Well, I was contemplating buying this belt for my level 66 Beastlord since I can finally get rid of my Runed Bolster Belt (bought a 36% haste augment) but after reading the posts here I feel too ashamed to buy it!
Don't feel ashamed Tree. Not everyone pushes their toon to the cutting edge of items available. Keeping up with the Jones' mentality is alive and well on EQ, but it needn't be everyones' philosophy. Anyone with enough cash (and cash isnt that hard to come by at a certain lvl) could go to the bazaar and buy a number of items to beef the heck out of any toon. Many players, myself being one of them, still enjoy going to zones and actually hunting for drops..just for the pure joy of going and doing that. This belt may be considered out of scale for the zone its in..and the lvl of players who would normally be in there to hunt, but not everyone is maxed out in equip, augs, etc and would still find this a very nice upgrade or at least good considered they went there..fought their way to it..and received it as a result of killing mobs. And remember, this isnt the top drop for this mob..the history of EQ is full of examples of mobs that drop really really really good loot, but they also have some "not so great loot." I have this on my 65 cleric and feel no shame whatsoever. It replaced something that was performing well for me prior to this, as this will now serve me until i get a better drop later. No rush...it's EVERquest.
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Oktober Festivus Multiple character player / Master of none
Is it just me or is all the new DoN items sukky for the level to obtain and the recommended lvl for some of them?, i would rather just go to the bazzar and buy better items than waste my time with any of my toons in the new zone's. I wish i had not bothered buying the expansion now, but hey-ho.
Dude, you hit it right on the head. The gear is supposed to get better, and this stuff is a DEFINITE step down from what's already out there.
40 hp stuff dropping off mobs that hit for 500s.
This pos belt that anyone that is there for can't use.
What were they thinking?
Edit: Well ok, someone level 60 MIGHT use this belt, but good grief if you're gonna make it for a level 60 then don't make the min rec. level 65. Just plain stupid.
I disagree flame me if you wish but my 65 wiz is wearing pleanty of DoN gear and by themselves i can see how you would say they suck. But the part i like best about them is i can mix and match whatever aug combo i want in them and still have decent gear without sacrificing to much in the way of stats. it's hard to find things like Ext. range V and improved Dmg V on anthing with stats as good as these without being in a MOJOR raiding guild. all in all i like em it's really nice to be able to make what you need and no deal with a really crappy pice of equip just because it has the effect you need.