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FYI: Broken Armor causes the Armor active skills to be uncastable..
sevomd69
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So if you are using a 5-1-1 and one of the pieces of the 5 set piece breaks...the you cannot cast the active skill now...
I was in vet CoH today on the last bosses...and I kept dying...when I realized that harness magicka was grayed out...and then realized that the broken light piece of armor makes it so you can't cast until you repair...
I was in vet CoH today on the last bosses...and I kept dying...when I realized that harness magicka was grayed out...and then realized that the broken light piece of armor makes it so you can't cast until you repair...
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VaranisArano✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭Interesting. Sounds like having the broken armor piece makes the game read you as only wearing 4 pieces for the purposes of using armor skills.0 -
Twohothardware✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭This is a good change. Makes repairing your armor a greater focus as it should be.17 -
sevomd69✭✭✭✭✭
✭Twohothardware wrote: »This is a good change. Makes repairing your armor a greater focus as it should be.
Not good when it happens in the middle of a boss fight... I think it might be a bug...1 -
geonsocal✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I sure hope that's not working as intended...
haven't read patch/update notes in a while - will now...anyone know if that's mentioned?PVP Campaigns Section: Playstation NA and EU (Gray Host) - This Must be the Place0 -
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✭✭Twohothardware wrote: »This is a good change. Makes repairing your armor a greater focus as it should be.
Not good when it happens in the middle of a boss fight... I think it might be a bug...
Yeah that would be a real pain, especially on the tougher fighters where you get lots of wipes.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭While I can see this being a pain on harder dungeons where you are dying a lot (my first run of Vet City of Ash II comes to mind), this is also the very situation for which Grand Repair Kits were placed in-game. They aren't expensive and can be gained from crafting writs and, I believe, other dailies as well as merchants.
Still, its worth pointing this issue out to ZOS, so they can determine whether or not broken armor should or should not count towards "wearing" 5 pieces of armor for the skills. I know that broken armor contributes no armor. It would be interesting to test whether broken pieces reduce your armor passive benefits or removes set bonuses.1 -
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✭VaranisArano wrote: »While I can see this being a pain on harder dungeons where you are dying a lot (my first run of Vet City of Ash II comes to mind), this is also the very situation for which Grand Repair Kits were placed in-game. They aren't expensive and can be gained from crafting writs and, I believe, other dailies as well as merchants.
Still, its worth pointing this issue out to ZOS, so they can determine whether or not broken armor should or should not count towards "wearing" 5 pieces of armor for the skills. I know that broken armor contributes no armor. It would be interesting to test whether broken pieces reduce your armor passive benefits or removes set bonuses.
I literally have hundreds of grand repair kits...but if armor breaks in the middle of a boss fight and you lose your shield...you're pretty much screwed...especially on console where it takes like 30 seconds to find anything in inventory...Edited by sevomd69 on November 9, 2017 3:24AM1 -
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✭✭Twohothardware wrote: »This is a good change. Makes repairing your armor a greater focus as it should be.
Not good when it happens in the middle of a boss fight... I think it might be a bug...
Getting into a tough fight with broken armor will most likely cause a wipe anw whether you use an armor ability whether you dont. At least now you know wtf is going on and you repair instead of dying over and over again because you didnt even realise that ur gear is broken.1 -
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✭✭Twohothardware wrote: »This is a good change. Makes repairing your armor a greater focus as it should be.
Not good when it happens in the middle of a boss fight... I think it might be a bug...
Check your armor before you start a tough boss and repair using repair kits?10 -
VaranisArano✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭I guess this means we'll have to be more proactive with repairing near-broken armor before fights, so that we don't lose access to armor skills in the middle of the fight.1 -
sevomd69✭✭✭✭✭
✭VaranisArano wrote: »I guess this means we'll have to be more proactive with repairing near-broken armor before fights, so that we don't lose access to armor skills in the middle of the fight.
