Gearing in this update.

[NoiosoBear]

It's absolutely ♥♥♥♥♥♥, no better way to put it.

Pretty much all obtainable armor/jewelry that can hit 725 has magnify, so build diversity has been ♥♥♥♥♥♥ pretty badly. The only way I know how to get 725 items with regular attributes is through the well of fortune, but the PvP zone is awful for anyone who doesn't enjoy PvP. Dude just followed me 500 meters, ran around a tree to hide when I almost killed him, and then killed me. You lose an hour of progress in a zone you don't want to do in the first place, because the devs felt a need to force us to do this bs.

You need to farm 2500 Mystic Doubloons to get a 725 piece of jewelry from the well, and the small chests you come across give you around a dozen. NPCs usually only drop 1-2, if any at all, and the large chests drop like 50? This is an awful grind in the first place, why make us lose half our progress??? To make it even worse, chances are the piece of jewelry you just spent too long farming won't have the right perks anyway.

The only 725 gear you can craft (as far as I know) with chosen perks is the Gorgon stuff. All the Gorgon stuff is stuck with magnify though, so that doesn't really help.

I don't understand how gearing is somehow just getting worse the longer this game goes on. Are they intentionally trying to make BiS gear as miserable to get as possible?

Edit: As a PvE healer, I can't even hit 100 CON, 200 INT, and 300 FOC due to the current gear system, without the PvP zone. The magnify literally makes it impossible.

Edit: 1500 Mystic Doubloons are needed. Woops

[Dags]

I agree with you on the PvP zone, don't know what but something just feels very off about it especially how you drop all your progress after death. If you genuinely do not like PvP then I recommend just avoiding this zone at all costs unless you are using the weekly key to obtain your Mystic Doubloons.

Something I would keep in mind with the Mystic Doubloons though is the daily quests and the chest runs in the zone. It gets you a pretty decent amount of Doubloons (roughly 500 with the chest runs and roughly 300 if you do all the dailies). This alone gets you about 700-800 Doubloons in one day.

Remember this is an MMO, there will be grinds and for BiS gear its pretty common in most MMOs to make it very grindy and miserable to achieve. Once you get it though, it feels very rewarding

[NoiosoBear]

Originally posted by Dags:

I agree with you on the PvP zone, don't know what but something just feels very off about it especially how you drop all your progress after death. If you genuinely do not like PvP then I recommend just avoiding this zone at all costs unless you are using the weekly key to obtain your Mystic Doubloons.

Something I would keep in mind with the Mystic Doubloons though is the daily quests and the chest runs in the zone. It gets you a pretty decent amount of Doubloons (roughly 500 with the chest runs and roughly 300 if you do all the dailies). This alone gets you about 700-800 Doubloons in one day.

Remember this is an MMO, there will be grinds and for BiS gear its pretty common in most MMOs to make it very grindy and miserable to achieve. Once you get it though, it feels very rewarding

I wouldn't mind the zone as much if we didn't lose what we've collected. Spending an hour and a half to collect 200-300 Mystic Doubloons, just to get killed by someone that actually enjoys PvP is awful. It's bad enough that I have to refarm OPR for the Nimble Coat again.

I started playing back when the fresh start servers were first released, and BiS wasn't nearly as difficult then... My main issue is that we currently can't craft gear with normal attributes at max GS, like how we used to be able to. As a result we're basically forced to rely on rng from the Well of Fortune to get a BiS that doesn't have magnify. They've leaned entirely too far into magnify, and it's really killed most options when it comes to planning out the perfect build...

I wouldn't have any complaints at all if I could choose the attribute on Gorgon armor/jewelry. I just don't understand why they're making BiS way harder to get, when realistically less than 5% of the player base probably gets it.

Edit: Also, is the raid time gated? Came back to the game for the update, but don't know much about how the raid works. I've heard that the Gorgon mat needed has an extremely low drop rate.

[Archiemedis]

Yes, this is the situation. Roll the random chest and hope for a 700+ or buy with a currency that comes from daily quests, chest runs or the pvp zone.

Otherwise, we are locked to the little choice artifacts from story, solo mobs or the season pass.

Towards the mag problem - i have yet to run into this due to attuned pants and maybe less threshold builds (?). The 725 weapon i got has a huge stat boost compared to <=700 though.

[Toothbrush]

Originally posted by napkinfactory:

Originally posted by NoiosoBear:

I don't understand how gearing is somehow just getting worse the longer this game goes on. Are they intentionally trying to make BiS gear as miserable to get as possible?

well yes, that's the name of the game. BIS isn't worth having when it's easy to obtain. the problem is the way they're going about it that clearly shows they have no clue and no intention to learn or change. it's basically a sledgehammer approach that never really works. it works for a little bit until people figure out how very ♥♥♥♥ it is.

