Estar Challenge rewards: Selectable crafting suggestion

[Saekee]

Estar challenge gear

Make it so you can craft just what you want, but have the costs identical to the cloaks. Unlike the cloaks, I do not recommend having the weapon or gear be 'traded in' at levels 20 and 24 for the next tier, though.

Please make some kind of specialized barter window where you choose the attributes.



reasons for this suggestion:

1. Now more xp required in the lower epic ranges due to flattening of xp
2. a complement to crafting systems: Greensteel 12-20ish; TF 22 (really 24)-28; ToEE 26; Legendary GS 26+. Estar crafting could fill a nice niche from levels 16-24. It also allows for niche/flavor builds and custom setups throughout epic TRs.
3. With the upcoming random loot change (if not already), the estar challenge gear will fall completely by the wayside except for the rare spellplagued thrower. It is hardly a necessary system, just optional for those who like to twink out.
4. You can make nice niche weapons like DR breakers and ooze smashers

The current lottery system will still be in place but really, it is kind of terrible. I got lucky with a shuriken and got a Caustic Lit II aligned life-stealer, but that was luck...

[Saekee]

now that I am reading about Legendary GS, my suggestion here is somewhat similar but for the challenges.

I predict with the lootgen changes arriving that only shuriken builds will make EStar chsllenge weapons, which is pretty much the case now

[Saekee]

Bumping my own thread (how depressing).

With content out, I would like to be able to make Estar weapons that break DR, kill oozes etc.

[Robbenklopper]

Estar challenge gear

Make it so you can craft just what you want, but have the costs identical to the cloaks. Unlike the cloaks, I do not recommend having the weapon or gear be 'traded in' at levels 20 and 24 for the next tier, though.



reasons for this suggestion:

1. Now more xp required in the lower epic ranges due to flattening of xp
2. a complement to crafting systems: Greensteel 12-20ish; TF 22 (really 24)-28; ToEE 26; Legendary GS 26+. Estar crafting could fill a nice niche from levels 16-24. It also allows for niche/flavor builds and custom setups throughout epic TRs.
3. With the upcoming random loot change (if not already), the estar challenge gear will fall completely by the wayside except for the rare spellplagued thrower. It is hardly a necessary system, just optional for those who like to twink out.
4. You can make nice niche weapons like DR breakers and ooze smashers

The current lottery system will still be in place but really, it is kind of terrible. I got lucky with a shuriken and got a Caustic Lit II aligned life-stealer, but that was luck...

You are absolutely right and this is THE reason I never traded in a 3rd time. You don´t put your 10$ on the Counter and then Ronald McDonald spins the wheel for what Burger you´re gonna get.

[Saekee]

You are absolutely right and this is THE reason I never traded in a 3rd time. You don´t put your 10$ on the Counter and then Ronald McDonald spins the wheel for what Burger you´re gonna get.

thanks for your thoughts. I wonder how difficult it would be to program the trade-ins to be selectable.

[Saekee]

so with the challenge bonus up this weekend (+50%), I would like to bump this thread to everyone's attention.

I did the lottery version trying to get the item I want (made 5 weapons and re-ground them). Will keep trying due to the challenge bonus but it would otherwise be a nice crafting system if it were selectable.
thanks.

[kmoustakas]

The way random weapons have changed, eveningstar weapons are actually an interesting alternative for heroic. Perhaps add level 12 and 28 versions? If only you could upgrade them to have slots! Add the other missing prefixes/suffixes as well like cosmic, desert sand, a thousand suns, riptide.

Armors and shields still terrible as ever though and need work aka rare named prefixes/suffixes added to them like the old wariness, stability, spell proofing, omniscience and the list goes on.

[Saekee]

The way random weapons have changed, eveningstar weapons are actually an interesting alternative for heroic. Perhaps add level 12 and 28 versions? If only you could upgrade them to have slots! Add the other missing prefixes/suffixes as well like cosmic, desert sand, a thousand suns, riptide.

Armors and shields still terrible as ever though and need work aka rare named prefixes/suffixes added to them like the old wariness, stability, spell proofing, omniscience and the list goes on.

That would require a far more radical overhaul than what I am suggesting. Not that I am against it--just noting that it would require a considerable amount of development (For all I know, my suggestion also requires too much programming).
If the weapons had a red slot, or an upgrade version for slots, that would make them much more appealing.

And yes, the non-weapons are all junk.