Cultural Nerf

[Flamewraith]

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

There is a possibility that they will change the existing version into a No Stat piece and add a new recipe that would require you to combine the No Stat piece with the proper gem to make the version with stats again.

Although it doesn't sound classic, it does indeed sound like the best approach to making the armor into what it was supposed to be.

[Sarius]

Non-classic solution to a non-classic problem. It seems like this would be the best answer at this point.

[Lyra]

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

People have been getting away with murder up to this point.

They knew of a bug in the game, and took advantage of it. What do we call that?

[Vohl]

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

They knew of a bug in the game, and took advantage of it. What do we call that?

Their customers didn't necessarily know. The smiths would still have the platinum in pocket from selling the armor, though.

[senna]

Wipe it clean

[Lyra]

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

Wipe it clean

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

im allergic to the word wipe. remove it from your vocab. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[senna]

Rinse it clean

[August]

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

There is a possibility that they will change the existing version into a No Stat piece and add a new recipe that would require you to combine the No Stat piece with the proper gem to make the version with stats again.

Hate this idea because you're punishing the people who spent money to get the armor and not the crafters who may or may not know that this was improper. You can't go around calling everything an exploit because it's 'not classic'. Being able to make something that sells for more than its vendor-bought parts is an exploit.

I think the most proper implementation would be a variation where the armor is NO-DROP and maintains its stats. Use that same vendor to strip it of its no-drop if you add the proper gems to it. This way the people who have it can't resell it for a cheap price and it maintains the 'high cost' of the item.

Making it stat-less just punishes the people who bought the item from the smiths in the first place. I don't think *anyone* really needs to be punished, there just needs to be a market correction.

[Obrae]

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

Hate this idea because you're punishing the people who spent money to get the armor and not the crafters who may or may not know that this was improper. You can't go around calling everything an exploit because it's 'not classic'. Being able to make something that sells for more than its vendor-bought parts is an exploit.

I think the most proper implementation would be a variation where the armor is NO-DROP and maintains its stats. Use that same vendor to strip it of its no-drop if you add the proper gems to it. This way the people who have it can't resell it for a cheap price and it maintains the 'high cost' of the item.

Making it stat-less just punishes the people who bought the item from the smiths in the first place. I don't think *anyone* really needs to be punished, there just needs to be a market correction.

Brilliant.

[Stinkum]

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