Hiya,

Is there any plan to fix the ice resistance cloaks that dropped from BriarMoon? I picked up a few of them because I thought they were pretty cool. But they don't work. I'm out a lot of silvers now, and I know others are too.

>> I'm wearing one of the ice resistant cloaks that could be won at the recent BMC. Shouldn't they resist this? The resistance didn't kick in.

>>>> Despite being built with cold resistance, resistance only works on armor and shields.
>>>> GameMaster Estild

>>I was wondering if we could get some Dev input as to how resistances work now that apparently cloaks have gone out with it as well.

>>>>Resistances only apply to armor (shields are grouped in with armor for this purpose). Cloaks aren't armor. Specially scripted items can certainly mimic other abilities in some cases; I don't have any personal knowledge of a cloak that grants resistances similar to armor, but that doesn't mean that such a thing can't exist. I'm certainly not aware of any
such things being released at Briarmoon, however.

>>>>Resistances (or vulnerabilities) of the same type are mutually exclusive between torso armor, armor accessory on the location being checked, shield, and monk resistances from MEDITATE. The greatest magnitude effect is applied and the rest have no effect. Resistances or vulnerabilities of different types don't affect each other.
>>>>Finros

>>Regarding: a royal blue cape adorned with shimmery silver snowflakes
>>These are +1 to Survival ranks, very resistant to frigid attacks, and are cloakworn, however they are not pocketed. Is there a reason for this or was the lack of pocketing an oversight? I ask because I know EG has had T4 prizes with slight enhancives that were pocketed and deemed a worthwhile win.

>>>>It's good not to compare to previous years' festivals since almost always, the prizes are new. These are capes and were intended to not be containers.
>>>>~ Haliste ~

1) When you're dumb you've gotta be tough.

2) Do they really provide no defensive advantage at all? Why even have it on the cloak at all?

>> These items mistakenly had resistance on them. Our resistance system has no mechanical tie ins to clothing/containers. There is absolutely no way for us to fix that. The only thing we need to fix is so it doesn't show in a loresong.

The items effectively do nothing then. They aren't even pocketed. A lot of people are getting hosed on this...

Is it possible you/the creator would maybe want to switch them to ice resist shields instead?

This is being looked into, and we'll post more when a decision is reached.

~Liia
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