U42 Preview 3: Loot

[Cocomajobo]

Hello, friends! This is gonna be a long post, so bear with me. Sharn has a lot of items - I mean a lot - a crafting system, new filigree, and some other cool stuff that'll really blow your mind.

Sharn features a return of the Nearly Finished (House Cannith - not to be confused with Cannith Crafting) crafting system to allow customization to certain items. Some of the ingredients used in the previous incarnation of Nearly Finished will be usable here in Sharn, and some of the ingredients found in Sharn will be usable in original Nearly Finished. We'll go into detail about the Crafting system more in a future post.

Sharn Raids will be Tier 4 - a step higher than tier 3. Sharn Items are found at both levels 15 and 29, and Raid items are found at only level 29.

Quick FAQ:

Why no Trinkets? There are no Trinkets in Sharn so future packs can greatly expand with them, similar to how Ravenloft had no helms and future packs focused on them.

How many items per set? All sets listed are 3 piece sets.

What bonus type are the set bonuses? Artifact, therefore not stacking with Slave Lords and most of RL's set bonuses.

I, uh, happen have several thousand old House Cannith Crafting ingredients already. That's not a question, but I get what you're saying, don't worry. If you've got a ton of old House C stuff, you can make some headway into Sharn's crafting, but you won't be able to finish anything without actually getting into Sharn itself.

Color Cheat Sheets:

Items with stats that are written up (LIKE THIS IN GREEN) mean the player will have a choice between those statistics using the Nearly Finished crafting system.
Items found in one of the Sharn Raids will be appended with a (Raid)
Items that have changed from Preview 2 to Preview 3 are written in this color.
Sharn items themselves are broken into several broad categories each with their own post below.

Loot Known Issues

• Armor Icons are not set.
• Armor appearances have a collection of issues which have been addressed internally.

[Cocomajobo]

These items are found in Sharn's quests and Raids, but do not belong to a specific set bonus.

Runearms:

Breaking the Bank Runearm
Minimum Level: 15/29
Shoots Gold (fire damage + damage over time)

• Potency +60/+154
• Exceptional Alluring Skills +5/+10
• Combustion +94/+214
• Immunity to Fear
• Rune Arm Imbue: Fire IV/V

The Dumpster Fire Runearm
Minimum Level: 15/29
Shoots Garbage (fire + bludgeon damage)

• Combustion +94/+214
• Fire Lore +14%/+31%
• Shield Bonus +8/+21
• Rune Arm Imbue: Bludgeon IV/V
• Rune Arm Imbue: Fire IV/V

Belts:

Bronze Dragonscale Belt Belt
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Constitution +8/+21
• Healing Amplification +30/+85
• Insightful False Life +14/+40
• Lifesealed +24%/+50%

Black Satin Waist Belt
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Nearly Finished (QUALITY INT, WIS, or CHA +1/+5)
• Spell Penetration +3/+9
• Quality Spell Focus Mastery +1/+2
• Spell Resistance +17/+47

Glittering Waistwrap Belt
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Charisma +8/+21
• Bluff +16/+22
• Anthem
• Melody: Bulwark Your Inspire Greatness grants you and your allies an additional +3 PRR

The Cornerstone Champion Raid Belt
Minimum Level: 29

• Nearly Finished (QUALITY STR, DEX, or WIS +5)
• Superior Reinforced Fists This item surrounds your fists with kinetic energy. Your unarmed damage is boosted by one and a half dice.
• Melee Alacrity +15%
• Deception +18

Cloaks:

Black Velvet Cloak Cloak
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Insightful Negative Amplification +15/+43
• Profane Attributes +1/+2
• Insightful Intelligence +3/+10
• Boon of Undeath/Greater Boon of Undeath
• Taint of Evil

Cloak of the City's Champion Cloak
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Extra Smites per Rest +1/+2 and 10% Smite Recharge
• Parrying +3/+10
• Insightful Constitution +3/+10
• Quality Physical Sheltering +4/+13

Silver Dragonscale Capelet Raid Cloak
Minimum Level: 29

• Nearly Finished (INSIGHT STR, DEX, or INT +10)
• Dodge +21%
• Insightful Sheltering +28
• Shining Silver Scales This cloak is fashioned from shining silver Dragonscale, and is warded against the cold. +51% Enhancement bonus to Cold Absorption.

