Black Widow Bracers Trouble

[jmelanie7]

Toggling this off does not increase your chance at the bracers. Quests with semi static loot like WW, CO6 and others don't draw upon the class to determine end rewards.

Correct

[Beherit_Baphomar]

Just bad luck, like the other post, got mine first run.

My Barbarian ran Deleras 9 times to get Carnifex, but is holding 2 Misery's Web trinkets.

Go figure.

HA! 9 times.

My barb ran that 28 times before he was capped, not sure how many times after, and has yet to get the axe.

He now has the SoS, a greensteel maul and a greensteel greataxe...but that axe is a personal mission now.

[llevenbaxx]

My first monk pulled it the first time, my 2nd monk, the 24th time... And to the op, after the 15th-16th run, you'll be able to do the whole WW chain in about 13-14 minutes, including the running time between part 2 and 3. Last time i did it, if we add the minutes i got out of each part, i did it in 9 minutes + about 1-2 minutes of running, shrining. I was really frustrated, but since my monk was all about AC, and i didnt want to buy 1 minute mage armor pots, i had to get them.....took me alot of runs tho.

They last 5(or was it 6) minutes. Not a bad alternative really. At 1 min they would suck to use though.

[winsom]

My monk didnt get the bracers after 5 repeats. I couldn't take WW any more.. Was already 6th level by then!

I carry and use a couple dozen Mage Armor potions. The House P favor has been great for 30 minute Mage Armor buff.

If my monk ends up wearing Golden Greaves next level (9th) those will give DR 3/-. I could then change her Robe of Invulnerability to a Vulkoorim Dervish Robe: Armor +4, Lesser Fire Resistance.

[Kargon]

Kargon got just as good at silly WW. Took kargon 9 runs through to get silly bracermers. Devious and insidimious cunnaming bonumuses FTW!

Kargon handed the spare stack of mage armor potimions off to next monk that join kargon party.

[arcanehealer]

monks are apparently programed NEVER to get those bracers. No monk I have ever met on argo ever got them in their first 6 runs.

Then come to kyhber i got my bracers on my monks first run and they were offered every run after that.
Its just bad luck for you but I have really good luck

[query]

four runs for the monk or his first elite run (and last time doing WW then.)

You want to talk maddening waits?

I decided once that I wanted to get Muckbane without a trade or hand me down.

It took that character 65+ attempts to get it. God how I stayed away from Durk's a long time after that.

And my monk, pulls that club his THIRD run. Now It's just better if I unarm the slimes and it it takes time to kill, more Ki for me.

(I think the arcane slimesa are the most jealous of this )

And as for the BWB, I still have them. Believe it or not, +5 or higher bracers are quite rare and/or expensive. Mabye not as bad as Wis V or higher, but up there.

And my monk is somewhere in the middle between broke and millions of gold. Definately less than 6 figures after his last level availability purchases. At least his luck is average. He too got a Mage Armor item until those bracers.

[RS-Makk]

Where in WW is it that these can drop (or is it at the end)?

[Blazer]

Where in WW is it that these can drop (or is it at the end)?

It's a possible end reward for completing waterworks.

[RS-Makk]

Thanks. So is it a reward by the guard (I forget his name) or the guy outside? The guy outside said that he would only reward once.

Also, are these bound to character or account, and to about what level monk are these usually found useful (I imagine high ac bonus robes or other beavers would be found at higher levels)?

[Vanda]

Bound to character.

BTW, you are a evil person for necroing this thread. :P I thought Kargon had wandered back into town.

[Myriam]

Bound to character.

BTW, you are a evil person for necroing this thread. :P I thought Kargon had wandered back into town.

Wrong. They are bound to account. I pulled some on my 15 when helping a lowbie friend get favor the other day and put them in my Shared Bank.
My monk now has them.

[Bekki]

monks are apparently programed NEVER to get those bracers. No monk I have ever met on argo ever got them in their first 6 runs.

Perhaps it would be bad to mention my monk
got her Black Widow Bracers on her first try!

Sorry about your bad luck,
I have had the same problem before with Muckbane.

Lost count of how many times I ran Durks!

sometimes those end rewards can be... Frustrating.

[Kraak]

Are you a monk? Try un-ticking the "end reward based on class" box. Hell, try un-ticking it whatever class you are. Might do the trick.

This is a great idea as they may be flagged as "Arcane" loot. Didn't think about this. I've run 3x and nothing. Which is no big deal, but remember I had a problem on my previous monk. Awhile back I selected class based end reward for certain reasons.

Good Idea Falco!

[Cedwin]

This is a great idea as they may be flagged as "Arcane" loot. Didn't think about this. I've run 3x and nothing. Which is no big deal, but remember I had a problem on my previous monk. Awhile back I selected class based end reward for certain reasons.

Good Idea Falco!

no they aren't flagged as arcane, I pulled them on my first run with both of my monks, and that box is checked. I think it's just bad luck.

[Aerendil]

Wrong. They are bound to account. I pulled some on my 15 when helping a lowbie friend get favor the other day and put them in my Shared Bank.
My monk now has them.

Current drops are bound to account.
Old ones *should* change from bound to character to bound to account but I think it's slightly bugged. Checked lastnight on my Ranger who had a pair stowed in his vault, and they were showing bound to character.

/shrug.

But yes, I can confirm that as of DDO:EU, they are dropping now as bound to account.
And yes, it's pure luck. Took me 5 runs on Cannith on my Monk, but my Ranger on Khyber got 'em first run through.

[dopey69]

OK, this is a total n00b question, but where do I find the "end rewards based on class" box?

under "gameplay"

[Myriam]

Current drops are bound to account.
Old ones *should* change from bound to character to bound to account but I think it's slightly bugged. Checked lastnight on my Ranger who had a pair stowed in his vault, and they were showing bound to character.

/shrug.

But yes, I can confirm that as of DDO:EU, they are dropping now as bound to account.
And yes, it's pure luck. Took me 5 runs on Cannith on my Monk, but my Ranger on Khyber got 'em first run through.

What I should have also mentioned:

When I pulled them, the tooltip popup for Tember's end-rewards said "Bound to Character" when I was going to vendor them later I noticed they said "Bound to Account".

[QuantumFX]

All the Account bound rewards at the end of quest chains (including named items) are not affected by “Class based rewards”. You can tell by the fact that your monk can pull shields. You get them as an end reward from the Guard in the Waterworks and not from the Harbormaster. Also, turning off “Class based rewards” on a monk is a colossally bad idea. It's a great source for greater bane handwraps.

[dvang]

I picked these up on my 3rd run through with my lvl3 (then dinged lvl 4) monk last night, running on normal by myself. End reward from the guard inside by the first kobold clan.

Edit: Oh, and I had the 'class based rewards' box checked.