Temple of Nelemar Find on 03/26/2013 11:15 AM CDT
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Found these in a box: some old veil iron arm greaves


Bard sang to it and indicated they are 5x enchant.


Question, why enchant greaves or gauntlets??


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Re: Temple of Nelemar Find on 03/26/2013 11:23 AM CDT
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The easy answer is that it's not a conscious decision to 'enchant it' because that's the natural enchant of the metal. Magic metals always have the enchant they normally do.

The sneaky answer is to give misc armor pieces a pseudo level restriction for items with certain properties. For example auction level items with fancy powers being veil iron, or golvern. Another example would be making enhancives with no stated level range, but of vultite materiel, thereby making sure the user was at least level 10.



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Re: Temple of Nelemar Find on 03/26/2013 02:34 PM CDT
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That was a randomly created piece, as well, so it just combined a metal with an armor piece and that's what you got. Veil iron is one of the more desired metals due to rarity (or well once was, before the treasure system started spitting it out so often).

But Mr Farmer brings up some valid points.



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Re: Temple of Nelemar Find on 03/26/2013 03:27 PM CDT
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Good points! I did not even think of the natural tendencies of the material, and the fact it was randomly made.
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Re: Temple of Nelemar Find on 03/26/2013 06:07 PM CDT
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That was a randomly created piece, as well, so it just combined a metal with an armor piece and that's what you got. Veil iron is one of the more desired metals due to rarity (or well once was, before the treasure system started spitting it out so often).

But Mr Farmer brings up some valid points.


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I think the biggest thing that killed veil iron popularity was changing it to be non-enchantable. If not for that, I think you'd see a lot more of it.

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Re: Temple of Nelemar Find on 03/27/2013 08:30 AM CDT
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"The sneaky answer is to give misc armor pieces a pseudo level restriction for items with certain properties. For example auction level items with fancy powers being veil iron, or golvern. Another example would be making enhancives with no stated level range, but of vultite materiel, thereby making sure the user was at least level 10." -- Farmer

I may be showing my age here, but... since when do armor accessories [be they greaves (arm or leg), helm, aventail, coif, or whatever] have level requirement? Used to was, only the actual armor (Something With An AsG) required the correct level for its Enchant.

Have things changed? And if so, when?
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Re: Temple of Nelemar Find on 03/27/2013 09:52 AM CDT
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Sometimes accessories have other abilities with a level requirement as well (ie: enhancive).

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Re: Temple of Nelemar Find on 03/27/2013 03:46 PM CDT
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True, but that's a level- (or race-, profession-, gender-, or profession-)limitation on getting the benefit... not on wearing the piece in the first place.
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Re: Temple of Nelemar Find on 03/27/2013 03:53 PM CDT
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>>Veil iron is one of the more desired metals due to rarity (or well once was, before the treasure system started spitting it out so often).

I'm glad you corrected yourself, I was about to unleash the dogs, cats, kraken on you. However, as pointed out, one of the main reasons why veil iron is no longer desirable is because the metal is dead on arrival. Now unless someone found some veil iron full plate or a claid I don't think people really care about it anymore, which is a damn shame.
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Re: Temple of Nelemar Find on 03/27/2013 05:19 PM CDT
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>I may be showing my age here, but... since when do armor accessories [be they greaves (arm or leg), helm, aventail, coif, or whatever] have level requirement? Used to was, only the actual armor (Something With An AsG) required the correct level for its Enchant.
Reallyoldguy


I'm glad there's still people playing (and I use the word playing very roughly) that I can call old.

Yes, I remember when only torso-based armor only had the level req. However,it has changed since sometimes in mid-late GS3. Exactly when I can't remember.


XXX offers you an embossed ora helm. Click ACCEPT to accept the offer or DECLINE to decline it. The offer will expire in 30 seconds.
>acc
As you reach for it, you feel a pulse, like an intensity of essence surrounding the ora helm. It might be difficult to hold onto it for very long.

>exp
Level: 1 Deeds: 0
Experience: 3136 Death's Sting: None
Exp. until next: 1864 Recent Deaths: 0
Mental TPs: 87 Fame: 0
Physical TPs: 119 Mana: 11/11 max

Your mind is as clear as a bell.


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(no subject) on 03/27/2013 06:35 PM CDT
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Especially since whatever the loresong says, helms and greaves almost never actually add to defense.
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