Will Velious have an effect on weapon values?

[BrendockMerryfoot]

This may not be the right section of the forums for this post, but it pertains to my weapons as a rogue and I just wanted to see what you guys think.

I didn't play on Live until Luclin was already out for a while. When Velious opened did the influx of new weapons drive Kunark weapon prices down? If so, will there be a similar effect here with Kunark being out as long as it has been?

All opinions are appreciated.

[tekniq]

sell it.

most of your items are going to be obsolete once velious hits. there are just a plethora of weapons that are going to be available...cash out now.

[Littlestgnome]

With very few exceptions most Kunark era weapons and armor will be outshined significantly by Velious items. Look at the Thurg/Kael/Skyshrine armor sets alone as a prime example. Weaponry is really not much different.

It's one of the primary flaws of early EQ really. Not that they shouldn't have provided upgrades along with new content/expansions. The scale to which they did it however was far too aggressive. It's no surprise by the time PoP came out itemization was viewed by most as being wildly out of control, but the truth is Kunark and Velious had already set EQ well on it's way in this regard.

[Daldaen]

Itemization wasn't out of control until SoF came out. It was that expansion where people raiding 70-75 content became extinct since the 80 group stuff was far easier and better stats.

It was something like a 60% increase of stats on group gear.

PoP stuff was very well balanced and there was value in Luclin gear and some Velious stuff. Specific Velious stuff was best in slot until PoTime (mainly Dozekar loot, and some stuff like AoW ring and Vulak stuff).

To the OP... Weapons aren't really that expensive here. I mean you have your EoN and sebilite dagger... But mostly everything in 5k or less. And most of the upgrades come from Raid mobs not group content.

As a rogue, get your Ragebringer and some okay offhand. I wouldn't spend 60k on an EoN if I were you. Something like a Jagged Sword or CSS would suit you fine for any group.