Welcome, Guest
Username: Password: Remember me

TOPIC: Final Ultra Rare Token Images

Final Ultra Rare Token Images 1 year 11 months ago #13

Actually, overlooked the obvious.

Restrict the Gauntlets to Cleric, Druid, and Paladin. That justifies being strictly better.

It doesn't make a ton of sense that ranger gets bonuses to healing, for one thing.
The topic has been locked.

Final Ultra Rare Token Images 1 year 11 months ago #14

Ring of the Savant - hum, most clerics, druids, and wizards with any experience will get the skill test like 90-100% of the time. So if it is almost automatic that make this item equivalent to Relsa's. It is a bit concerning to see an UR that is very close to the same power level as a legendary.

I mean if the assumption is the skill test is like a 50/50 thing maybe this is okay, but not at 90% or even 75%. I think this is way to powerful at UR.
Last edit: by David Harris.
The topic has been locked.

Final Ultra Rare Token Images 1 year 11 months ago #15

David Harris wrote: Ring of the Savant - hum, most clerics, druids, and wizards with any experience will get the skill test like 90-100% of the time. So if it is almost automatic that make this item equivalent to Relsa's. It is a bit concerning to see an UR that is very close to the same power level as a legendary.

I mean if the assumption is the skill test is like a 50/50 thing maybe this is okay, but not at 90% or even 75%. I think this is way to powerful at UR.


Not exactly as only some spells have skill tests. Using sketchy math, the effect is still too much. Whether sketchy math suggests +3 or +4 I'm not sure.
The topic has been locked.

Final Ultra Rare Token Images 1 year 11 months ago #16

Ian Lee wrote: Actually, overlooked the obvious.

Restrict the Gauntlets to Cleric, Druid, and Paladin. That justifies being strictly better.

It doesn't make a ton of sense that ranger gets bonuses to healing, for one thing.

And Fighters, because they are fighters
The topic has been locked.

Final Ultra Rare Token Images 1 year 11 months ago #17

Endgame wrote:

Ian Lee wrote: Actually, overlooked the obvious.

Restrict the Gauntlets to Cleric, Druid, and Paladin. That justifies being strictly better.

It doesn't make a ton of sense that ranger gets bonuses to healing, for one thing.

And Fighters, because they are fighters


I (heart) Endgame.
$10 off at Trent Tokens!

Trade me stuff

Remember it's the year of the fighter!
The topic has been locked.

Final Ultra Rare Token Images 1 year 11 months ago #18

Ian Lee wrote:

David Harris wrote: Ring of the Savant - hum, most clerics, druids, and wizards with any experience will get the skill test like 90-100% of the time. So if it is almost automatic that make this item equivalent to Relsa's. It is a bit concerning to see an UR that is very close to the same power level as a legendary.

I mean if the assumption is the skill test is like a 50/50 thing maybe this is okay, but not at 90% or even 75%. I think this is way to powerful at UR.


Not exactly as only some spells have skill tests. Using sketchy math, the effect is still too much. Whether sketchy math suggests +3 or +4 I'm not sure.

The concern would be on the Healing checks more than damage spells I think. High end Wizards are usually conserving the Ray spells / aoe spells. Using this will drop the damage of those spells compared to using drakes while boosting lower level spells +3 over using drakes.
The topic has been locked.

Final Ultra Rare Token Images 1 year 11 months ago #19

Ian Lee wrote:

David Harris wrote: Ring of the Savant - hum, most clerics, druids, and wizards with any experience will get the skill test like 90-100% of the time. So if it is almost automatic that make this item equivalent to Relsa's. It is a bit concerning to see an UR that is very close to the same power level as a legendary.

I mean if the assumption is the skill test is like a 50/50 thing maybe this is okay, but not at 90% or even 75%. I think this is way to powerful at UR.


Not exactly as only some spells have skill tests. Using sketchy math, the effect is still too much. Whether sketchy math suggests +3 or +4 I'm not sure.


Fair point:

Cleric effects 6 of 12 spells effected by focus
Druid effects 8 of 14
Elf effects 9 of 12
Wizard effects 10 of 14

So still pretty impactful, +3 feels right to me. It doubles the effectiveness of a skill test at +3.
The topic has been locked.

Final Ultra Rare Token Images 1 year 11 months ago #20

David Harris wrote:

Ian Lee wrote:

David Harris wrote: Ring of the Savant - hum, most clerics, druids, and wizards with any experience will get the skill test like 90-100% of the time. So if it is almost automatic that make this item equivalent to Relsa's. It is a bit concerning to see an UR that is very close to the same power level as a legendary.

I mean if the assumption is the skill test is like a 50/50 thing maybe this is okay, but not at 90% or even 75%. I think this is way to powerful at UR.


Not exactly as only some spells have skill tests. Using sketchy math, the effect is still too much. Whether sketchy math suggests +3 or +4 I'm not sure.


Fair point:

Cleric effects 6 of 12 spells effected by focus
Druid effects 8 of 14
Elf effects 9 of 12
Wizard effects 10 of 14

So still pretty impactful, +3 feels right to me. It doubles the effectiveness of a skill test at +3.

+3 is only a net improvement of +1 on skill check spells vs drakes, and still a net loss of 2 on non skill check spells. That might reduce total damage over a dungeon…
The topic has been locked.

Final Ultra Rare Token Images 1 year 11 months ago #21

I think part of what some people aren't considering here is that it requires you to make the skill check (and only works on certain spells!). A lot of vets just skip the skill check, so having the bonus be significant makes that skill check relevant again. If it's not any better than your typical spellpower ring then people will just choose the "works all the time, with all spells" option and skip the skill check anyways.
Turned into adventurer jerky by Smoak in 2010
Proudly part of first group to survive Felurian's Feast at GHC 2021
Receives -3 Treasure thanks to dumb goblins
~Dungeon Master~
The topic has been locked.

Final Ultra Rare Token Images 1 year 11 months ago #22

Level 0 cleric spells, the most plentiful and meaningful healing spell imo, doesn’t have a skill check. So the ring is not grossly overpowered for healing.
The topic has been locked.

Final Ultra Rare Token Images 1 year 11 months ago #23

David Harris wrote: Ring of the Savant - hum, most clerics, druids, and wizards with any experience will get the skill test like 90-100% of the time. So if it is almost automatic that make this item equivalent to Relsa's. It is a bit concerning to see an UR that is very close to the same power level as a legendary.

I mean if the assumption is the skill test is like a 50/50 thing maybe this is okay, but not at 90% or even 75%. I think this is way to powerful at UR.


I agree with this, MANY people almost never miss their skill tests, and +5 damage at the UR level seems overpowered. I could see it as a +3 damage.

Plus, I think the URs cumulatively add about +16 to damage spells. That seems excessive.
The topic has been locked.

Final Ultra Rare Token Images 1 year 11 months ago #24

Want to echo the opinion that gauntlets are plenty good at +2 to-hit and +2 healing.

Then there's room for Brute, Finesse, Death Knight, etc to all have a place. You can also reprint Gloves of Weapon Finesse in 2+ years.

If it's the year of the Cleric, then I guess +3/2 is cool, too.
"IMHO we like to solve problems here on the forums that are only perceived problems due to a myopic view." -Bob C
The topic has been locked.
Time to create page: 0.087 seconds