by Teron » Sun Sep 04, 2016 6:40 pm
JB, why not have both?
Some prime gear can be more powerful, than ingame gear, like those herb clasps - they are unique for their slots. It doesn't mean that there shouldn't be low-level prime items to make players feel the progress.
Prime classes can and should become more specialized in what they can do.
I can't imagine prime classes not getting special prime gear, otherwise, why bother with prime gear at all?
However, we shouldn't leave out options for other classes either, they just have to be less specialized, than prime. For example, Taron/Alris as 8th thieves can't use 50 stab dam from eq, because our 9x40 cap is 31(?) and we can buy 10 from the avatar shop. So we don't need stab dam on most gear in our stab sets. Doesn't mean we don't need it at all, however.
Also, we already have prime spell dam robes and belts and unique 30lev thief sleeves that are just a bit worse, than csleeves, so they are already more powerful, than most ingame items.
So, I suggest we have it all:
- prime gear for lower levels to make players feel good about themselves and get a few powerful items they'll replace later
- prime gear that's as good as tri40/drachma items or better, because primes need to reach their caps and stack a few others, because we do need more, than one
- non-prime BIS (best in slot) gear to complement prime/tri40/drachma gear
It doesn't mean there there need to be 18 prime BIS items, maybe 2-4 at most?
Some non-prime gear can be specialized for the roles, like -ac +maxcon +dam reduction tank gear for groups or it could combine several stats for solo, like the pirate hat -ac +maxcon -saves, -ac +dam +spell dam sleeves, etc