Boots:

Stone Shoes Boots
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Insightful Corrosion +47/+107
• Quality Corrosion +23/+53
• Weighty Asset This item is so heavy you find it hard to be dragged anywhere - even to your grave. You benefit from a +100 Enhancement bonus to increased unconsciousness range.
• Parrying +3/+10
• Sink like a Brick These boots are made of concrete. You sink in water.
• Anchoring This item grants its wearer immunity to effects that are time based or involve planar displacement.

Shadow Sprinters Boots
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Speed 22%/30%
• Hide +16/+22
• Move Silently +16/+22
• Quality Resistance +1/+4

Piston Boots Raid Boots
Minimum Level: 29

• Strength +21
• Fulcrum Shift When you jump, you benefit from 5 Melee Power for a short period of time.
• Quality Combat Mastery +5
• Stunning +24

Rings:

Celestial Ruby Ring Ring
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Nearly Finished (STR, DEX, or INT +8/21)
• Stunning+9/+23
• Accuracy +12/+33
• Insightful Physical Sheltering +9/+26

Celestial Topaz Ring Ring
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Nearly Finished (WIS, INT, or CHA +8/21)
• Wizardry +154/+440
• Parrying +3/+10
• Blurry/Lesser Displacement

Celestial Emerald Ring Ring
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Nearly Finished (STR, WIS, or CON +8/21)
• Insightful Incite +10%/+28%
• Insightful Intimidate +8/+11
• Linguistics +10%

Celestial Amethyst Ring Ring
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Nearly Finished (INT, CHA, or STR +8/21)
• Improved Auto Repair/Greater Auto
• Insightful Repair Amplification +15/+43
• Repair +16/+22

Celestial Sapphire Ring Ring
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Nearly Finished (INT, DEX, or CON +8/21)
• Improved Deception
• Dodge +8/+21
• Profane Attributes +1/+2

The Shattered Onyx Ring
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Intelligence +8/+21
• Nullification +94/+214
• Void Lore +14%/+31%
• Negative Healing Amplification +30/+85

Helmets:

Umber Brim Helmet
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Improved Quelling Strikes
• Accuracy +12/+33
• Insightful Deception 3/8
• Profane Attributes +1/+2

Silver Dragonscale Helmet Raid Helmet
Minimum Level: 29

• Nearly Finished (INSIGHT INT, DEX, or STR +10)
• Accuracy +34
• Deadly +17
• Brilliant Silver Scales This helmet is fashioned from brilliant silver Dragonscale, and is warded against the cold. +83 Enhancement bonus to Resist Cold.

Necklaces:

Conduit of the Soul Necklace
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Divine Augmentation IX This item increases your caster level when casting first through ninth level Divine spells by one/two
• Wizardry +154/+440
• Healing Lore +14%/+31%
• Quality Devotion +23/+53

Cracked Core Raid Necklace
Minimum Level: 29

• Insightful Constitution +10
• Quality Constitution +5
• Soundproof
• Alchemical Conservation This item modifies the user's energy expenditure in such a way that many abilities can be used more frequently than normal. You will gain +1 ki on every successful attack, and you will increase the number of Action Boosts, Turn Undead attempts, and Bard Songs you can use per rest by 1 each. These additional uses will only take effect after you rest.

Goggles:

Collective Sight Goggles
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Nearly Finished (STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, or CHA +5/21)
• Almost There (INSIGHT STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, or CHA +3/10)
• Quality Resistance+1/+4
• Temperance of Belief: +1 Insightful MRR per Religious Lore

Ethereal Gaze Raid Goggles
Minimum Level: 29

• Lesser Displacement
• Ethereal
• Hide +22
• Move Silently +22

Bracers:

Moonrise Bracers Bracers
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Balanced Ki Strike: When you activate your Light-Light-Light or Dark-Dark-Dark Finishing Move, you benefit from increased Melee Power for a short time.
• Enhanced Ki +1/+3
• Reinforced Fists/Greater Reinforced Fists
• Concentration +16/+22

Wildwood Wrists Bracers
Minimum Level: 29

• Nearly Finished (INT, DEX, or WIS +21)
• Doubleshot +13
• Insightful Deception +9
• Quality Deception +4

Gloves:

Molten Adamantine Gauntlets Raid Gloves
Minimum Level: 29

• Pierce Adamantine
• Insightful Accuracy +16
• Doublestrike +24%
• Action Boost Enhancement This will increase the total number of Action Boosts you can use by 3. However, these additional Action Boosts will only take effect after the wielder rests.

