Artifacts and dur

[fruitcake]

I'm sure you have all seen on the vn boards or noticed how quickly an artifact can loose dur,even while you are still lvling it.
I now understand that although arti quest's can be done again you can never activate the same arti again on a char once the one you have has been used up.
So it seems to me the much of toa is now pointless,as at some point down the line we will all end up without any working arti and will all be back on sced.

I think arti should have at least very slow dur loss(as you may expect,them being ancient artifacts of Atlantis)
Or you should be able to get a new one when you need to.

I really feel a bit demoralized now knowing that all the time I am putting in to lvling my arti will leave me with an item that has such a limited lifespan,if I want to use it on a regular bases.
I guess we could always just get arti's out for dress occasions/rolleyes

Your thought's pls,am I right to feel this way and feel a bit ripped off or...

 

[Krissy]

Totally agree, Specialy weapon artifacts that u obviously decay faster than cloaks etc.

 

[Yussef]

Wings Dive, level 4, hasn't lost a con yet Oo

Then again I am a defensive god :<

 

[Sharma]

Then again I am a defensive god :<

You're also a gimp saracen and that but you dont see us complaining because your head is inside that big tin can of yours.

 

[Asharith]

Shades lost 1 con to level 10 .
Guard of valor lost 4 con to level 10 .

 

[Skilgannon]

Belt of the Sun lost 2 con to lvl 10
Harpy Feather Cloak lost 6 con to lvl 10
Snakecharmers will never lose con

Artifacts don't seem that bad tbh, it is the crafted gear that I have noticed is taking a big hit.

I used to use a 3.3 spd crafted MP whip for RvR, but since acquiring a 3.0 spd MP whip I have used the old 3.3 for PvE. Prior to ToA this whip hadn't lost any dur (repaired probably 8-9 times). It is now at 68% dur and at this rate would break in around 4 weeks time. Done roughly 2 bubs at 50 since ToA with this whip.

Thankfully the Sun Spiked Flail is a very nice weapon and so I don't have to worry about weapon durability any more

 

[sibanac]

Belt of the Sun lost 2 con to lvl 10
Harpy Feather Cloak lost 6 con to lvl 10
Snakecharmers will never lose con

damn my sun lost 1 con to lvl 3

 

[Fafnir]

damn my sun lost 1 con to lvl 3

Take it off during night time And i found it faster farming blue cons that yellow cons

 

[Skilgannon]

damn my sun lost 1 con to lvl 3

As another poster said, take it off during the night to save on con. Belt levels between 0800 - 2000 gametime. Best way to level the belt with minimum con loss I found was ML zerg raids. Unless you in the main grp you are unlikely to be hit and it can level fast.

 

[Seroquell]

As another poster said, take it off during the night to save on con. Belt levels between 0800 - 2000 gametime. Best way to level the belt with minimum con loss I found was ML zerg raids. Unless you in the main grp you are unlikely to be hit and it can level fast.

This seems to make most sense. grp with some other players who want xp/cash etc.. or go on ML zergs and hang back and dont take aggro, youll still get your XP for arti but not lose and dur/con...both ways is a winner!!
still gotta find the grps..aslong as u got a good guild i cant see it being a prob.

 

[sibanac]

This seems to make most sense. grp with some other players who want xp/cash etc.. or go on ML zergs and hang back and dont take aggro, youll still get your XP for arti but not lose and dur/con...both ways is a winner!!
still gotta find the grps..aslong as u got a good guild i cant see it being a prob.

I am a paladin, hanging back and not getting hit isnt a real option

But i better start doing MLs on this char anyway

 

[Fafnir]

I am a paladin, hanging back and not getting hit isnt a real option

But i better start doing MLs on this char anyway

Well you should be as a thane then, buff up, and go chain blue-orange mobs, my sun belt go to lvl8 93% and lost 1% con, my armor 99%. My hammer 89% my shield 91% Got hit about 1 in every 10 mobs, hammer is nice for pve. Wish conquer had 9 sec stun, then i would never be hit

 

[Eleasias]

You dont have to worry about that, by the time they are half-way down on dur you will be forced to get the next buy or bye-expansion for new items.

 

[Elendar]

if you can return an item for a new one in some cases, crush battler etc, you could wait till it loses all dur, return and pick slash again

 

[knighthood]

I'm sure you have all seen on the vn boards or noticed how quickly an artifact can loose dur,even while you are still lvling it.
I now understand that although arti quest's can be done again you can never activate the same arti again on a char once the one you have has been used up.
So it seems to me the much of toa is now pointless,as at some point down the line we will all end up without any working arti and will all be back on sced.