Yeah... I usually check my weapons to see if they need charging before a tough boss, b/c of that lag when your weapon discharges during a fight...gonna have to check armor as well
Hopefully its a bug and it is not intended...0 -
geonsocal✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭✭✭just read update notes - no mention of this, so - not working as intended...PVP Campaigns Section: Playstation NA and EU (Gray Host) - This Must be the Place0 -
Sigma957✭✭✭✭✭It has always been if your armour broke you would lose that particular enchant on it but by the looks now since armour skill is tied to that particular armour type that becomes redundant until the armour is fixed. Easily fixed by making sure your armour isn't stuffed before a big fight
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✭✭If you armor broke, especially you only have 5 piece of one kind and one of them broke, you will lose active ability and tons of passive bonus
Worst part is, shield can broke...and you are sooo died if your shield broke mid fight0 -
Teeba_Shei✭✭✭✭✭Working as intended. When your gear breaks you lose the armor passives as well. It's been this way since launch.4 -
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✭✭✭I like this, seems a good way to keep people on their toes about stuff like that. I mean, just repair it before the fight and no problem. If you die so much during the fight that you lose all your armor.... well boi I got something to tell you, you got way bigger problems then just your armor needing repairing.2 -
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✭✭✭✭✭I love all people coming here trying to make this a "git-gut" "l2p" topic.......Watch out, the skill-police is here xD1 -
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✭Never payed attention to this, but for me it sounds obvious... If your skill depends on gear it shouldn't work if the gear is broken, duh. When you punch one tire whole car is crippled, isn't it?
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✭Twohothardware wrote: »This is a good change. Makes repairing your armor a greater focus as it should be.
Yeah right loluloliloilol it's awesome
Making you feel naked when it's broken doesn't make it important, as far as I know anyone with a little bit of experience can do trials with the gear broken so yeah this "change" is welcome K1 The Big Monkey0 -
FloppyTouch✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭✭Wow did not know this thanks for bringing it up maybe @ZOS_GinaBruno can give us some info if this is intended or not.Edited by FloppyTouch on November 9, 2017 7:56AM0 -
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✭✭✭Oh my, thanks for bringing this to our attention. =o
WTS armor repair kits.
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✭Yes, I've experienced this just yesterday during an awful situation, tried to get harness in desperate moment, nope, armor is broken must have 5 light pieces, rekt.lll
"I really don't know who the **** came off with this change. Definitely somebody who does not play the game, that's for sure".
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✭✭My god some groups must be poorly organised, right from the start I have always had it as "everyone check your armor and enchants" before a boss fight.
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Shoudln't we just check our armour/charges before a boss if we know we've died a lot? I mean I am all for easier less stressful gameplay, but this is really getting towards the point of "why even have armour damage".
Also I thought this was always the case, things you learn.@Turelus - EU PC Megaserver
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✭✭✭So if you are using a 5-1-1 and one of the pieces of the 5 set piece breaks...the you cannot cast the active skill now...
I was in vet CoH today on the last bosses...and I kept dying...when I realized that harness magicka was grayed out...and then realized that the broken light piece of armor makes it so you can't cast until you repair...VaranisArano wrote: »Interesting. Sounds like having the broken armor piece makes the game read you as only wearing 4 pieces for the purposes of using armor skills.
I hope this is not intended
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@ZOS_GinaBrunoEdited by altemriel on November 9, 2017 10:13AM1 -
makreth✭✭✭✭✭Shouldn't be a bug. A broken armor is no armor! You don't get any armor value nor bonus from passives wearing. Of course the enchantment is otu of the question. So, it should be placed in your bag since it's broken. That is the bug (staying on you).Edited by makreth on November 9, 2017 10:20AM1 -
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✭✭✭✭✭just read update notes - no mention of this, so - not working as intended...
Well, the passives and traits, and even set bonuses (I think) werent working when your armor was broken for a very long time.
In cwc they simply changed armor skills so they require wearing at least 5 pieces of armor, so even though you could cast them with broken armor before the patch, now you cant.
I dont see how's that "not intended". Whats the point in wearing broken armor anyway, youre not getting any resistance, and all passives are disabled.Edited by LadyNalcarya on November 9, 2017 10:21AMDro-m'Athra Destroyer | Divayth Fyr's Coadjutor | Voice of Reason
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