Will items gains extra effects somewhere in Velious?

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Originally Posted by Kergan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I disagree. I think getting casters out of the instagibbed by monk/warrior/rogue disc'ing range shifts a lot more of the balance than you think. Priests get huge heal upgrades, wizards get icy spear, etc. I'd also argue being able to cast a lot more spells on a tank of mana with the Velious gear upgrades makes a huge difference as well.

Melees are pretty much stat capped already, AC doesn't effect spells. So really they are getting +HP and a new weapon. Casters are getting bigger mana pools, way more HP and some new spells.

Also keep in mind the 2h dmg buff, monk triple attack, offensive/weapon skill increases, etc don't happen until nearly a year into Velious.

My neckbeard days were in classic, and I remember classic as the caster era, kunark as the melee era and velious as being pretty balanced. This server doesn't always follow the same path as RZ/VZ/TZ/SZ but I can't imagine it'll be that far off.

You say melee are stat capped, but not when they put resist gear on. With velious they won't have to sacrifice resists or hp cause they gear has all that on it. Monk DPS is going to be ridiculous, and their itemization in velious is just absurd. GL to any casters facing them lol