I'd Like to Rant About ... The Sarnak Battle Shield

[loramin]

MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM
Slot: SECONDARY
AC: 25
STR: +5 STA: +5 HP: +40
SV FIRE: +10 SV COLD: +10 SV MAGIC: +10
WT: 3.0 Size: MEDIUM
Class: WAR CLR PAL RNG SHD DRU BRD SHM
Race: ALL
http://wiki.project1999.com/Sarnak_Battle_Shield

It costs < 1k (because it drops like candy in Chardok 2.0), it's usable by eight different classes, and it has crazy good stats (because it was designed more for Luclin power levels than Velious ones). As a result, it feels like half of Blue's population is wielding the exact same yellow shield ... I see it everywhere! :mad:

Now full disclosure: both my halfling alts have the shield, because somehow I can tolerate it better at a smaller size. But even though it would be an upgrade for Loramin, I can't bring myself to do it.

https://i.imgur.com/qs2m3sB.gif

Please devs, use your first round of custom content (someday) to save us from the SBS: give at least some of those eight classes a comparable shield with a different graphic!

[kaev]

It was already less than 1k long before Chardok 2.0 because so many were farmed during the heyday of Chardok AE L60 assembly line production.

[Nirgon]

It's a Kunark pixel and what kaev said

[indiscriminate_hater]

I had this same issue - then I got good at the game and got a better shield

[loramin]

It was already less than 1k long before Chardok 2.0 because so many were farmed during the heyday of Chardok AE L60 assembly line production.

Oh, I didn't realize it pre-dated 2.0. But that does help explain it better.

I had this same issue - then I got good at the game and got a better shield

But how are we going to make the rest of the server do that?

[Snortles Chortles]

I bet you feel pretty silly right now.

[Fammaden]

Your mistake not withstanding, I've felt for a while that chardok 2.0 feels out of place in the timeline. Its essentially a pre-luclin patch, almost a mini teaser expansion. I've gotten used to it, but it still just feels a bit off to see that stuff in circulation to me.

[Vexenu]

Really nice Cleric shield. Super tanky item. AC, saves and HP. What's not to love? Pity the poor Clerics who did not pump +WIS at creation and are forced to wield a Book of Obulus instead.

[Canelek]

What an odd thread.

[Jibartik]

Great item, but greater item on any server but blue because of that Aoe, yea.

It will be the cool item it was meant to be on green again.

[Velthak]

Freaks

[Danth]

The Shadow Knight's atramentous shield (also a Kunark item) uses the same graphic as the sarnak shield, making that look even more commonplace. These Kunark items remain common late in "Blue's" lifespan because Velious didn't add much in the way of good shield options other than high-end raid drops which most characters don't have access to.

Danth

[Jimjam]

What do eshan guard shields look like? Should i migrate from troll to erud on my sk for the boneshield?

[ChooChoo Train]

The dragon shields have super nice resists.
https://wiki.project1999.com/Shield_of_the_Water_Dragon
In particular

[magnetaress]

all i see is +1blabhblabhalhbah

get gud

rp > stats

qeynos quite shield says, I AM THE LAW, GET OUT

delete wiki so people are forced to RP

[loramin]

What an odd thread.

I'm an odd poster :) But seriously, have you not noticed how many people on Blue have that same exact yellow shield? If not, perhaps you will after this thread.

[Snortles Chortles]

I bet you feel pretty silly right now.

[Ennewi]

While not technically classified as a shield afaik, Orb of the Infinite Void seems like a decent alternative, especially since it doesn't resemble the SK tov snow cone like its icon suggests. Eye of the Rigtorgn really should have been a miniature evil eye. Wasted opportunity for cool, non-epic item.

[loramin]

What's that now Lulz, attempt #4 to establish your new catchphase? At some point you're going realize:

https://i.imgur.com/tiQs5DH.png

[Ripqozko]

What's that now Lulz, attempt #4 to establish your new catchphase? At some point you're going realize:

https://i.imgur.com/tiQs5DH.png

Sorry you don't got shield

[loramin]

Sorry you don't got shield

But I got 2: git gud at reading.

[magnetaress]

pssst i'm loramin put him on ignore too

[sacman08]

I think to this day that is the shield my live EQ SK is using. Hybrids were discarded by PoP and so no better shields were created. (Maybe on EQ live now but it's a different game)

[loramin]

I think to this day that is the shield my live EQ SK is using. Hybrids were discarded by PoP and so no better shields were created. (Maybe on EQ live now but it's a different game)

Heh, well here's a chance for custom classic(-themed) content to be even more classic than live ;)

/em pleads with devs for a new shield (with a different graphic)

[sacman08]

Heh, well here's a chance for custom classic(-themed) content to be even more classic than live ;)

/em pleads with devs for a new shield (with a different graphic)

I dare them to change it to color and blandness of cold iron armor. Let's see how many still wield it when it's a boring graphic!

