Updated Death Penalty and Permanent Item Damage Changes

[lostinjapan]

Don't know if this has been brought up before as I don't have time to sift thru all the posts, but pvp deaths and in town /deaths (most frequently used for stuck bugs) should not affect items or xp -at all-.

[MysticTheurge]

Don't know if this has been brought up before as I don't have time to sift thru all the posts, but pvp deaths and in town /deaths (most frequently used for stuck bugs) should not affect items or xp -at all-.

I believe this is true of PvP deaths both under the new system and the old system.

/death in town... that's debatable. Of course it'd be nice if we had a "recall to bind point" command for in town for when you get stuck (which would be the same as /death, I guess, so either way).

[Invalid_86]

Sorry all funds gained from charging people for extra bank slots go into the charity to help find a cure for beardless Dwarfs

A female dwarf without a beard is just a fat gnome!

[Nevthial]

Whoo Hoo ! Nice changes

[DaveyCrockett]

Trying to get some things straight in this head of mine..

An item must be attuned to an Eldritch Device first (ie before becoming bound, harder, etc)?
Repair skill will be useful someday (to fleshies, of course)?

[Hakushi]

Thanks a lot Eladrin for listening to us and this new system is perfectly fine for me.

[wizzy_catt]

Check this out!

-5 neg lvs max? i think not! cmon 15 hp 0 sp and neg 1000+ saves and skills.
-5 neg lvs wont have that. review the bugs and fix them.

[GlassCannon]

Check this out!

-5 neg lvs max? i think not! cmon 15 hp 0 sp and neg 1000+ saves and skills.
-5 neg lvs wont have that. review the bugs and fix them.

I can get mine even bigger... just keep hitting that shrine with a hobgoblin behind you...

[Lorien_the_First_One]

I am guessing bind an item it is now usable in the eldritch devices just like the raid loot

Yup, can you say crafting?

Everything's useful! Even if it's just as raw materials.

Oh no! I've said too much!


Adamantine Ritual I:
Device Requirement: Stone of Change
Materials: 10 Adamantine Ore, 10 Soul Gem: Essence of Earth, 1 Attuned Equippable Item
Benefit: This item has been tempered by a Stone of Change using the Adamantine Ritual. It has +5 Hardness and +10 Durability. Further Adamantine Rituals will increase this item's Durability. (But require greater amounts of Adamantine Ore and Soul Gems)

lol thought so.

Can we unbind items? If not, this is still not a perfect system. I like many others who have voiced their concern in the other thread like to pass down equipment to our new lower toons or around with our guild members and friends. Unbinding should be an option aswell. I gave a nice way it could be added so that even it has a cost. Unbinding could cost 30-50% of the items original durability. Thus limiting the amount of times it can be unbound as the new durability would become the items new default durability for the next unbind.

Honestly, what's the point of binding if you can unbind later?

[Lorien_the_First_One]

El,

Thanks to you and the rest of the Dev team for listing to our 1000 page rant

You have effectively addressed the biggest problem with the new system...perm damage... and the reduced in quest damage will be nice. I'd still like to have the 25% price reduction but hey, I'm greedy You just brought back a customer that you were about to lose.

Nice sneak peak on the psydo crafting as well...

[CSFurious]

thanks, my loot is protected from permanent damage upon death now that is all that i wanted

i appreciate your listening to your player-base

[Wildseed]

I feel much much better with this proposed change! Thank you for listening and responding to our concerns It may again be safe to PUG. :-)

[Hendrik]

Thank you community and the DEV's for the feedback in the re-tooling of the DP.

I just hope it has a big enough sting to it so we will not have to visit the DP for the third time.

*crosses fingers*

[ArkoHighStar]

Trying to get some things straight in this head of mine..

An item must be attuned to an Eldritch Device first (ie before becoming bound, harder, etc)?
Repair skill will be useful someday (to fleshies, of course)?

Items may be bound and attuned at a “Stone of Change”, which can be found in the Marketplace next to the Lordsmarch Bank or in The Twelve, at the base of their tower. Take your item and place it into the Stone of Change, and add (Minimum Level Requirement of the item ^ 2) Khyber Dragonshard Fragments into the device. (Khyber Dragonshard Fragments are commonly found in breakable objects.) An example of the process of binding an object can be found here. Items thus attuned will allow additional Eldritch Rituals to be performed upon them.

I am thinking the binding process creates an attuned item that can now be used in the eldritch station.

Questions:
Will already bound items be considered attuned, or will they have to go through the stone of change process as well, and does that mean raid items can be attuned and upgraded?

[honkuimushi]

I want to thank Eladrin for the changes and all the work you and Tolero put in over the weekend and in keeping up with that monster thread. This adresses all of my issues. However, I did kind of like the idea of a straight up death tax. I wanted to see something like this in my mailbox:

Death and Taxes Edition
A wise sage once said that the only things that are inevitable are death and taxes. That saying just took on a whole new meaning because the Coin Lords have been rereading the laws pertaining to the Stormreach death tax. They have discovered that the tax is payable on death, but that there is no mention of ressurection obviating payment of the tax. They have decreed that all previous nonpayment shall be forgiven, but henceforth all residents of Stormreach whose estates are of the requisite size will be required to pay the levy, irregardless of the fact that they may be ressurected at a later date.

The Stormreach Internal Revenue Service
(SIRS)


I like the option to bind too, especially if we can customize our items. Again, thank you for everything.

[MysticTheurge]

Questions:
Will already bound items be considered attuned, or will they have to go through the stone of change process as well, and does that mean raid items can be attuned and upgraded?

You still have to attune them:

To attune them for Eldritch Rituals, yes. (Hence the requirement of an attuned item rather than a bound item.)

[Riot]

Has anyone asked How Item Defense will play into this new equation?

If so, link please.... or quote.

[Invalid_86]

Honestly, what's the point of binding if you can unbind later?

Yup. If you were a developer and there was a rampant problem with twinking in the game would you...

A. Make it worse by allowing you to pass on even better gear

B. Slow it down by binding more items.

Sounds like a no brainer!

[Ustice]

Everything's useful! Even if it's just as raw materials.

Is this going to be like the Artificer's ability to use the magical energy in magic items to gain crafting points to be used in other items, or transferring abilities?

[Ustice]

I have been desperately trying to follow the thread (I don't know how you do it, El...).

I have not seen any word on how this increased cost will affect casters more than non-casters. I was thinking that the cost could be mitigated by a reduction in the cost of scrolls and wands. Even a 10-15% drop would help with the problem.