Orbs:

Resplendent Fury Orb
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Nearly Finished (INSIGHT INT, WIS, or CHA +3/10)
• Insightful Radiance +47/+106
• Insightful Radiance Lore +6%/+14%
• Coalesced Flame Whenever you cast a Fire or Light spell, you gain +50 Temporary Spell Points that last for 30 seconds. This can only trigger once every 45 seconds.

Stygian Wrath Orb
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Nearly Finished (INSIGHT INT, WIS, or CHA +3/10)
• Insightful Nullification +47/+106
• Insightful Negative Lore +6%/+14%
• Sinister Chill Whenever you cast a Negative or Cold spell, you gain +50 Temporary Spell Points that last for 30 seconds. This can only trigger once every 45 seconds.

Shields:

Rising Sun Tower
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Light Absorption +12%/+25%
• Coruscating 4d6/9d6
• Insightful Magical Sheltering +9/+26
• Quality Magical Sheltering +4/+13

A Garbage Can Lid? Small Shield
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Impact I/V
• Bludgeoning 4d6/9d6
• Shield Bashing +12/+33
• Exceptional Healing Amplification +8/+22

Crystalline Ward Large Shield
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Arcane Casting Dexterity This ability reduces the arcane spell failure chance by -5%/-10%
• Potency 60/154
• Insightful Magical Sheltering +9/+26
• Quality Magical Sheltering +5/+13

Moonguard Buckler
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Guardbreaking
• Coruscating 4d6/9d6
• Insightful Magical Sheltering +9/+26
• Quality Magical Sheltering +5/+13

Lunar Eclipse Raid Tower Shield
Minimum Level: 29

• Alignment Absorption +30%
• Quality Constitution +5
• Insightful Physical Sheltering +27
• Mirror Shield This highly polished shield has highly reflective qualities. While actively blocking, you gain +50 Insight bonus to Magical Resistance Rating.

[Cocomajobo]

Set 1 (Tank Focused) - Guardian of the Gates:
Set Bonus: +10% Armor Class, +5/15 PRR, +15/30 MRR, +75% Threat Generation, +10% Fire, Cold, Acid, and Electric Absorption

Watch Captain's Platemail Heavy Armor
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Fortification +94%/+214%
• Physical Sheltering +19/+54
• Healing Amplification +30/+85
• False Life +29/+81

Ironheart Docent
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Fortification +94%/+214%
• Physical Sheltering +19/+54
• Repair Amplification +30/+85
• False Life +29/+81

Standard Issue Faceplate Helmet
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Incite +25%/+62%
• Intimidate +16/+22
• Insightful Physical Sheltering +9/+27
• Natural Armor +8/+21

Citadel's Gaze Raid Helmet
Minimum Level:29

• Incite +64%
• Intimidate +22
• Command +11 This armor or shield always appears brilliant and gleaming, no matter what the conditions and despite all attempts to paint over or obscure it. Coveted by military leaders of all sorts, it carries a powerful aura that grants a +11 Insightful bonus on Charisma-based skill checks. Command armor and command shields make their owners very noticeable, imposing a -6 penalty on Hide checks.
• Healer's Bounty This shield has a small percentage chance to cast a Heal spell on you when you take damage.

