Flowing Black Silk Sash  

 

Looking to buy one of these on Bertoxx. Paying cash and well, since my 2 most hated places to be are the ledges in Guks and EC shopping mall. Send me a tell :)

Qianxun Zhen
Bertoxx
40th Solstice Monk

please disregard my previous post. perhaps the reason i couldn't find crystal chitin wraps is because they are called SILVER chitin wraps....idiot.

and my question was anwswered in that thread =)

does haste effect on this stack with monk's haste ?

aside from all the ******** and moaners...i realize that you must be of high level to loot this item and have more money than the gods to buy it...sigh...my main is a 16th season warrior, i was just given a kick *** 2hs weapon and recommended to pick up the fbss. is it absolutely necessary to have this item or can i sludge by on brawn alone? as the warrior i have higher hp's and ac than others i group with on a regular basis and find myself being tank. i dont want to let my group members down so should i stick to dual wield? or go with the 2hs without fbss and deal with it? oh the dilemma of it all. after 2 months of playing i have managed to save up around 200pp, if i never buy food and water again, or anything else for that matter...by the time i reach lvl 50 i may have enough to purchase this item....good grief. ok so there was some ******** and moaning at the end. hehe

I'm real pissed. I have been saving up for this for my LVL (31) Warrior! Every time I seem to get bout 4k i seem to be 1k less and happen to have a better weap each time... can someone help me?

Fennin Ro (Server)
Critikal (warrior) 31st crush!

could a 36 nerco go camp this?

Hey all, Empi here (29 bard - ATM) and all I can say about this belt - is WOW, omg. This with jws going (25% haste song) - I duel a symphonic saber and a css. My main (50 wiz - ATM) got this for me in EC on Bertox the other day for 5k.

Yes, yes, yes I know. Some of you are out there saying, what the heck does a bard need a FBSS for? Well, it is a very nice belt for just about any class, in my opinion. If I start taking too much aggro, I just back off and quit playing songs, like I have to do anyway, since we draw aggro no matter what we do, hehe :op

Many people told me not to get a FBSS for my bard, they said they dont need it. But when my main fought in DL, I grouped with many bards who was wearing this fine belt. Anyway, I am glad to finally get mine. Next thing im looking at is a Seahorse spine bracer, to replace my Hero bracer, hehe. That looks like a very nice bard item, if you play on Bertox and have a SSB for sale, give me a tell.

Philibus, 50 Wiz - Bertox
Empidocles, 29 Bard - Bertox
Zaneil, 32 Ranger - Bertox

Ok this is for the guy who flamed about rangers having an fbss. #1 Rangers are NOT going to dish out the same amount of damage as a warrior. #2 If a ranger does pull aggro then the warrior can TAUNT! A ranger with an fbss is not going to pull aggro off a duel wielding warrior with taunt, it ain't going to happen. And for the guy who flamed about a 22 monk getting an fbss, monks are supposed to hit faster than any other class, an fbss is the IDEAL item for a monk with good weapons already. If a monk pulls aggro from a warrior all he has to do is feign death, jump back up and continue attacking. And at level 22 my monk was NOT getting hit for 100 damage by giants, come on they hardly ever hit for even 45 and I wasn't twinked. You people need to quit going off about classes you have never played.

Rangers do dish out alot of damage, and are often the object of the mobs "affection." I find that when I am in a group, and I'm being thrashed on more than the main tank, I can kite the mob pretty easily. As long as the mob is snared (which seems to be a huge taunt in itself,) and I have SOW, all I have to do is run in a circle. It's almost like a reverse fear kiting, with the mob chasing me, the scared ranger. The mob slowly chases after me while my groupmates hack it to death in it's back. There are risks of adds of course, and while it's easy to stay out of the mobs meelee range, those spells from 50 yards away have left me smoldering on the ground with this method.

ok this belt has great haste and all...but has anyone noticed something wrong with it?
NO AC
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Bromir Bigwolf
22nd warrior
Rallos Zek
Lanys T'vyl

Let the mighty live on...

Hey there, I am a half elven paladin, i was wondering what is a good piece of armor for the waist slot, or the shoulder slot if anyone can help i would like that






Arrgorn denethor
30 paladin of Marr
Fennin RO server

Okay, I'm a level 38 chanter. What are my chances of getting into a Frenzied Ghoul group so I can get a FBSS for my 22 iksar monk? I'm not gonna get the FBSS just to turn around and sell it, I actually need it for another character of mine, just saying that because I know alot of peeps frown on casters wanting to loot the FBSS. Throw me some answer everyone, please.

*sighs* So much misinformation and so little time to correct it.

First off, the EQ game engine uses haste as a means to calculate the number of attacks per second. However, many players prefer to look at it as decreased delay. Now the truth is that increased attack speed results in a decrease in delay but in an inverted relationship (which someone noted below). As stated below, 100% haste does NOT mean zero delay on a weapon. It means the weapon swings twice as fast, which is effectively a 50% delay reduction. To calculate the new delay reduction of a weapon, take the haste percentage of an item (say, 21%), convert it to a decimal (0.21), add 1.0 to that number (1.21), and now divide the delay of the weapon by that number. A lammy (9/19) with a 21% haste item will have a new effective delay of (19 / 1.21 = 15.7) 16 delay. If you take the difference (3.3) and divide that by the original delay you get... 17%. Voila. There is your 17% delay reduction.

Second, the primary hand attack speed is TOTALLY independent of the offhand. Don't believe me? Put a FAST piercer in the offhand and a SLOW slasher (like a wurmy) in the mainhand. Count the number of attacks per offhand (by counting the piercing messages) and time these attacks. A fast piercer like a crafted velium spear (10/18) should attack every 1.8 seconds (on a high level character with maxed dual wield skill and no haste). This will verify that the offhand is independent of the main hand for timing. So yes, Virginia, using a lammy offhand is a good deal with a wurmy mainhand. Anyone who believes otherwise is playing their character below par, and delivering less damage to the group as a whole.

Third, you can be wearing 10 haste items but only the highest haste will count. In other words, multiple haste items do NOT stack. In addition to haste from one haste ITEM, you can also receive haste from one haste SPELL. This is where enchanter and shaman buffs like quickness, celerity, etc., all come into play. There are a FEW exceptions to this, such as a ranger using a special quiver. In this case, a ranger can get item haste, spell haste, and a speed increase (in effect, a haste) from his quiver for archery. In general though, remember the rule of 1 item haste and 1 spell haste.

Fourth, there are caps on total haste. At level 60 most classes cap right around 100% haste max. A few classes (monks come to mind first) can exceed this by a small margin. At levels below 60, the caps are lower. So if you were (theoretically) a level 46 paladin with the 40% paladin haste belt from Sky, it would be a waste to cast a 60% or greater haste on you.

Fifth, the poster who thought he got 8 attacks per round does not understand the EQ combat engine. The maximum number of attacks per round (except for level 60 warriors and now monks as of today) is 4 attacks. This is using dual wield and double attack. The classes that can achieve 4 attacks per round are warriors, rogues, monks, and rangers. Paladins and SKs do not get dual wield so they can only get 2 attacks per round using double attack on their single weapon. Bards can only get 2 attacks per round using dual wield (one attack with each hand) but since they do not get double attack, there can be no second attack with either hand. At level 60 warriors and monks get TRIPLE attack allowing a level 60 warrior or monk to get 6 attacks per round max (3 per each hand) when dual wielding.

I hope this clears up some of the misconceptions, rumors, urban myths, and legends that seem to permeate EQ these days.