I think that for the majority of players to enjoy themselves… They should be several way to gather the armor you want for your build. By crafting, of course, but also by dropping it from dungeons/mobs and also pvp.
2 of the best perks you can gather right now for PVP (except for weapon specifics) are Resilient and Refreshing. I decided to take a look at the database to see if it was possible to drop pieces of armor with those 2 perk to start a set around it. Here is the result :
In the whole game database… there is only 2 items that comes with that. So let’s not even talk about trying to find an item with 3 perks you want… The lack of drops is really disturbing.
Of the two, one comes with resilient (only pvp perk, mobs don’t crit) and luck (only pve perk), the other one is actually pretty good and BIS :
Now, of course, you could always drop by luck a random 600 gs item with good perks on it… The problem with that… is that you cannot specifically target it and try to farm a spot or dungeon to try to drop it.
The only ways to try to make a BiS set is either crafting or buying from the Auction House. On my server, that is still amongst the top 10 in Europe… the auction house is just empty. Nothing to found there for weeks, and by any chance you try to find one piece… it is at an astronomic price. Either a big guild fully of money comes and buy it, or it stays there forever.
So, the only realistic way to try to make a set for yourself… is crafting. But here comes another problem. Crafting was already a money pit before for the majority of players, unless you are very lucky and you craft a BiS item that you don’t need for yourself and that you can sell… But now… It’s even a bigger money pit than before due to the new mutation system they introduced. Nobody is interested in 595+ anymore, everybody wants to buy only 600.
The price of upgrading from 595 to 600 is astronomical for most player that are not yet at Mutation 6 or plus. But in that case… You don’t need those anymore anyways and want to use their umbrals to upgrade their current mutation gear. And if upgrading to 600 gs gave a addition perk… maybe people will go around and buy tons of 595 to try to upgrade it to obtain a 3rd bis perk … but as it’s not the case, nothing sells anymore.
I guess that many players like me are stuck in that kind of limbo with nothing to do… no way to improve our gear or try to gather a secondary set… and it’s one of the reasons people stop playing.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
EDIT : Some perks, like Omnidirectional Evade for the Rapier… Don’t even drop ONCE in the entire game.
