Re: CBM 1.7 released
Submitting forging suggestion for discussion:
Weightless Scale Mail : A2 -> A1
Moon blade : 2 handed -> 1 handed; S1 -> S2 or lower stats? (I mean, even sandhyabala has 1-handed moon blades...)
Ring of the warrior : B1 -> B2
Flesh eater axe : B1 -> B2
Bane blade (2H) : remove for slots? Would people actually craft this reasonably often over the 1H version with the new changes? Hmmm...
Bone Armor : D5 -> D4
Wraith Crown : D5 -> D4
Robe of Invulnerability : E5 -> E4
Frost brand : W1 -> W2, AoE dam restoration arguable
Lantern shield: D2F1 -> D1F1
Where I'm on the fence for in varying degrees, and where 1 lvl price drop seem excessive:
Amulet of Missile Protection
Rod of the Phoenix - Already used in games, but with hammer changes I think I may never see them again, even as a specific counter. FR and a leadership boost maybe?
Stymphalian Wings
Axe of Hate -(The fatigue damage is not AoE it seems, has to hit) - and honestly, I see kryss used as SC slayer over axe of hate 100% of the time.
Sword of Swiftness
The above with some exception (frost brand, blood items...etc) are items I've never or very rarely seen used in the MP games I played in (admittedly not very many... ), it's always the same ol' couple of items. The worst are weapons and shields, whereas armor and helm and to lesser degree boots are more varied. I wished more items are made more viable whereas there are some clear optimal winners now that everyone uses, in the footstep of herald lance change from S2 -> S1 in CBM 1.6 which was excellent. Given hammer changes, the never-seen items will probably get even more never-seen.
For frost brand, it just has amazing utility for an amazingly cheap price, AoE, decent weapon stats and CR 50 in a 1-handed package for 5 measly water gems? Objectively speaking its far and away better then most weapons out there overall without any doubt. Firebrand is likewise amazing and even heaps AP, but I can convince myself its a cross-path item bonus and already cost 10 gems.
As for blood items, maybe the blood hunt nerf is enough, but I still think 5 blood slaves for decent usable items are way too cheap.
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