Gamebreaking items.

[Danth]

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

Something I've always been curious about. Devs decided the Rubicite BP was too OP and took it out of the game. Then on the very next expansion, they turned around and put the in the fungi which has a much more powerful regen, and can be used by additional classes. It just makes zero sense.

Rubicite wasn't taken out due to being 'too powerful', but due to being replaced by other items, with a little laziness mixed in. It was a placeholder set so melee types wouldn't have to level through the 20's and 30's in just bronze. Note that fine plate wasn't added until much later. Hence there was something of a gap in the original game's itemization between bronze and high-level dungeon drops. The patch that added the Temple of Solusek Ro replaced Rubicite with largely superior class-specific sets. The bit of laziness stems from how the developers added Ravenscale (and removed Rubicite) by placing it in Rubicite's former drop slots in Cazic Thule.

Danth