Standard Issue Sigil Necklace
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Magical Sheltering +19/+54
• Protection +6/+17
• Spell Saves +6/+17
• Parrying +3/+10

[Cocomajobo]

Set 2 (Melee DPS) - Part of the Family:
Set Bonus: +10/15% Doublestrike, +10/25 Melee Power, +5/15% Helpless Dmg, +5/10% Fortification Bypass

Enforcer's Plate Heavy Armor
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Fortification +94%/+214%
• Physical Sheltering +19/+54
• Healing Amplification +30/+85
• False Life +29/+81

Underboss' Scalemail Medium Armor
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Fortification +94%/+214%
• Physical Sheltering +19/+54
• Healing Amplification +30/+85
• False Life +29/+81

Wildcard Light Armor
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Fortification +94%/+214%
• Physical Sheltering +19/+54
• Healing Amplification +30/+85
• False Life +29/+81

Soldier's Outfit Outfit
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Fortification +94%/+214%
• Physical Sheltering +19/+54
• Healing Amplification +30/+85
• False Life +29/+81

Umbral Soul Docent
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Fortification +94%/+214%
• Physical Sheltering +19/+54
• Repair Amplification +30/+85
• False Life +29/+81

Family Recruit Sigil Necklace
Minimum Level: 15/29

• True Seeing
• Armor Piercing +12/+33
• Deadly +6/+17
• Relentless Fury While this item is equipped, any killing blows you strike against enemies may drive you into a furious rage, providing a 5% Enhancement damage bonus to your melee, ranged, and unarmed attacks for 30 seconds. Slaying weaker opponents has a reduced chance of producing this effect.

The Family's Blessing Raid Necklace
Minimum Level: 29

• Quality Assassinate+2
• Insightful Armor Piercing +16
• Deadly +17
• Deception+18

Hammerfist Gloves
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Doublestrike +9/+23
• Cannith Combat Infusion Your ranged and melee attacks have a chance to cause this item to inject a Cannith Combat Infusion into your bloodstream. For the next ten seconds, this will grant a +4 Alchemical bonus to Strength, Constitution and Dexterity, as well as a 5% Alchemical bonus to your chance to doublestrike and a +2 Alchemical bonus to Armor Class.
• Seeker +8/+21
• Insightful Deadly +2/+8

Platinum Knuckles Handwraps
Minimum Level: 15/29
These Handwraps take both your Gloves and Weapon slots - equipping a pair of gloves will unequip these Handwraps, and vice versa.

• Transmuted Platinum This weapon, made of transmuted platinum, is slightly magically unstable, and has a chance to transfer its magic to those it strikes. Struck enemies have a small chance to turn into transmuted platinum, preventing all movement, with a DC of 35 negating this effect.
• Impact I/V
• Lesser Boneshatter/Bonesplitter
• Seeker +8/+21
• Doublestrike +9%/+23%
• Spiked This weapon is studded with vicious spikes, causing it to deal piercing damage in addition to its normal damage types.

[Cocomajobo]

Set 3 (Primal Casting) - Hruit's Influence:
Set bonus: +25/50 Fire, Cold, Lightning, Positive Spell Power, +5/10% Fire, Cold, Lightning, Positive Spell Crit Chance, +2/4 Artifact bonus to Wisdom, +1/3 Artifact bonus to Spell Focus Mastery

Bronze Dragonplate Armor Heavy Armor
Dragonscale, so does not break Druidic Oath
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Fortification +94%/+214%
• Physical Sheltering +19/+54
• Healing Amplification +30/+85
• False Life +29/+81

Sunstone Gauntlets Gloves
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Insightful Physical Sheltering +9/+26
• Devotion +94/+214
• Healing Lore +14/+31
• Wizardry +154/+440

Crystalline Gauntlets Raid Gloves
Minimum Level: 29

• Magical Sheltering +55
• Insightful Magical Sheltering +27
• Spell Absorption +20 20 Charges. (Recharged/Day: 10)
• Quality Potency +39

Pendant of the Azure Sky Necklace
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Sky Attunement While you are a Fire Elemental, you gain bonuses to your Fire Spell's Caster Level, Fire Spell Power and Fire Spell Critical Chance.
• Combustion +94/+214
• Fire Lore +14/+31
• Magical Efficiency 5%/10%

Pendant of the Azure Sea Necklace
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Sea Attunement While you are a Water Elemental, you gain bonuses to your Cold Spell's Caster Level, Cold Spell Power and Cold Spell Critical Chance.
• Glaciation +94/+214
• Ice Lore +14/+31
• Magical Efficiency 5%/10%

