Game Mechanics: Required level to equip: Narandi's Lance & Club of the Ice Ocean

[evilkorn]

This is mostly for future timeline correct content as you have said you will not be using pre upgraded weapon stats for ToV weapons if they were within Velious. The stats on Narandi's Lance changed in October 2001.

http://web.archive.org/web/200112241...html?item=6249

Posted @ Mon, Oct 29th 3:21 PM 2001 Score: Decent[3.00]
Indeed. The Damage Bonus was 17 when I was lvl 55. At 56, it's 18. When I had a lvl 60 warrior friend look at it in the trade window, she said the Damage bonus showed up as 28!!
As Bale posted, the damage bonus doesn't look like it goes up incrementally. I'd be willing to bet there's a HUGE jump between 59-60.
Since it was upgraded to 44/45 this last patch, I've been hitting for an average of 120-150 with the occasional 200+. With my Strength buffed to 255 and with Call of the Predator, I've been getting max hits in the 250s.
Record hit (259).... Aieee Carrumba!

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That also hints to damage bonus being shown on items, but I don't have additional info on that as of yet.

Level required to equip proof:

Narandi's Lance:

55 lv Reply... By: raidil,
1 posts
Posted @ Sun, Oct 28th 5:50 AM 2001 Score: Decent[3.00]
i just got this to day did a pet of testing and u cant use it tell 55 so now got to lv up big time

DMG Bonus/Lev restriction Reply... By: GarthinTrueknight,
2 posts
Posted @ Tue, Dec 4th 2:02 PM 2001 Score: Decent[3.00]
I got this lance at level 52 and could not equip it. I just made 55 this week, went to bank and was able to equip it. As soon as I did I noticed the dmg bonus was 27, so maybe they tweaked it up again. My character is a 55 pally on Brell server.

Club of the Ice Ocean:
http://web.archive.org/web/200112160...html?item=4003

Level Limits on Items now are in Effect Reply... By: Anonymous
Posted @ Thu, Jan 11th 6:23 PM 2001 Score: Default[2.00]
Verant has sneakily implemented level limits on some items. They have NOT changed the "Cannot Equip this item..." message though.

Its been confirmed that there are now items that you have to be a specific level to even EQUIP the item much less proc the effect.

RE: EQUIP PROBLEMS Reply... By: RoperTruson,
1 posts
Posted @ Sat, Dec 30th 5:24 AM 2000 Score: Decent[3.00]
You need too be Level 51 min to equip the item.

If anyone sees any more please add, but so far I've only found these that have a hard level to equip on them.

[Daldaen]

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[nilbog]

Did Narandi's Lance have a level requirement when Velious launched?

[Daldaen]

Originally Posted by nilbog [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Did Narandi's Lance have a level requirement when Velious launched?

55 lv Reply... By: raidil,
1 posts
Posted @ Sun, Oct 28th 5:50 AM 2001 Score: Decent[3.00]
i just got this to day did a pet of testing and u cant use it tell 55 so now got to lv up big time

That is an October 2001 post, so it sounds like yes, this was active during Velious?

[nilbog]

I'm wondering because the post was in October, and the previous poster had mentioned it was upgraded in a patch.

So I need to know if Narandi's Lance had a level requirement since December 2000, or if it was added later in the October 2001 patch that upgraded its stats.

[Daldaen]

Level restriction Reply... By: Mistyq,
6 posts
Posted @ Fri, Oct 5th 12:45 PM 2001 Score: Default[2.00]
By the way!
You have to be level 55 to even WIELD this item. This is the first item I've heard of like this. I can't confirm this firsthand because I got it at lvl 55.
But a Paladin on Prexus was nearly stomped to death for trying to sell this awarded item since he was awarded it over other who could and would use it. He was level 54 and he claimed he could not equip it.

October 8, 2001

Two-Handed Weapons have been given an increased damage bonus for characters over level 50. Also, certain post-epic quality two-handers have been improved.

According to the dates, the claim that the item has a required level 55 to equip was the 5th and the patch increasing 2h damage was the 8th. So it *probably* existed before the patch going back to Velious launch.

Certainly existed before the first October patch.

[evilkorn]

The quote from the club post also says:

Posted @ Thu, Jan 11th 6:23 PM 2001
...
Its been confirmed that there are now items that you have to be a specific level to even EQUIP the item much less proc the effect.

[nilbog]

Pending update:

-Narandi's Lance has a required level of 55. Its stats are upgraded in ~Oct2001.
-Club of the Ice Ocean has a required level of 51.