Dude stfu. No one is enjoying this except for a VERY small few abusers.

[Animal85]

you dont need pvp zone for dublons just run cutlas chest run you get some 500 dublons from one run in no time there is all time groups runing them

[Shuwayze]

Originally posted by prelly:

i have done everything just through chest runs, no need to pvp

You need to loot a cursed hoard chest for the coconut yeah? Unless, I'm mistaken an you don't ever have to step foot in the pvp zone and you get them from the chest runs. I thought you had to go in there once a week to get a golden coconut.

[Legendairy2]

Sadly gearing is crap. Expeditions and raids are my #1 content in MMOs and you cant find an expedition group majority of the time. Was hoping to have a nice end game grind again but I refuse to do ♥♥♥♥ chest runs and PvP zones. Whoever invented chest runs needs to never work on MMOs again

[Matos[QC]]

Originally posted by Legendairy2:

Whoever invented chest runs needs to never work on MMOs again

I agree soo much ! Thank to said it !

[bourland]

If you had a Delivery System for Crafting where you get more for a crafted item in different zones then PVP makes more sense.

[NoiosoBear]

Originally posted by Animal85:

you dont need pvp zone for dublons just run cutlas chest run you get some 500 dublons from one run in no time there is all time groups runing them

At 500 Doubloons, that's 1 725 jewelry piece every 5 days....

[NoiosoBear]

Originally posted by Legendairy2:

Sadly gearing is crap. Expeditions and raids are my #1 content in MMOs and you cant find an expedition group majority of the time. Was hoping to have a nice end game grind again but I refuse to do ♥♥♥♥ chest runs and PvP zones. Whoever invented chest runs needs to never work on MMOs again

Yeah, spent months doing chest runs before I quit last time. When endgame is chest runs, OPR, and a time gated raid you have an issue. Really not interested in doing chest runs again.

[Toothbrush]

Originally posted by MatosQC:

Originally posted by Legendairy2:

Whoever invented chest runs needs to never work on MMOs again

I agree soo much ! Thank to said it !

Not only that but endgame content should Not. I repeat should NOT be based around us all sitting in chat and “X Ing” up for crap. Literally hate it. And yeah chest runs are pure trash.

[Zackson]

here is some "helpful advice" that i got from "veterans"
- GIT GUD
- USE BRAINDEAD HATCHET
- YOU ARE JUST TRASH

hopfuly they help XD

[Rem Best Girl]

You don't need int as a healer.
You dont BUY the 725 gear out right, you buy the 3 cheap RNG purple boxes for a chance at 700+ gear.
The raid drops BIS gear for most if not all classes.
Common it's not that hard.
I've never had trouble as a healer at pvp island solo, no one wants to take the time to try and kill a healer through all there heals. Srs just drop both bubbles and stand there.. If you are having trouble, just get a few team mates. Stay away from the far left mid area, thats where most people that pvp go.
Idk what else to say. Just play the game, do chest runs, myrk runs drop some fantastic second bis gear. And some sellables.

[NoiosoBear]

Originally posted by Rem Best Girl:

You don't need int as a healer.

Good healers should be able to put out DPS with void blade, in PvE.

Originally posted by Rem Best Girl:

You dont BUY the 725 gear out right, you buy the 3 cheap RNG purple boxes for a chance at 700+ gear.

The description for the purple boxes specifically say that they cap out at 710 GS.

Originally posted by Rem Best Girl:

The raid drops BIS gear for most if not all classes.

When optimizing a healing build as much as possible, you can't just run the raid gear. I use nimble coat. Aside from that, the Hoplite Life Staff, Hoplite Handcovers, and Hoplite Earring are the only other BiS from the raid. The rest is Gorgonite and a Silken Helm.

Originally posted by Rem Best Girl:

I've never had trouble as a healer at pvp island solo, no one wants to take the time to try and kill a healer through all there heals. Srs just drop both bubbles and stand there.. If you are having trouble, just get a few team mates. Stay away from the far left mid area, thats where most people that pvp go.

Like I said before, they followed me hundreds of meters and ran around a tree to heal and killed me. No one wants to, but I literally had someone spend 5+ minutes chasing me down, and killing me.

Originally posted by Rem Best Girl:

Idk what else to say. Just play the game, do chest runs, myrk runs drop some fantastic second bis gear. And some sellables.

I've done hundreds of chest runs, not a good suggestion at this point. "Just do the same thing you've been doing for a year"

Edit: Checked to make sure I wasn't incorrect. The piece of gear I need is a trinket, and here is what the epic box says: "Open to acquire 1 Earring, Ring, or Amulet up to 710 Gear Score. Item is guaranteed Legendary."

If I'm farming BiS gear at 725, what use is farming something capped at 710?