[Cocomajobo]

Set 4 (Tanky Spell DPS) - Arcsteel Battlemage:
Set Bonus: +25/50 Electric, Fire, Force, Repair Spell Power, +5/10% Electric, Fire, Force, Repair Spell Lore, +2/4 Artifact bonus to Intelligence, +1/3 Artifact bonus to Spell Focus Mastery

The Mark IV Medium Armor
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Fortification +94%/+214%
• Physical Sheltering +19/+54
• Repair Amplification +30/+85
• False Life +29/+81

Plasma Core Docent
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Fortification +94%/+214%
• Physical Sheltering +19/+54
• Repair Amplification +30/+85
• False Life +29/+81

Attunement Gauntlets Gloves
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Magnetism +94/+214
• Lightning Lore +14/+31
• Evocation Focus +3/+9
• Feat: Quick Draw

Mastermaker's Fingers Gloves
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Reconstruction +94/+214
• Repair Lore +14/+31
• Evocation Focus +3/+9
• Feat: Quick Draw

Staggershockers Raid Gloves
Minimum Level: 29

• Stormreaver's Thunderclap This item crackles with power, flickers of lightning emenating from it. On a Melee strike of a Natural 20 that is confirmed as a critical hit, this item will strike your foe with a tremendous burst of lightning. A DC 100 Reflex save will prevent half of this damage.
• Lesser Displacement
• Parrying +10
• Doublestrike+24%

Arcsteel Crown Helmet
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Spell Focus Mastery +3/+7
• Will Saving Throws +6/+17
• Insightful Magical Sheltering +9/+26
• Magical Sheltering +19/+54

[cru121]

Rune Arms - I've mentioned this earlier - why again fire? Ravenloft also had two fire rune arms. Make a healer rune arm, DC caster rune arm, weapon damage rune arm...

Melody: Bulwark Your Inspire Greatness grants you and your allies an additional +3 PRR. Make it +3 / +10?

Fulcrum Shift 5 Melee Power is bad. We have ML28 quest gear that gives permanent 8 Melee Power.

Temperance of Belief: +1 Insightful MRR - should be different type

Exceptional Healing Amplification +8/+22 is uninteresting, we can get 45 on ML21 Mysterious Cloak/Bracers. That said, it's on a small shield, those are irrelevant anyway.

[DrawingGuy]

Most of my major concerns were helped in this version of loot, and some of the new concerns look like you already agree too.

Main new one:

- Piston Boots. Giving only 5 MP that is qualified is weak by a jump, when we have other non-raid lower level gear that gives 8 MP/RP permanently. I thought this was to scale off jump? This would have created some fun build changes around the need of jump, and something in the field of 1 MP per 5 - 10 Jump wouldn't have been too crazy. I hope we can still go that direction. But if that is no possible, the static value should be at least 10 MP. Also giving RP for ranged toons would be welcome, though the Stunning portion does point these towards melee.

Some remaining concerns:

- Light armor and casting still hope something changes here. This suggestion I made in the last preview would be a major one, but would solve this and other concerns with even less loot bloat than there is now: https://www.ddo.com/forums/showthrea...61#post6204161


- Platinum Knuckles are still junk loot. As they stand, they barely qualify as a spiked bypass swap WITHOUT the penalty, and the penalty is not nearly made up for. Transmuted Platinum is even worse than I thought it would be, so that is a new concern on top of my old ones. Either the penalty needs to be removed (and drop Doublestrike/Seeker with the penalty removal), or new stuff should be added. I favor going for the flavor and following my suggestions, but no matter what SOMETHING needs to change to keep this from just being a waste of time garbage loot.
-- Transmuted Platinum. You are taking an ability from 6/21 loot and just pasting it onto 15/29 loot. The DCs will not work effectively at those levels, and should have an alternate version with DCs to reflect their higher levels. Add a "Legendary" tier of Transmuted Platinum with 100 DC. Downgrade the Transmuted Platinum of level 6 gear to "Lesser Transmuted Platinum" (which has a DC of 35), and make the standard Transmuted Platinum have a DC of 50 for level 15 loot.
-- Add Blunt Trauma. This has gone hand-in-hand with the bonesplitter proc, and would help the balance of the sacrifice
-- Add "Platinum Dust". This would be the Dust procs of LGS, Legendary Dust proc on the Legendary version, and a Disintegration on the heroic wraps. Though you could possibly add a blind chance to add flavor and make these different and reflect the higher level requirement. Remember that these wraps are giving up their glove slot AND off hand swaps.

