Update 7 Named Item thread

[butlerfamilywa]

Any clue what the stats on these will be on Epic? I'm looking for conjecture from folks..


NON-EPIC Charged Gauntlets - Gloves, Shocking Blow, Strength +2, Lesser Lightning Resistance, Might of the Abishai
??EPIC?? - Greater Shocking Blow (lightning strike type proc), Exceptional Strength +2, Greater Lighting Resistance, Greater Might of the Abishai, Slot?
I am saying Exceptional Strength +2 because it starts as a Strength +2, Like the goggles are Wisdom +2. Goggles on Epic are Exceptional Wisdom +2.
Had it been starting Strength +3 I'd be saying it should go to Strength +7 like the Epic cloak does.

NON-EPIC - Helm of Frost - Helmet, Lesser Cold Resistance, Charisma +3, Might of the Abishai, Frost Lance 3 charges (3 recharges per day) (End chest)
??EPIC?? - Greater Cold Resistance, Charisma +7, Greater Might of the Abishai, Polar Ray 3 Charges

NON-EPIC - Scorched Bracers - Bracers, Lesser Fire Resistance, Armor Bonus +4, Might of the Abishai, Fire Ball 3 charges (3 recharges per day) (End chest)
??EPIC?? - Greater Fire Resistance, Armor Bonus +8/9, Greater Might of the Abishai, Meteor Swarm 3 Charges

NON-EPIC - Boots of Corrosion - Boots, Greater Corrosion 3, Greater Nullification 3, Lesser Acid Resistance, Might of the Abishai
??EPIC?? - Superior Corrosion 8, Superior Nullifcation 8, Greater Acid Resistance, Greater Might of the Abishai

NON-EPIC Envenomed Cloak - Cloak, Constitution +3, Poison Save +2, Poison Guard, Might of the Abishai
!!EPIC!! - Envenomed Cloak - Cloak, Constitution +7, Resistance +5, Greater Poison Guard, Greater Might of the Abishai, Green Augment Slot



Greater Might of the Abishai:
When any THREE of the items are equipped, you will gain:
+3 PROFANE bonus to Natural Armor, +3 PROFANE bonus to Strength, and a +3 bonus to your caster level on EVOCATION spells.
When ALL FIVE items are equipped, you will gain:
+3 PROFANE bonus to Natural Armor, +3 PROFANE bonus to Strength and Constitution, and +3 bonus to your caster level on EVOCATION and Conjuration spells.

Does this mean, wearing 5 items = +6 Strength, Natural Armor, caster level on Evocation? If so, can we say over powered?
I think it COULD be stacking, because of the way some other enhancements and affects are written, (DOS I II III armor bonus' for example)
Either way, its still a nice set, if you can fit 5 items in...


It is a huge investment to take all 5 items, however... would it be worth it for a Favored Soul melee type? or maybe a Druid down the line?

Bringing this back up, please look it over, and let me know what you're ideas on what they should be are.

[kernal42]

The last set item of the Wrath of Sora Kell is still unknown too; probably available from the Diplomatic Immunity quest.

I needs to know!

Cheers,
Kernal

[butlerfamilywa]

The last set item of the Wrath of Sora Kell is still unknown too; probably available from the Diplomatic Immunity quest.

I needs to know!

Cheers,
Kernal

They are both posted here on the thread, ones a ring, ones a glove i believe... 2 items in the set... and not able to be made epic

[The_Cataclysm]

They are both posted here on the thread, ones a ring, ones a glove i believe... 2 items in the set... and not able to be made epic

Unless the set bonus description is wrong, it is 3 items for the set.

[butlerfamilywa]

Ah, you are correct, maybe from the Chest at the Large Pond, or the end chest, one of the 2... hmmm will have to run that quest more.

[kernal42]

Ah, you are correct, maybe from the Chest at the Large Pond, or the end chest, one of the 2... hmmm will have to run that quest more.

Yes! Find it and post it for me! Or for you. Whatever floats your boat, and gives me a screenshot!

-Kernal

[sirgog]

That I can agree with, but if they suddenly start doing DQ and Titan at level or Tempest Spine it would mean that they're in for a rude awakening with how many times they'll have to run that raid to get what they want.

Running this raid a few times to get an item is one thing, but having to run the DQ raid 70 times to get a torc is another entirely. If they made it every 3 rewards lists like The Tide Turns, it might make a little more sense.

