Epic question

[S_wifty]

Newb question: why don't you want to die before lvl 46 if you have the cleric epic? Is there a difference if you died and had not equipt or died and had equipt?

[Sorn]

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

Newb question: why don't you want to die before lvl 46 if you have the cleric epic? Is there a difference if you died and had not equipt or died and had equipt?

There's really no difference between having an epic equipped pre-46 and having nothing in that slot at all. It's just that if you had it equipped before the change, it will continue to sit in that slot until death do they part and make it look like you've still got it even though it's completely non-functional.

The original fear of dying came from the mistaken assumption that the epics would continue to function while equipped after the change until death de-equipped it.

[Daldaen]

They gave stats. Just couldn't Melee with them... Unless I was missing a piece of gear I had with disease resists...

The monk epics also gave the 9/16 ratio for h2h.

[Sorn]

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

They gave stats. Just couldn't Melee with them... Unless I was missing a piece of gear I had with disease resists...

The monk epics also gave the 9/16 ratio for h2h.

The stats display but it seems like the cleric epic didn't actually give the mana stats based on the OP's experiment with casting spells. Is there a way you can test the resists?

[S_wifty]

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

There's really no difference between having an epic equipped pre-46 and having nothing in that slot at all. It's just that if you had it equipped before the change, it will continue to sit in that slot until death do they part and make it look like you've still got it even though it's completely non-functional.

The original fear of dying came from the mistaken assumption that the epics would continue to function while equipped after the change until death de-equipped it.

Thanks for answering my question! Just one more follow-up, can you not un-equip an epic once you have placed it in it's slot?

[Issar]

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

Thanks for answering my question! Just one more follow-up, can you not un-equip an epic once you have placed it in it's slot?

Hi S_wifty, - Epics could be multi-quested (no-drop items sold) to others during quest turn-ins, which would allow a level 1 character to have and use an epic weapon. This went on for several years. The P99 devs recently disabled epics for pre-level 46 characters. What this change means is that, if a character at lvl 45 or lower was holding an epic at the time of this change, they could continue to hold it, until it was unequipped. Once the weapon is no longer equipped, you could not re-equip it until you reached level 46. At level 46 and up, you can equip and un-equip an epic weapon as you would any other weapon. I hope that clears up any confusion.

[S_wifty]

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

Hi S_wifty, - Epics could be multi-quested (no-drop items sold) to others during quest turn-ins, which would allow a level 1 character to have and use an epic weapon. This went on for several years. The P99 devs recently disabled epics for pre-level 46 characters. What this change means is that, if a character at lvl 45 or lower was holding an epic at the time of this change, they could continue to hold it, until it was unequipped. Once the weapon is no longer equipped, you could not re-equip it until you reached level 46. At level 46 and up, you can equip and un-equip an epic weapon as you would any other weapon. I hope that clears up any confusion.

Yep, big help. Thank you!