While I think all of the changes are needed to make it a serious build consideration, adding "Platinum Dust" would at least make people consider the sacrifice worth it as a swap for debuffing.

[Madja]

I still think the Platinum wraps are kind of underwhelming.

I'll compare at level 15 sas I don't really play at max.
Since the gloves also has the same amount of Seeker and Doublestrike you're only really gaining boneshatter, transmuted platinum and Impact I from using the handwraps over the gloves.
If I were to wear Scraps of Enlightenment (ML:13) and the gloves I'd gain Solar III, Holy III, Impact III, Reinforced Fists, a red augment slot, Ins. Deadly +2 and Cannith Infusion. I'm just not sure the procs on Platinum outweighs that.

Maybe instead of having them compete with current DPS options they could be more defensively focused? If you look at some of the lore regarding platinum stuff it's often about righteousness and purity - so defending others.
They could possibly have an effect similar to Stoneskin simply renamed "Platinum Skin". They could grant a unique bonus to PRR/MRR. Maybe they'd have a proc chance for Globe of Invulnerability when in Water Stance and some sort of physical damage Arcane Barrier while in Earthstance?
I love the Transmuted Platinum effect, though. Someone also mentioned a Platinum Dust effect that would blind the enemy.That would be cool as well.
Parrying might also fit the theme since you would be able to block enemy attacks with metal wraps.

I just feel like it would be too difficult to make them viable as it is right now, so make them fit a niche instead.

[Yamani]

Hammerfist Gloves
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Doublestrike +9/+23
• Cannith Combat Infusion Your ranged and melee attacks have a chance to cause this item to inject a Cannith Combat Infusion into your bloodstream. For the next ten seconds, this will grant a +4 Alchemical bonus to Strength, Constitution and Dexterity, as well as a 5% Alchemical bonus to your chance to doublestrike and a +2 Alchemical bonus to Armor Class.
• Seeker +8/+21
• Insightful Deadly +2/+8

Out of curiosity would it be possible to add wisdom and intelligence to the combat infusion for falconers and harpers? Who change their primary combat stats to those.

[Lokeal_The_Flame]

Out of curiosity would it be possible to add wisdom and intelligence to the combat infusion for falconers and harpers? Who change their primary combat stats to those.

I agree that such would improve this version of combat fusion, such could also be thematic if the improvement is deemed illegal by some officials in in the world of DDO "Improved combat infusion"

[Paisheng]

Platinum Knuckles Handwraps
Minimum Level: 15/29
These Handwraps take both your Gloves and Weapon slots - equipping a pair of gloves will unequip these Handwraps, and vice versa.

• Transmuted Platinum This weapon, made of transmuted platinum, is slightly magically unstable, and has a chance to transfer its magic to those it strikes. Struck enemies have a small chance to turn into transmuted platinum, preventing all movement, with a DC of 35 negating this effect.
• Impact I/V
• Lesser Boneshatter/Bonesplitter
• Seeker +8/+21
• Doublestrike +9%/+23%
• Spiked This weapon is studded with vicious spikes, causing it to deal piercing damage in addition to its normal damage types.

Good Flavor -- something different is good.

Almost Acceptable coverage of utilizing both the glove and weapon spot. But it is short an effect or two (gloves normally would have 4 effects) and it wipes out likely 2 augment spots.
Also the 35/70 DC is too low for reaper unless the DC is increased by tactical dc enhancements, etc. It will likely mean only fails on 1s so depending how often it goes into effect there really is less than a 5% chance of most mobs successfully turning into platinum.

To correct this I am hoping there are like 3 augment spots rather than the usual two in legendary wraps and that the crit range is something special like 18-20 (not counting the Impact -- in other words with the impact they should be 17-20). Then there is a tough choice of trading off more powerful wraps for considerably less defensive abilities.

