Fundamental Problems with Mabar, Crystal Cove

[brian14]

you can just buy the level 20 gloves directly. for that, you only need doubloons. you can then upgrade it directly. for that, you need diamonds, emeralds, and green dragonshards. at no point do you require a level 4 character to make your epic gear.

How? I wanted to buy a level 20 ring (or maybe 16, I don't remember), but UI was asking for previous level ring along with doubloons.

[ceiswyn]

How? I wanted to buy a level 20 ring (or maybe 16, I don't remember), but UI was asking for previous level ring along with doubloons.

You were probably trying to buy a level 20 upgrade rather than a level 20 ring. I bought all my items at level 20 without any problems at all.

[Havenred]

because all they have to do to not be penalized is throw a single AOE spell. it doesn't even have to be maximised, empowered, etc. just throw a fire storm, or a greater shout, or a cometfall, or whatever, and there goes the disadvantage.

There is a difference still... an FvS/cleric spell caster even built offensively will not kill as many mob as arcane may do. Starting one up takes longer to get into the cove. For that reason I used my sorc throughout the entire event all other classes were sub-par. Even in the cove itself I would take more arcane in group over any other class. Melee and divine casters do not kill as quick the best runs we had were all arcane groups finishing the quest with eleven minutes to spare and all mob cleared before five minutes to the end.

[brian14]

You were probably trying to buy a level 20 upgrade rather than a level 20 ring. I bought all my items at level 20 without any problems at all.

Maybe I did not look at all the choices in the UI carefully enough. Yes, I was definitely looking at the upgrade -- and did not realize standalone ring ML 20 was somewhere else in the menu.