I think arti should have at least very slow dur loss(as you may expect,them being ancient artifacts of Atlantis)
Or you should be able to get a new one when you need to.

I really feel a bit demoralized now knowing that all the time I am putting in to lvling my arti will leave me with an item that has such a limited lifespan,if I want to use it on a regular bases.
I guess we could always just get arti's out for dress occasions/rolleyes

Your thought's pls,am I right to feel this way and feel a bit ripped off or...

hahahhaha awww bless, good hope the artifacts get even quicker dur loss next patch tbh, stupid ToA making the game ridiculously overpowered and spoilt , and the fact people are ML10 and Artifacts lvl 10 so quickly after the expansion has come out <cough> Nolby anyone.. Heres hoping they also add a lose lvls if you die to many times in the upcoming patches too mwahahahha

 

[Ctuchik]

hahahhaha awww bless, good hope the artifacts get even quicker dur loss next patch tbh, stupid ToA making the game ridiculously overpowered and spoilt , and the fact people are ML10 and Artifacts lvl 10 so quickly after the expansion has come out <cough> Nolby anyone.. Heres hoping they also add a lose lvls if you die to many times in the upcoming patches too mwahahahha

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cant be arsed to buy ToA? not our problem tbfh. and isnt this pretty much the same discussion as when SI came out? those with SI had that huge advantage over those that didnt?

its quite self explanatory(sp?) if u dont/cant/refuse to buy a expansion for a game ur bound not to not have the same advantage as those that did get it..

and so what if ppl already is ML10? its their life. let them play if they want. (and no im not in NP, and no im not ML10, im still ML1) i mostly bought ToA to get some new mobs to kill and get more of them gimped ROG drops then anything else... sure, if i acually DO get a artifact i would lvl it. but atm im not realy after one.. tried to get moon belt for about a week and finally couldent be arsed to try anymore. but thats my desicioun(sp?),

and please stop trusting the whiners on VN that say ToA is as bad as they say.. they always whine on everything and not even 5% of what they say are true or accurate....


SO, if YOU cant be arsed with ToA then dont come here whining about it.. (this isnt really expressed to the quote person but to ALL u ppl that whine over ToA and refuse to get it)

yes rant over

 

[Sigurd]

Artifacts shouldn't lose duration at all OR we should be able to do the artifact quest again once it runs out of duration. Everyone I know agrees on this. Think how much time you put into an artifact - do you actually put this much time into ANY other item in the entire game? No.. so why should they follow the same rules regarding duration? This is one decision I really don't understand from Mythic - they want to make more money, so they want people to keep playing - people are more likely to leave if the item they spent days/weeks/months just to be able to use at its best degrades to nothing.

 

[Bodzilla]

Wings Dive, level 4, hasn't lost a con yet Oo

Then again I am a defensive god :<

How many swords/shields have you burnt up tho?

 

[emma]

How many swords/shields have you burnt up tho?

level 7 on my Belt of the Sun, 3 on my cloak, 2 on my helm. Sword was freshly made when ToA came out. now down to 83% dur.

Think i remember something on VN back when 1.67 hit there servers that decay rates went through the roof.

In the months since SC came out i was Axe spec on my warrior and had/have used the exact same axe right up until 1.67 was patched. That axe hadnt lost any Dur at all, i have spent countless hours in DF farming seals.

So something is up with the con/dur loss on items, just hope mythic fix it soon ;p At this rate all my items will be 70% con, 0% Dur in a month or so.

 

[Laston]

Heres hoping they also add a lose lvls if you die to many times in the upcoming patches too mwahahahha

you... :eek2:

you... :eek2:


DIEEEEEEEEE!!!

 

[censi]

say for example with a chest piece artifact. can you start hitting a mob with the SC chest piece and then just before you kill it switch to you artifact so you are wearing that when u kill the mob?

does this work and if it did would that be legal?

 

[Boni]

My spears lost 3% con and its only lvl 1, lets hope they bung in some merchent to exchange artifacts for an equivalent level new one like they did with some epic quest stuff...

does this work and if it did would that be legal?

yeah it works, not sure if it would be classified as an 'exploit' or not, guess strickly speaking it is if your doing it to get around the dur loss that you should have to suffer. Personally I would find it too much hassle