[timwaylan]

The game currently has no decent named light/heavy crossbows, and after the introduction of the inquisitive enhancement tree I would like this to change, so it's actually a viable option for endgame. I suggest changing the weapon to the following:

The Hallowed Splinters Heavy Crossbow

• Upgrade Effect: Fetters of Unreality
• Soul Tear This weapon tears at the soul of your foes, reducing their PRR and Healing Amplification.
• Cursed Maelstom This weapon is wracked with a dangerous and volatile curse. Striking an enemy has a chance to place a random, debilitating, and deadly debuff on your foe.
• Improved Destruction

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Hey Lynnabel, have you considered the changes I suggested?

I'm guessing thats a no. :/

Nevertheless, even if you ignore my suggestion, I hope it will be changed in a way that makes it a more viable DPS weapon for high reaper/endgame content.

[Ballrus]

Was checking an old thread in suggestions and ideas, and found this:

Heavy armor > set bonus with, at least, half of silent avenger power (10% d strike, 5% helpless dmg, 10% fort bypass and 15% gblows maybe?)

Set 2 (Melee DPS) - Part of the Family:
Set Bonus: +10/15% Doublestrike, +10/25 Melee Power, +5/15% Helpless Dmg, +5/10% Fortification Bypass

Really thank you devs for this set bonus on heavy armors.

[pjstechie]

Set 1 (Tank Focused) - Guardian of the Gates:
Set Bonus: +10% Armor Class, +5/15 PRR, +15/30 MRR, +75% Threat Generation, +10% Fire, Cold, Acid, and Electric Absorption

Watch Captain's Platemail Heavy Armor
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Fortification +94%/+214%
• Physical Sheltering +19/+54
• Healing Amplification +30/+85
• False Life +29/+81

Ironheart Docent
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Fortification +94%/+214%
• Physical Sheltering +19/+54
• Repair Amplification +30/+85
• False Life +29/+81

Standard Issue Faceplate Helmet
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Incite +25%/+62%
• Intimidate +16/+22
• Insightful Physical Sheltering +9/+27
• Natural Armor +8/+21

Citadel's Gaze Raid Helmet
Minimum Level:29

• Incite +64%
• Intimidate +22
• Command +11 This armor or shield always appears brilliant and gleaming, no matter what the conditions and despite all attempts to paint over or obscure it. Coveted by military leaders of all sorts, it carries a powerful aura that grants a +11 Insightful bonus on Charisma-based skill checks. Command armor and command shields make their owners very noticeable, imposing a -6 penalty on Hide checks.
• Healer's Bounty This shield has a small percentage chance to cast a Heal spell on you when you take damage.

Standard Issue Sigil Necklace
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Magical Sheltering +19/+54
• Protection +6/+17
• Spell Saves +6/+17
• Parrying +3/+10

My chief critique of the loot from Sharn continues to be a lack of flexibility. If I want to achieve these sets, its mostly an illusion of choice. (I have the same criticism with most of the set bonuses of DDO).

Say I'm building a tank and I want to go for this tank set. Most of my gear selection has been made for me. Im wearing either the heavy armor or the docent depending on race, one of 2 helmets, and a specific necklace. Then I'm going to have to wear the ring with linguistics on it (or the goggles from ravenloft) and the minor artifact with exceptional alluring skills. That's 5 slots effectively predetermined with very little choice involved (3 choices: 1 of 2 helmets, 1 of 2 linguistics, use or dont use set). The numbers are solid and comparable, but lack of options makes for less interesting gear selection.

What would be more interesting would be giving us a 4th slot option for the 3 piece sets and/or widening the availability of less esoteric item effects (like linguistics, profane stats and skill bonus things). The set bonuses are already typed to not stack with other similar sets and there are solid options to move items into the sets (the linguistic ring for the tank set, the orbs for the caster sets) so I think the work to achieve it is relatively simple.

