Armorsmith Archive

IMO those 'quest' armor sets, together with WS quest weaponsshould close the power gap between regular players and Jedi. I. e., a MBH clad in Mandalorian assault should be able to stand toe-to-toe with a full template Jedi.

Those armor sets should be good (exceptional protection and condition, general skill mods - either ranged or melee, depending on the armor, you get the idea), they should be hard to obtain (like Mando, RIS and the AV-21 speeder atm) and there should be more of them. ST or Clone Commando armor, Trandoshan Hunting armor, race specific quest armors for Wookies & Ithorians etc....

They would still be rare enough since they're hard to obtain and they decay, but they'd be worth the effort.

I agree fully. I was working from the viewpoint of existing assets, but other quested items should also be far and above normal ones, rather than the same with different graphics. Adding bonuses to resists and/or skill mods is somehting that I think would be very easy for the final step of the item combine. IE, my mando or RIS craft is identical, but the bonuses are added during the final appearance combine.

I've been kicking ideas around in my head for this as well. I'm concerned about getting our profession un-nerfed and unbugged before proposing new items though.

It's a tough balancing act, because I don't want us to go content-stasis either.

yay, lots of hampster wheel turning going on

The current RIS is frustrating and the current Mando is just plain silly as a jedi hunting armor.

Been thinking awhile on an similar idea but for all skins, not just the quest ones. An idea to make the skins a bit more destinctive without making one skin better than any other and also make elemental damage a bit more interesting in pvp without making all elemental weapons the best.

How about giving each skin built in elemental layers, for example composite could have +1000 electrical, -1000 acid, +500 heat, -500 cold. While Chitin might have +1000 heat, -1000 cold, +500 acid, -500 electrical or something similar, and the other skins would have their own strengths and weaknesses.

As long as you keep it to elemantal resists it shouldn't unbalance anything but should make it more varied and interesting as you will now have a reason to have several different weapons in your arsenal.

as long as we are making a wish list... how about just adding schematics for recon, battle and assault for both types of quest armor. might be nice to see both a bulkier and a sleeker set of RIS

Message Edited by Salvatoris on 05-24-2005 09:52 PM