[Andyman1022]

I don’t know about other folks, but I tend to actually like the SBS graphic. I say the more the merrier!

[Evia]

it's a nice shield with a nice graphic. it's just a shame 55% of the player base seems to be wielding one, hah.

[loramin]

it's a nice shield with a nice graphic. it's just a shame 55% of the player base seems to be wielding one, hah.

[Snortles Chortles]

I bet you feel pretty silly right now.

[Evia]

I bet you feel pretty silly right now.

yeah you said that already.

what happened to the rich sips life?

[Evia]

aint sippin' if you trippin'

[Swish]

There's worse things in the game. Like an iksar necro in an oracle robe.

[Jibartik]

So have we got a shield guide on the wiki yet or what?

[Sibelia1]

yeah you said that already.

what happened to the rich sips life?

no recent payless purchases

[loramin]

So have we got a shield guide on the wiki yet or what?

Do you mean for fashion? If so then yes, the http://wiki.project1999.com/FashionQuest_Guide has a whopping ... 2(!) categories for primary/secondary slots:

http://wiki.project1999.com/Category:Fashion:_Glowing_Stone
http://wiki.project1999.com/Category:Fashion:_Golden_Rectangular_Dragon_Shield (ie. the Sarnak Battle Shield category)

People should add more: all you have to do is come up with a name for a category, then add it to items that look the same (eg. add this code to the bottom of the page to indicate it shares a look with the Sarnak Battle Shield: [[Category:Fashion: Gold Rectangular Shield With Dragon]]).

Bonus points if you add a link to it to https://wiki.project1999.com/FashionQuest_Guide#Types, and/or if you add a screenshot to the category page itself.

[Croco]

One of the myriad of reasons Luclin was great. The itemization it added was fantastic in giving new paths to upgrade your character and increase gear diversity.

To say nothing of just not seeing garbage like monk gear with int on it.

[Visual]

It was already less than 1k long before Chardok 2.0 because so many were farmed during the heyday of Chardok AE L60 assembly line production.

That's it. I both pulled and leached for chardok aoes and wish they never existed.

[Jibartik]

Do you mean for fashion? If so then yes, the http://wiki.project1999.com/FashionQuest_Guide has a whopping ... 2(!) categories for primary/secondary slots:

http://wiki.project1999.com/Category:Fashion:_Glowing_Stone
http://wiki.project1999.com/Category:Fashion:_Golden_Rectangular_Dragon_Shield (ie. the Sarnak Battle Shield category)

People should add more: all you have to do is come up with a name for a category, then add it to items that look the same (eg. add this code to the bottom of the page to indicate it shares a look with the Sarnak Battle Shield: [[Category:Fashion: Gold Rectangular Shield With Dragon]]).

Bonus points if you add a link to it to https://wiki.project1999.com/FashionQuest_Guide#Types, and/or if you add a screenshot to the category page itself.

me rn:

http://wiki.project1999.com/images/Eon.gif

[ldgo86]

There's worse things in the game. Like an iksar necro in an oracle robe.

THANK YOU.

Worst fashion quest in the game.

[loramin]

There's worse things in the game. Like an iksar necro in an oracle robe.

http://wiki.project1999.com/images/Robeoftheoracle.jpg

[Snortles Chortles]

I bet you feel silly right now.

[Baler]

I prefer Orb of the Infinite Void (https://wiki.project1999.com/Orb_of_the_Infinite_Void)

When I got mine in 2016 I was stoked. Now I log in and everybody has a white flashing shield.

[kaev]

One of the myriad of reasons Luclin was great. The itemization it added was fantastic in giving new paths to upgrade your character and increase gear diversity.

To say nothing of just not seeing garbage like monk gear with int on it.

Except for the part where 99.9% of non-raid warriors equipped Centi Longswords

[Bardp1999]

Oracle Robe and Observers Staff are the 2 most classic items ever

[loramin]

I prefer Orb of the Infinite Void (https://wiki.project1999.com/Orb_of_the_Infinite_Void)

When I got mine in 2016 I was stoked. Now I log in and everybody has a white flashing shield.

The wiki now has 3(!) primary/secondary fashion categories: https://wiki.project1999.com/Category:Fashion:_Glowing_White_Stone

Does anything else share a look with the Orb?

[Kosmic Utensil]

Does anything else share a look with the Orb?[/QUOTE]

I believe Crystal Chitin Shield has the same graphic as the Orb.

[kaizersoze]

The wiki now has 3(!) primary/secondary fashion categories: https://wiki.project1999.com/Category:Fashion:_Glowing_White_Stone

Does anything else share a look with the Orb?

sporestrand shield

[loramin]

I believe Crystal Chitin Shield has the same graphic as the Orb.

sporestrand shield

Added both, thanks!