More choices = more fun

I look at my current gear on my tank and look at the sharn suite of items and, because of the above critique, I'm not sure its worth doing much if anything to my gear selection. I spent an hour plotting out gear changes with the sharn suite and the tank set and my conclusion still comes back to a lot of regearing (all but 2 slots) and the numbers going down aren't worth the numbers that go up and the effort involved getting all the new gear.

[Carpone]

Will Nearly Finished crafting retain existing Mythic and/or Reaper bonuses, or will they be lost?

[Lokeal_The_Flame]

Citadel's Gaze Raid Helmet
Minimum Level:29

• Incite +64%
• Intimidate +22
• Command +11 This armor or shield always appears brilliant and gleaming, no matter what the conditions and despite all attempts to paint over or obscure it. Coveted by military leaders of all sorts, it carries a powerful aura that grants a +11 Insightful bonus on Charisma-based skill checks. Command armor and command shields make their owners very noticeable, imposing a -6 penalty on Hide checks.
• Healer's Bounty This shield has a small percentage chance to cast a Heal spell on you when you take damage.

Citadel's Gaze Raid Helmet
Minimum Level:29

• Incite +64%
• Legendary Affirmation
• Command +11 This armor or shield always appears brilliant and gleaming, no matter what the conditions and despite all attempts to paint over or obscure it. Coveted by military leaders of all sorts, it carries a powerful aura that grants a +11 Insightful bonus on Charisma-based skill checks. Command armor and command shields make their owners very noticeable, imposing a -6 penalty on Hide checks.
• Healer's Bounty This shield has a small percentage chance to cast a Heal spell on you when you take damage.

Standard Issue Sigil Necklace
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Intimidate +22
• Protection +6/+17
• Spell Saves +6/+17
• Parrying +3/+10

Magical sheltering is too easy to obtain, please change these items as to include legendary affirmation on the Helm to make it a true tank's helm!

[Alcides]

Citadel's Gaze Raid Helmet
Minimum Level:29

• Incite +64%
• Legendary Affirmation
• Command +11 This armor or shield always appears brilliant and gleaming, no matter what the conditions and despite all attempts to paint over or obscure it. Coveted by military leaders of all sorts, it carries a powerful aura that grants a +11 Insightful bonus on Charisma-based skill checks. Command armor and command shields make their owners very noticeable, imposing a -6 penalty on Hide checks.
• Healer's Bounty This shield has a small percentage chance to cast a Heal spell on you when you take damage.

Standard Issue Sigil Necklace
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Intimidate +22
• Protection +6/+17
• Spell Saves +6/+17
• Parrying +3/+10

Magical sheltering is too easy to obtain, please change these items as to include legendary affirmation on the Helm to make it a true tank's helm!

Magical sheltering is not that easy to obtain with just Sharn gear and removing it from the tank set neck is a bad move. Changing parrying on the neck would be a better change out for intimidate.

[Lokeal_The_Flame]

Magical sheltering is not that easy to obtain with just Sharn gear and removing it from the tank set neck is a bad move. Changing parrying on the neck would be a better change out for intimidate.

Citadel's Gaze Raid Helmet
Minimum Level:29

• Magical Sheltering +19/+54
• Legendary Affirmation
• Spell Saves +6/+17
• Healer's Bounty This shield has a small percentage chance to cast a Heal spell on you when you take damage.

Standard Issue Sigil Necklace
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Intimidate +22
• Protection +6/+17
• Command +11 This armor or shield always appears brilliant and gleaming, no matter what the conditions and despite all attempts to paint over or obscure it. Coveted by military leaders of all sorts, it carries a powerful aura that grants a +11 Insightful bonus on Charisma-based skill checks. Command armor and command shields make their owners very noticeable, imposing a -6 penalty on Hide checks.
• Incite +64%

Magical sheltering is totally easily obtained through the Trinket Slot, but hey if it would be demanded, I'd say this would make for the way I'd like to see it done

[Amoneth]

Black Velvet Cloak Cloak
Minimum Level: 15/29

• Insightful Negative Amplification +15/+43
• Profane Attributes +1/+2
• Insightful Intelligence +3/+10
• Boon of Undeath/Greater Boon of Undeath
• Taint of Evil

Pretty please could this go back to Quality Int. We can get insightful from loads of other Sharn items but quality is now only available on a belt.