Transient Arms  

 

I am camping the toilers, 4 arms, and the robe figures at AR zoneline for over 4 days now. I have killed over 100 of these buggers and no way their drops are common or uncommon. Here is the estimated loots dropped for me:

2 Axgoreth's Belt of Defense
2 Stone Idol
4 Vah Shir Claw Earring
3 Shrouded Medallion
1 Medallion of life
1 Black Flame Charcoal
7 centi weapons

For me, common = 1 drop out of 1-5 kills, uncommon = 1 drop out of 6-20 kills,
rare = 1 drop out of 21-40 kills,
very rare = 41+ kills.

These don't seem that rare. Our group was killing stuff by boathouse (btw, charmed umbrous toilers are outstanding pets), and had these drop twice.

Had Azure sleeves before that. Could have got Gator or Loam real easy, but liked the AC on Azure. But when these dropped, I switched without hesitation.

All I have to say is as a wizard when I got these I was allready above 200 int yes but the mana was more than enough to make me feel comfortable and since I wear Imbued Platinum Fire Rings to put me above 200 the -16 streangth that will cause makes these arms a wonderfull offset to it. Now I can carry food again lol

Edited, Tue Apr 30 01:05:37 2002

Great for necros and chanters as the one d00d said. More cha is good for chanter, though, I'm not a charming undead necro, I fear everything.. But this wouldn't affect me too much considering my cha is 0 (should be -11) so an added 7 won't hurt. Extra strength for farming, Dex for Channeling (I get hit too much :D)and the AC would be nice.

Anyone that says these sleeves don't absolutely rock for an int caster needs to go do their homework on their class before running their mouths. Let's recap the stats, shall we.
9ac 10dex 10str 7cha 35mana 15hp

9ac, let's see... considering most int casters wear gatorscale sleeves (which have 6ac) until they get planar or high end quest sleeves, this is very nice. AC isn't just for tanks, it helps you from getting hit, or from getting hit as hard, it's essential.

10dex, I think this is where most people like to start flaming. "omg, you're a moron why do you have dex gear!?" I'm only gonna say this once, so listen carefully, and feel free to re-read this sentence if you need to: Dexterity is the stat in which your channeling skill is based. Therefore, "Caster A" with 75dex getting whacked by a mob is less likely to get a spell off than "Caster B" with 125dex. See how that works, now no more flaming casters with dex, they are the smart ones, ask them questions that you may have about the game.

10str, Ok, so strength doesn't exactly effect your casting abilities; however, as a caster starting with like 70str I'm sure that you see how easy it is to become encumbered, even with weight reduction bags. I'm sure you can see how useful str is. (quick FYI since I'm going in detail on each stat. The amount of weight that you can carry is equal to your str, so if you have 70str, you can carry 70 "stones" worth of weight. 75str = 75 "stones" etc.)

7cha, Well, this one is useful based on your class. For Necromancers and Enchanters it's awesome, for Wizards and Mages... errrm.. maybe not. For Wizards and Mages it'll at least bump your buying power at the merchants up, but not a lot as far as casting abilities. For Enchanters, 7cha on sleeves is absolutely incredible. (the Skyshrine Quest sleeves only have 7cha, the Thurgadin have 4cha, and the Kael only have 4cha) Necros can use this for charming undead etc, because charisma is the stat that helps determine the duration of the charm and if the charm will stick.

35mana, don't make me laugh. I don't have to explain this one.

15hp, though it's not going to be an item you'll drop to save your xp death, it's always nice to add a few extra hps, especially for a caster, I'd rather have 15hp than none at all. Plus, if you had Gatorscale prior to these sleeves, you already had 15hps, and this just keeps you from ******** about losing those hps.

That's the rundown of the stats, and why they are the most useful sleeves I've run across so far (considering I don't have planar sleeves, or Velious Quest sleeves) I hope this post has been useful for you. Take care, and good hunting.

Stiles Corleone
Level 55 Beguiler from Neriak
<Macabre>
Vallon Zek (PvP Team) Server

Edited, Tue Feb 5 00:58:38 2002

I hunt in maden's all the time and have found nearly all the stuff that drops there you can get at the zone. Not all but alot, but they are nice arms i got some for my lvl 1 chanter no problem. =)

Also, my first post... I was grouped in Maiden's, and I was sent a tell that these were rotting. How awesome are they?! My first piece of 'uber' gear... I am quite excited to have them, especially at 40th level.

I swapped out a set of Gatorscale Sleeves (4ac? 4int 15hps) for these and don't regret it in the slightest. Even though the int cap has been removed, 1 point of int still only gives me 6 mana at lvl 52 (according to the mana calculator).

Therefore, with plus 35 mana off these sleeves you can give up 5 int and still end up with more mana overall. Albeit, only 5 points of mana. But, then you add in the fact that these allow you to carry an addition 10 weight, are higher AC, increase charisma for trading, and don't cost any hps (15 on both these sleeves and the gatorscale), and you've got a fairly significant increase in your overall character.

Just my thoughts,
Siznitch
Lvl 52 Wizzie

For the chanter that has everything including int at 200 w/o arm items, that's some nice charisma and you don't see a whole lot of armor that does has stats like that for casters anyway.