I'd Like to Rant About ... The Sarnak Battle Shield

[loramin]

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM
Slot: SECONDARY
AC: 25
STR: +5 STA: +5 HP: +40
SV FIRE: +10 SV COLD: +10 SV MAGIC: +10
WT: 3.0 Size: MEDIUM
Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD DRU BRD SHM
Race: ALL

http://wiki.project1999.com/Sarnak_Battle_Shield

It costs < 1k (because it drops like candy in Chardok 2.0), it's usable by eight different classes, and it has crazy good stats (because it was designed more for Luclin power levels than Velious ones). As a result, it feels like half of Blue's population is wielding the exact same yellow shield ... I see it everywhere! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Now full disclosure: both my halfling alts have the shield, because somehow I can tolerate it better at a smaller size. But even though it would be an upgrade for Loramin, I can't bring myself to do it.

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Please devs, use your first round of custom content (someday) to save us from the SBS: give at least some of those eight classes a comparable shield with a different graphic!

[kaev]

It was already less than 1k long before Chardok 2.0 because so many were farmed during the heyday of Chardok AE L60 assembly line production.

[Nirgon]

It's a Kunark pixel and what kaev said

[indiscriminate_hater]

I had this same issue - then I got good at the game and got a better shield

[loramin]

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

It was already less than 1k long before Chardok 2.0 because so many were farmed during the heyday of Chardok AE L60 assembly line production.

Oh, I didn't realize it pre-dated 2.0. But that does help explain it better.

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

I had this same issue - then I got good at the game and got a better shield

But how are we going to make the rest of the server do that?

[Snortles Chortles]

I bet you feel pretty silly right now.

[Fammaden]

Your mistake not withstanding, I've felt for a while that chardok 2.0 feels out of place in the timeline. Its essentially a pre-luclin patch, almost a mini teaser expansion. I've gotten used to it, but it still just feels a bit off to see that stuff in circulation to me.

[Vexenu]

Really nice Cleric shield. Super tanky item. AC, saves and HP. What's not to love? Pity the poor Clerics who did not pump +WIS at creation and are forced to wield a Book of Obulus instead.

[Canelek]

What an odd thread.

[Jibartik]

Great item, but greater item on any server but blue because of that Aoe, yea.

It will be the cool item it was meant to be on green again.