How many chests are in the raid anyway?

Whilst it's certainly possible to not have a Torc after 70 runs, you have a 60% chance to have it on your 20th reward list, as well as a ~10% chance to have it drop before then (10% if you run only Epic, it's got a higher drop rate on Normal through Elite).

So you only have a 36% chance to not have it after 20 runs, a ~13% chance to not have it after 40, and a ~4.6% chance to not have it after 60. (That all said, my main still doesn't have it).

[sirgog]

As long as someone collects them. The new augment crystals should be unbound and thus able to be freely traded (until slotted).

Nice. Really nice.

[ellamonster]

Not quite, the handwraps don't look that impressive, and they wouldn't have an epic version.

Actually combined with the Jidz Tecka (or whatever) bracers in mountain stance might be kinda fun.

[Auran82]

The one thing I have to say about the epic items found so far is that they actually all seem worthy of being called epic and in my opinion are about the power level that most if not all epic items should be.

IMO, an epic item should be something that you look at and think which character(s) of mine would that fit well on, a nice balance between "stupid overpowered, everyone needs one", and "who the hell would use that?"

The chest drop augment crystals are nice too, any chance we will see more of these, timer or not. Either the standard ones dropping unbound (saving you dungeon tokens to purchase) or other stuff like +2 exceptional stat colourless crystals or +2 spell school focus yellow ones.

[xTethx]

Compliments of Crawford.

[Hanam]

Compliments of Crawford.

They could have at least made it 19-20 natural crit range or x4. I guess if you put the silver/good 100 hour gem it's ok...

Meh.

[butlerfamilywa]

They could have at least made it 19-20 natural crit range or x4. I guess if you put the silver/good 100 hour gem it's ok...

Meh.

It's not an Epic Sword of Shadow of course, but it in of itself, isn't too horrible.

[sirgog]

As usual: no screenshots, ignore if you want. DA does not drop new named items (well, epic drops some new items just not new named items). Each difficulty has different extra treasure now. Normal = chance for ML:6 devil/demon beaters and similar stuff, Hard = chance for ML:10 devil/demon beaters and similar stuff, Elite = chance for Shroud ingredient (any type), boot ingredient (all 4), any energy cell, any shard of power, 1 astral diamond. Epic = same as elite except higher drop rates plus 5 new nice augment crystals with temporary effects (100 hours).

And no, if you are looking for specific shard of power you have much higher chance to get it in shroud.

What sort of drop rates are we looking at, and are the ML 6 and 10 beaters just silver/cold iron, or are they guaranteed to be one of Holy and Pure Good as well?

[TheDearLeader]

They could have at least made it 19-20 natural crit range or x4. I guess if you put the silver/good 100 hour gem it's ok...

Meh.

This is similar to the Epic Antique Greataxe. Same Damage die. But instead of Force Burst and DR busting, we're looking at it having pure hate gen.

It has promise. Its abilities are comparable to other epic items without absolutely trumping them.

[Angelus_dead]

They could have at least made it 19-20 natural crit range or x4. I guess if you put the silver/good 100 hour gem it's ok...

Meh.

I haven't done the arithmetic yet, but I think people are underestimating the value of 6% doublestrike. That's a multiplicative DPS increase, so it tends to become pretty powerful. (To also give it better crit profile would have doubled-up on multiplicative increases).

It appears this item is far easier to get than Epic Sword of Shadow, and for Dwarves the attack bonus isn't that much worse..

[Riggs]

Time limit augment slots = lame.

[Modinator0]

The only punishing thing I can think of with this is that it would give newer players a false perception of how raid loot works in the game unless the developers are planning on modifying the loot tables for raids in terms of end rewards.

I really hope they do retool end reward loot for other raids. I for one am sick of getting +1 cold iron of power 4 weapons from shroud end rewards D:

[Taimasan]

Anyone know if DA has new loot or not?

[sephiroth1084]

I really hope they do retool end reward loot for other raids. I for one am sick of getting +1 cold iron of power 4 weapons from shroud end rewards D:

I wouldn't the devs doing a pass on how raid and epic loot gets to us...I for one am **** sick of seeing no raid loot in end chests on elite runs, and in getting no scrolls, no seals, and no shards on difficult epic quest runs (DQ 1, VoN 4, Wiz King, etc...).