Quote Originally Posted by Rdonaccount View Post
I like the thoughts, but I disagree on a few points:

Arcane Sigil: already useful to arcanes who want cast with shields or armor on. Fairly small group of people, sure, but so is the group of people who want insight AC +4 on armor without using greensteel, or numerous other examples.

Striding: Dunno, Freedom of Movement on an Eldritch rune just seems overpowered, considering there is only 1 other item (afaik) that has permanent FoM on it. Then again, resistance +5 is a bit OP, considering even epic slotted resistance is only +4. I could see FoM if they moved it to a sovereign slot though.

Sovereign Damage Runes: The problem with all of those are that they are inferior to level 6 clickies. None of those would be better than simply getting a corresponding clicky, don't really feel like going case by case atm though.

Spell resistance: increase it, but I don't think it should outclass drow/monk SR. Those should be some racial/class perks. 28 SR would be useful for mid level stuff, but generally as useless for epic content as 30 is anyway.
Arcane Sigil: I was writing a long rebuttal, but I think we are going to have to just disagree on this one. I see it as nearly useless. Neat-O value is high, I suppose, if you really MUST have a full plate wearing mage, but seriously, who does that? There are many, many more people looking for insight 4. Most Mithral shields have no ASF. Please also remember that not everyone owns the Vale.

FoM: Having to choose between FoM, Resist 5, Heal Amp 10%, and Striding 30% would actually be a difficult choice for most. Currently, most go Resist 5 or Heal Amp.

Superior "X" VII- Clickies run out, take time to activate, and time to swap out. I personally prefer not to have to mess with all that. Clickies are also still able to be used with this. I do not see the two as having to be mutually exclusive, especially when there are ALREADY Sov. runes for SOME elementals. Just want a level playing field.

SR: Both Monk and Drow get SR 30, so a 30 SR rune hardly "outclasses" them. Seems pretty appropriate that all characters should have access to this, if you ask me.