So, some interesting things have been happening with me and my new Midgard guild. I slew the dragon:
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We rolled for the Dragonscale Bracer first, which sells for >70 plat and is the best wrist besides like the Akar's Barrier (125ish plat?). I rolled a 100 and was ecstatic. But then the raid leader is like no sorry you didn't win - on the good items the person who rolls closest to his roll wins. So, whatever, I ended up with some crappy leather gloves that sell for like 3 plat if you can find a buyer.
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We went back to do the dragon again this time as a guild-sponsored raid... and I roll a 96 on this:
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So first 2 dragon raids and nearly win both of the best items. Dragonstorm is essentially the best 2h hammer in Midgard... although what's "best" isn't very cut and dry in this game. There's no point in having all the best items due to stat caps, you just try to get the best jewelry type items you can and then form your SC around maxing all resists and skills/stats your class needs and you're done. As long as you're using a 16.5 dps weapon with 100% quality and 35% bonus, the only thing that differentiates weapons is the graphic and proc. It's not like EQ at all where there's usually always items you can strive for to upgrade your character. It's kinda dumb in a pve sense, but... the point is that you can't have a huge advantage in PvP through gear alone. Once you cap your stats and resists, that's it. Your options at 50 are a crafted weapon, dragon drop, or Tajendi drop (there's 3 2h hammers). Crafted weapons look the blandest, but I'm not a big fan of the Dragonstorm graphic either. But, whatever, Dragonstorm is amazing and sells for like 75 plat. Considering I have about 3 plat to my name right now, I'll gladly wield that fucker
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]. Well, once I get 1 more level for 50 and can actually equip the thing, that is.
Now, back to those leather gloves. I put them up on our guild consignment merchant to sell and make some money last night. Today I noticed they were missing off the merchant, so I was excited that they may have sold. Long story short, after talking to a GM I discovered one of the officers knicked my gloves and the guild leader's spear off the merchant. Going to talk to him today to see what that's about. If he was out to steal, I don't understand why he didn't take the more valuable items we had listed.