Are you happy with the direction 5 bit armour sets are going?

shugg

Is it me or do the sets feel lacking. When I get a set I want it to feel different we currently don’t see this, for example a set increase x damage…. Im on PS4 so I can’t see the damage any way….

As a tank the sets are even worse as they are practically useless or I can get the same ability from a skill.. (hist).
So I’m suggesting move to both a visual and proc based sets that give you an “I want feeling” like a caster set that summons an imp to spit fire balls or a heavy set that has a chance to freeze nearby enemies (like a frost explosion) - a medium set that gives a chance to surround you in blades for aoe damage. These don’t need to be op as you can balance the damage it’s just more shifting the focus from a stat to a visual effect and a wow that’s a different effect. At the moment we get sets shown to us with very little benefit and the ones we do go for are just straight stat increase.

I may be alone in this however it would be nice have some sets which both feel good and are practical (as a tank there are few…)

thanks

Turelus

Are you happy with the current sets

I'm happy enough with the sets as they are, my gripes with them however are.

• Not all sets are obtainable/upgradable to max level.
• Due to the removal of soft caps or any kind of diminished returns all builds are simply based on stacking the most stat/damage and making no use of the special abilities of armour.
• Some set items remain so ridiculous to get it's often not worth trying (best power warlock rings!)

Eleusian

do you feel sets should be more visual & proc based

Also on PS4. Can see no # so who knows most of the time. (Cross fingers and hope ) lol

Lexxypwns

Undaunted 2 piece sets work like this, as well as Morkuldin set, however, given the way certain undaunted sets (looking at you skoria) keep getting nerfed into the ground and the way morkuldin 5 pc proc is garbage (it doesn't move!), I'd rather not get some shiny new sets, spend my time and energy getting them only to have them be crapped or get nerfed.

Also, the proc based sets like Ravager give you a distinct visual effect

newtinmpls

I totally agree with post #2.

Very few of the sets beyond the initial (Seducer, Night's Silence, Toroug's Pact) really seem worth my time.

I like the idea of the Phoenix armor, but given that I'll out-level it it's not worthwhile any time soon (I'm a reeeaallly slow leveler/ altoholic) and I intensely dislike not being able to pick my style(s)

I usually mix and match to some extent for all my characters, both set and style-wise. I hate depending on drops/guild stores.

BabeestorGor

Are you happy with the current sets

Turelus wrote: »

I'm happy enough with the sets as they are, my gripes with them however are.

• Not all sets are obtainable/upgradable to max level.
• Due to the removal of soft caps or any kind of diminished returns all builds are simply based on stacking the most stat/damage and making no use of the special abilities of armour.
• Some set items remain so ridiculous to get it's often not worth trying (best power warlock rings!)

Having all sets available to v16, being able to learn to craft dropped sets and being able to craft jewellery would be good.

Turelus

Are you happy with the current sets

BabeestorGor wrote: »

Turelus wrote: »

I'm happy enough with the sets as they are, my gripes with them however are.

• Not all sets are obtainable/upgradable to max level.
• Due to the removal of soft caps or any kind of diminished returns all builds are simply based on stacking the most stat/damage and making no use of the special abilities of armour.
• Some set items remain so ridiculous to get it's often not worth trying (best power warlock rings!)

Having all sets available to v16, being able to learn to craft dropped sets and being able to craft jewellery would be good.

If not craft then at least expend materials to upgrade them, meaning players still have to partake in the materials chase each new patch.
The current system of release seems to be more about adding more powerful sets rather than more options to use sets. Maybe they should also think about taking some sets back to a 3 set bonus so we can have more mix in special effects and hopefully more interesting and initiative builds.

acw37162

I would like to see several sets like armor of the code that offer a unique 1 piece bonus as a craft able alternative to monster helms and shoulders working around undaunted passives.

I would like to see some armor with some unique (not over powered) three and four piece bonuses to create some interesting unique combinations.

I would like to see armor sets designed specifically for vampires and werewolfs with attribute bonuses unique to vampires and werewolfs.

A werewolf set that allows you stay in werewolf for as long as you want.

A werewolf set that increased the healing over time from your heal over time morphs and ands a heal over time to your light attack.

A werewolf set that turns your leap attack into AOE taunt and adds defense and healing received basically a werewolf tank.

The same for vampire there is so much you could do there.

I would like to see an upgrade material that allows you take V14 gear to V16, so that all of the previous sets can be theory crafted into the new stuff.

Jewelry crafting

And I'm not a huge crafter by any means but they crafting gear is great fun.

I would also like to see some type of roll dodge fix for gear sets like skirmishes and way of the air and other sets that activate attributed with roll dodge.

Would also like to see a crafting line, skill, temper, material that allows to you alter traits on dropped items. By here is s ton of frautration with finding the weapon, jewelry, piece your looking for in defending or training. I understand replay value and no trivializing content but you want playing to be and rewarding and frustrating with a feeling of wasted time.

dsalter

all new sets are not intresting

no cause many sets aren't even being utilized at highest level due to level caps for them dropping. new added sets are just... getting lazy, i mean those jewels in IC i mean come on. atleast the monster helms try to be unique, many wrothgar ones try to be to but atleast 2 focus on frost and sorry but frost staffs themselves are lacking, so abilities based on frost damage delt are just sad.

DRXHarbinger

They help. Such as scathing mage etc but sooooooo frikin hard to get. I'd rather some like diablo3 had. Like boots that cause flame damage and frost damage aoe. I'd rather a 5 piece set that does something cool like that.

Personofsecrets

Most of the tanks sets are garbo.

Before we had histbark footman. And how is glorious defender pariah going to replace those (if you can even get pariah and glorious defender in the first place?

Sets just aren't designed correctly. They are made with inherent drawbacks such as "you get this cool thing, but only if you jump through this zanny hoop." No more of that. I just want the cool thing. The zanny hoops are tending to be enough to make sets bad.

shugg

do you feel sets should be more visual & proc based

the issue i find on ps4 is alot of sets increase x but we dont see or feel the increase as we dont see what x is in the first place. Also we dont have any mods to tell us when stuff procs so we dont feel it.... I just find the sets a bit naff tbh and i know tomorrow i will be using my same vet 16 tank gear i have been using for vet ic pledges..