Ring of Life Protection?

[Mordy]

From 3,000 souls to 14,000 souls repair cost, boy was i surprised when i went to repair mine after a rather stupid death.

Think it's for the better though, the rings were rather cheesy and removed all sense of danger vs now, when i actually have to pay attention again instead especially with the new enemy placements.

Curious though, how do people feel about this change?

[Hork3r]

Even though I'm at 180 SL, I won't even bother to repair it. Feels like wasting souls.
It was useful in PvP when summoning but now it's useless, you'd have to have like 6:1 w/l ratio to not lose souls.

[Mordy]

Originally posted by Hork3r:

Even though I'm at 180 SL, I won't even bother to repair it. Feels like wasting souls.
It was useful in PvP when summoning but now it's useless, you'd have to have like 6:1 w/l ratio to not lose souls.

I admit that @ 3,000 souls the repair was way too cheap but now @ 14,000 souls it's too much.

Only time i could see myself using it if i get invaded at a bad spot, far from bonfire and don't feel like fighting my way back to that spot.

And who knows, maybe the price will be adjusted, then again maybe not.

[mr1029384756]

Well, dying HAS no real consequence, now. There was once a time that you didn't get human effigies from killing Dark Spirits; you just had to suck it up and go to the final bonfire at the Shrine of Amana. The cheese ring of Soul Protection is there just in case you find yourself mid-level with a f**k-ton of souls on you... and you get invaded.

That's it, the ring has no other purpose.

[Mordy]

Originally posted by mr1029384756:

Well, dying HAS no real consequence, now. There was once a time that you didn't get human effigies from killing Dark Spirits; you just had to suck it up and go to the final bonfire at the Shrine of Amana. The cheese ring of Soul Protection is there just in case you find yourself mid-level with a f**k-ton of souls on you... and you get invaded.

That's it, the ring has no other purpose.

You're absolutely right.

The ring was simply too good, i know when i played through the ps3 version of the game, i had it on all the time, infact i regularly swapped out all three rings i had and only repaired them when all three broke down cos 9k souls, that's nothing.

So yeah, i think i'm actually glad the ring got nuked.

[IkkouSoryu]

My only gripe so far is what you have to be hexer scum to ger RLP at all.

[Rasputin]

i find it useless since theres a huge abundance of human effigies now by the end of my first run i had a little over 50 effigies

[DesertFox]

makes it so you should only wear it if you are carrying many, many souls. 14000 is a bit much though

[mr1029384756]

Originally posted by Yao:

i find it useless since theres a huge abundance of human effigies now by the end of my first run i had a little over 50 effigies

Discard half or 2/3 of your human effigies. Problem solved.

[tjt176]

were is it?

[mr1029384756]

Originally posted by tjt176:

were is it?

The RIng of Soul Protection? In the Gutter, after a couple of daring jumps and a couple mobs. And a dark spirit.

Bring a torch... or a light spell if you're feeling zazzy.

[EclipseZero]

i find it very crazy to have to spend that much and with people with the agape ring and much better equipment it is a must have because in those cases its just not fair

[mr1029384756]

Originally posted by genius15nrc:

i find it very crazy to have to spend that much and with people with the agape ring and much better equipment it is a must have because in those cases its just not fair

If you are using the Agape Ring, that means that you are comfortable enough with the game's mechanics and your own playstyle to hold back the leveling process for as long as you see fit. The Ring of Soul Protection is there for those people who wind up grinding bosses for souls and die while having 300k+ souls still on their person, usually from being invaded or facing a particularly tough boss.

I use it when I have to cross a particular DLC area at a low SM as there are certain enemies and level mechanics which make for a very grueling experience.