Has anyone evern seen a Stonemelder's Brand?

[Rygar]

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

That has to be the worst item in the game. Future condolences to future drops.

I think it can have end game value... Primal to overcome -agi, can maybe still cap your agi at 255 so you aren't taking an effective ac hit. So that is 18ac for an ear slot for a warrior.

Not sure what their ac soft cap is, or how other earrings would compare, but seems like it could have a niche. Rumor has it that Furor on live used one in era.

Also saw some posts mentioning you could use it to snare a charmed mob. May not help as much if soloing, but perhaps can keep your pet snared? May need to load up another -agi item or two, I have never tested that on p99.

[Triiz]

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

Also saw some posts mentioning you could use it to snare a charmed mob. May not help as much if soloing, but perhaps can keep your pet snared? May need to load up another -agi item or two, I have never tested that on p99.

Doubt that works on p99, if it does though this thing will end up worth way more than 1.2k.

[Rygar]

A little harsh there Caiu. I understand HP is king in this world of Norrath, but there has always been a little uncertainty of how effective AC actually is in P99. I never heard how the AC parse test went on Vindi that someone was posting about (and whether or not a shield boosts AC above caps).

Can you give some more technical reasoning why, if the -35 AGI / DEX can be overcome with other gear / buffs, why 18ac is useless for an ear slot? My goal is to learn here, not argue.

I thought I heard a figure out there in regards to tanking that a 'rule of thumb' type thing is 1ac can be worth 3 or 4hp or something like that. Which means this would be rough equivalent of 54 - 72hp if that is correct. Maybe that only holds true on trash mobs that aren't always max hitting?

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The snaring a mob seems more doubtful on P99 no doubt, I don't believe casting a Cripple on a mob reduces run speed (and that is like -60 AGI or something) but have never looked much at it. I am not very knowledgeable about how NPC AGI works (whether it is some super high number or just behaves differently). I'm just repeating what was posted in era (could have been some noob trying to act smart or maybe had an effect).

[Triiz]

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

The snaring a mob seems more doubtful on P99 no doubt, I don't believe casting a Cripple on a mob reduces run speed (and that is like -60 AGI or something) but have never looked much at it. I am not very knowledgeable about how NPC AGI works (whether it is some super high number or just behaves differently). I'm just repeating what was posted in era (could have been some noob trying to act smart or maybe had an effect).

Yeah I didn't think it made a difference, but figured it was worth taking a minute to test it to be sure.

I Cripple'd both a Guard and a Decaying Skeleton, charmed them, and ran around for a minute and they were running at normal speed. This was from a level 60 so the -AGI should've been closer to -75 AGI. If -75 AGI doesn't slow a level 1 mob down, I don't think it would make a difference on any mob on p99.

If it did work on Live it was probably nerfed at some point.

[ThePeoplesBard]

Just stumbled on this old thread while looking for information about this item. I currently have one. Looted it on a Hole run in the spring. It's my favorite weird thing.

[skarlorn]

really really terrible earring.

But cool.

Reminds me of the Bow of the Underfoot, another super rare drop from the golems. Probably less rare than this earring though.

*Loads another arrow into his bow of the underfoot and 360 noscopes Llandris*

[skarlorn]

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[Rygar]

It would be kind of funny if melee dps would equip this and any other -AGI items and select gear without +AGI (unsure what exists honestly) to try and effectively root yourself for fear dragons. Fear would make you just stand still if you got low enough. If dragon moves position, put earring on cursor and move (can keep run on even). Would be interesting to see if their MR / HP could get high enough still to not be a liability.

You heard it here first folks, Stonemelder's Band going for 20k in the near future, buy yours now!

[branamil]

There's like 10 wrong assumptions with that theorycrafting, so I'll just say, no.

[Tenderizer]

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

That has to be the worst item in the game. Future condolences to future drops.

I would wear that.