Miscellaneous: Blackstone Maul

[mropey]

Considering all Weapons have been put in game as their upgraded versions - Will the Blackstone Maul finally get this same treatment? All of this ToV loot in its upgraded version this early in Velious has definitely been a big game changer. The Blackstone Maul was previously modified per the following thread:

Blackstone Maul Thread

Since the weapon was upgraded prior to Luclin - can it be upgraded, same as all the other items have been upgraded in Velious? Thanks for your time and all you guys do.

[Ele]

October 2001 or bust. All other weapons and items need to be regressed.

[mropey]

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

October 2001 or bust. All other weapons and items need to be regressed.

Elaborate.

[Ele]

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

Elaborate.

There were at least two eras of upgrades during Velious. June 2001 and October 2001. Blackstone Maul's upgrade was part of the 2-hander revamp patch in October 2001.

June 2001 was a huge overhaul of Velious weapons and armor from Kael, Sleepers, and NToV. Most 2-hand weapons still have damage/delay ratios less than 1.0. A lot of the drops (for the effort required) were trash compared to items from random mobs in Seb and KC, much less VP loot. Examples:

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October 2001 included a patch that revamps 2-handed weapon damage and also upgraded 2 handed weapons game wide, many to dmg/delay ratios greater than 1.0. This patch also introduced new rogue piercers and monk weapons (Fist of Lightning, Wurmscale Fistwraps, etc.).

Examples:

Facesmasher

1.0 - Initial
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2.0 - June 2001
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3.0 - October 2001
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Twisted Steel Bastard Sword
1.0 - Initial
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2.0 - June 2001
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3.0 - October 2001
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[Daldaen]

Praise all of Ele's classic work.

Re-99 is in good hands. Praise the Timeline. Praise Classic.

[mropey]

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

Praise the Timeline.

Praise the revamp Ele speaks of from day 1 Velious?
Praise 2 months late on latest patch to maintain timeline. Stop kidding yourself..

[mropey]

No Ele, I'm not mad. Why delete your post?

[Ele]

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

No Ele, I'm not mad. Why delete your post?

Thought better of it and it didn't add to the conversation. :P

[mropey]

Don't want to hurt your that reputation.. true colors or whatever..

[Daldaen]

Kunark weapons are already set in the Timeline. They will retroactively fix their ratios and stats whenever the October 2001 patch is activated.

Thus, Praise the Timeline.

What you're suggesting, is that because Velious weaponry is already in October 2001 patch-mode, we should accelerate or immediately update these old Kunark weapons to that state. That's not how this server works.

Nilbog gets to be the Arbiter of what goes in and when. He is usually very good about sticking to classic timeline. Regarding Velious, he opted to not dig through the minutae of Velious' Raid loot updates, as Ele highlights, there are about 3-4 big patches that overhauled lots of item stats, and instead set all the timeline for those items after the fact, for the second server they intend on releasing, Re-99. Just letting P99, do it live and deal with the final version of Velious Raid Loot from day 1.

Thus, Re-99 is in good hands.

In Nilbog's mind this issue has already been resolved and the stats will autocorrect themselves when that switch is flipped. Wait 5-6 months and it should happen.