Purchase of gear prior to Velious release

[kebas239]

Hey all. I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right forum, but let me know if I'm not. I'm in the market to purchase tank gear (such as FBSS, Chardok BP and Staff of Battle). Is it worth it to purchase this gear at it's current price considering Velious will be released next weekend?

I was thinking that aside from nerfed items, the value of most of the Kunark and Classic era items would probably go down. Either that, or I would think that some of the new Velious items would be a better deal pricewise than the Kunark/Classic stuff.

What do you guys think?

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

hold off on any haste item for sure. rest i dont know.

[Swish]

You might see a sudden spike of interest in SK/paladin/ranger gear (despite the hybrid penalty not disappearing on launch night)... I'd buy sooner rather than later on that.

Generally speaking however I'd suggest not investing too much in gear that's replaceable in the planes or other raids if you're a quick leveler :)

[Itap]

I've got a 10 troll SK I've been waiting to level, fully equipped lol

[kaev]

Wait on haste, it might get a bit cheaper still. And don't buy Diamondine Earrings because they have definitely not come close to finishing tanking in price yet.

[mr_jon3s]

I would wait on buying a battle staff and instead head to dragon necropolis and try to get some velium weapons like. http://wiki.project1999.com/Crafted_Velium_Claidhmore

[Ele]

Chardok BP gonna tank to nothing mid Velious when only warriors and sks can activate the invis.

[Jimjam]

Are Traveller's boots added in at release?

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

travellers boots are evil. worse than breeze.

[TarukShmaruk]

When are they doing the hybrid xp penalty removal?

[Swish]

When are they doing the hybrid xp penalty removal?

If we knew that the EC fat cats would use that information to their advantage.

[Ele]

Are Traveller's boots added in at release?

No, they should come in around 6 months into it.

[nothsa]

polished granite tomahawk, thought that was the bomb

[webrunner5]

When are they doing the hybrid xp penalty removal?

Probably, hopefully, about 2 to 3 months into it, should be the time line.

[Jimjam]

polished granite tomahawk, thought that was the bomb

Considering on this server you can still proc with the offhand even when dual wield fails to produce a swing I think it is a decent enough weapon to off hand at low dw skill purely for the str/tank padding proc.

[Destron]

polished granite tomahawk, thought that was the bomb

Wrong thread.

[JurisDictum]

Any dropable gear that is BiS is going to go down...but there isn't a lot. Most Velious loot is NO DROP. After initially going down in price...things like Djarn's ring will prob be right up where they were -- because they are still a pain in the ass to get and best dropable in slot.
certain melee weapons will go down. I wouldn't be surprised in caster equipment begins flooding the market a bit...Velious is very much a melee expansion.