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Originally Posted by Danth
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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
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disagree, the rubricate armor gave rangers and (rogues?) the same armor class as a warrior, and was not the way the game was intended so it was nerfed. Also considering you didn't see another melee item with regen on it until the next expansion when they nerfed it, thats a clue that the regen was also considered too powerful.
The level range rubi armor affected was the games most populated level range.
08-05-2018, 03:47 PM
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