? Why did I have to give up the Seal of Shan-To-Kor to the Wayfinder when I'm a Chaotic Neutral Wizard who would love to wield the power of an artifact. How did so many super-powerful Seals get made anyway?

Yeah, MMOs are rather difficult to get to be Persistant. I mean, you can do it, but if there's any sort of alignment system, it becomes that much harder.

[Emili]

Actually PnP is a very very different... armour affects movement rates and skills and ac a lot more in PnP then in DDO. DDO is also Monty Hall in that more enchanted stuff is flying arround then you can shake a stick at. In PnP more clerics I knew used half-plate due to it being cheaper and normaly thier dex being closer to that of the normal man - ie.) 10. Thinking back in version 2.0 of PnP DnD I had a very high level ranger 20+ in levels and she wore elven chains or sometimes even leather. DDO only included these other armours to have them like PnP but they're a lot less useful here.

I personally like the looks of most splint and brigadine etc... they come in very pretty colors and design in DDO

[Talon_Moonshadow]

Actually PnP is a very very different... armour affects movement rates and skills and ac a lot more in PnP then in DDO. DDO is also Monty Hall in that more enchanted stuff is flying arround then you can shake a stick at. In PnP more clerics I knew used half-plate due to it being cheaper and normaly thier dex being closer to that of the normal man - ie.) 10. Thinking back in version 2.0 of PnP DnD I had a very high level ranger 20+ in levels and she wore elven chains or sometimes even leather. DDO only included these other armours to have them like PnP but they're a lot less useful here.

I personally like the looks of most splint and brigadine etc... they come in very pretty colors and design in DDO

DDO is not Monty Hall! not on what drops from the chests.
There is a lot of Magical stuff floating around in the game because of all of the high level players passing down their junk for others to have. And especially because of the lvl cap....which means that instead of having the typical lott of a 14th lvl toon......after doing POP 200+ times, you now have the loot of the 20th lvl toon that you would be if you had continues to gain all of that XP.

The drop rate for chests is fine....infact because there is so much loot available from auctions and venders the drop rate in chests sucks......it is so rare that I find anything in a chest that I keep......even the nice stuff, is only kept to pass down to my lowbies......all of the good stuff is bought.

I think the Auction houses are the worst thing in this game. (well after the lvl cap I suppose)

I have lowbie toons on some other servers without a high lvl toon to get loot and money from....and I don't buy plat from farmers......those toons feel so gimped to me, because they never get anything good.....whille the guy next to me is swinging a beautiful Dwarven axe with white flames coming off of it.....just doesn't campare the the +1 kama that I got from the last chest we looted...........

[Mercules]

DDO is not Monty Hall! not on what drops from the chests.
There is a lot of Magical stuff floating around in the game because of all of the high level players passing down their junk for others to have. And especially because of the lvl cap....which means that instead of having the typical lott of a 14th lvl toon......after doing POP 200+ times, you now have the loot of the 20th lvl toon that you would be if you had continues to gain all of that XP.

The drop rate for chests is fine....infact because there is so much loot available from auctions and venders the drop rate in chests sucks......it is so rare that I find anything in a chest that I keep......even the nice stuff, is only kept to pass down to my lowbies......all of the good stuff is bought.

I think the Auction houses are the worst thing in this game. (well after the lvl cap I suppose)

I have lowbie toons on some other servers without a high lvl toon to get loot and money from....and I don't buy plat from farmers......those toons feel so gimped to me, because they never get anything good.....whille the guy next to me is swinging a beautiful Dwarven axe with white flames coming off of it.....just doesn't campare the the +1 kama that I got from the last chest we looted...........

DDO is borderline Monty Haul. I've started characters on other servers. I've played Permadeath and in Barebones. Barebones is about the closest I can get to the type of play I see in most PnP games, even so my Barbarian/Cleric found a +1 Longsword at level 2 in a chest.

My WF Fighter 1/Rogue x found a +1 Acid Rapier of Deception in a chest at a level he could use it. Then again he probably won't be replacing that any time soon.

If you play in a Guild with rules that you may not buy items from the AH or Brokers, or twink down plat or items then DDO is actually a LOT of fun and challenging.

[BlueLightBandit]

/invites Frank to PvP.

/signs petition to nerf Frank.