Why's there no equipment locks?

[q695]

Can someone please tell me why there's no equipment locks if you have an item that seems OP?

[Lou_Wolfskin]

I'm not exactly sure what you mean here? What item would be OP, they pretty much all are only good in certain situations.

[sandokanski]

Did you get to 1e1500 mysteries in a single 1 day Exile using an OP item? Which one?

[M F]

Many challenges forbid the use of items. You should consider spending a little time learning to use item and spell sets.

[Firefrye]

This is a game of exponential scaling. Everything is "OP" by the standards of any other genre, but within the context of this game, there are VERY clear purposes and functions for nearly every item in the game and they are balanced around that function. The only item in the entire game I would argue is "OP" is the Resonator ring, and that's not simply because it's the single strongest ring, but because it is useful for nearly every single phase for nearly every single class with VERY few exceptions. And even then, the game is still balanced around its existence and the later you get into the game the more common those very rare instances become. (Primarily the buildup phases of specific classes where enchant values do not affect the buildup rates in any meaningful way)

[q695]

Originally posted by sandokanski:

Did you get to 1e1500 mysteries in a single 1 day Exile using an OP item? Which one?

nope, but a 50% equipment growth is nice.

[phenir]

50% isn't even a whole mystery exponent.

[sandokanski]

Originally posted by q695:

nope, but a 50% equipment growth is nice.

Wait until you start enchanting your items. You can get way more than 50% from a single item. What about 1 000 000 % more? Even that is not OP. It is required, otherwise you will never get to endgame.