jboots MQ = a waste of money?

[guineapig]

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

What's your source on this?

http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=278

versus:

http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.html?id=874

It's always been like this...

[Droodler]

I've never noticed player level affecting SoW run speed on P99. I can't remember if this was true on Live back in the early days.

Duration I have noticed changing.

Has anyone tested this on P99?

[Dantes]

I don't know if they are too fast here, but I just remember not being able to outrun anything Kunark had to offer when I was using my jboots back in the day. This is part of the reason why I haven't tried to get any. The difference between the speed of SOW was definitely noticeable way back when. Of course, on this server it might even be worse because the mobs have such a large range on their ability to hit you. 20% may cost you a death.

[Badmartigan]

JBoots are a must have if you are a soloer or a raider..

Theres no reason not to have them unless you are lazy.. most high end guilds REQUIRE having jboots/clicky

[Werlop]

If you were lucky enough to get the rare drops off of kedge/lguk/solb, win a greed roll in a freeti group, etc. then getting together 5-6k for a jboots mq is believable. Obviously some classes (necro, mage anyone?) will have a much easier time than others (pure melee), but it is not impossible.

Back to the OP's point: yes, sow potions are more effective if you know that you will not need the clicky (I don't remember dealing with dispells heavily until I got to raid level).
However, clickies are invaluable in raids for every class and it is therefore well worth the investment to obtain it early if you have the cash AND plan on raiding.
To raiders (the majority of the people who can afford jboots), the fact that it is a clicky is the selling point. The fact that that clicky is a speed mod is a bonus (an amazing bonus that everyone loves, but still a bonus).

[Omnimorph]

I had about 40-50k when i was level 34... but then i spent ALL my time making jewellery. I then camped Jboots, and bought 6 tink bags, gebs and an smr XD

Sow potions are a pain to carry around. Jboots are easy enough.

[karsten]

plus they are super important in pvp

[Thetruth]

The truth is,

This is a valuable purchase of computer game goods. This could be used for running quickly. This might lead to some truth.

[JayDee]

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

plus they are super important in pvp

And we all know how great you were at pvp

lolololololololol

[karsten]

hackers gonna hack, is my response to that. Also that I was part of the 18 man test of tactics from vallon zek back when people hadnt figured out how to black screens out using MQ