Newsfiend
02-05-2010, 09:50 AM
Survey_ wrote:
Dev-Ngreth wrote:
Overhaste items will be "chase" items that need a bit of extra effort to acquire and will not be scattered around like say Form of Defense. If we continue staggered releases in the future, they are also likely to not be in the first release zones.For it to be a chase item it has to be an upgrade. If it's the same click as grouping a GoD raid, Squire Zirkanamef and several SoD sources which players had before the expansion launches, it's often a bitter dissapointment to get the overhaste "chase" item instead of the FoD VII ring with slightly worse stats.
Making 10% overhaste a chase item is still quite logical (Big Bynn, Demi Mayong and Overlord Mana Muram are current options) but 8% overhaste is no longer much of a chase item and new characters/players are really unlikely to wait until Volska to get their first 8% overhaste item.
We have not current plans of increasing overhaste. It is already powerful enough. We also continue to plan to not make it a common effect like form of defense. We will consider it again for every expansion, but we are firm on our decision for underfoot.
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Dev-Ngreth wrote:
Overhaste items will be "chase" items that need a bit of extra effort to acquire and will not be scattered around like say Form of Defense. If we continue staggered releases in the future, they are also likely to not be in the first release zones.For it to be a chase item it has to be an upgrade. If it's the same click as grouping a GoD raid, Squire Zirkanamef and several SoD sources which players had before the expansion launches, it's often a bitter dissapointment to get the overhaste "chase" item instead of the FoD VII ring with slightly worse stats.
Making 10% overhaste a chase item is still quite logical (Big Bynn, Demi Mayong and Overlord Mana Muram are current options) but 8% overhaste is no longer much of a chase item and new characters/players are really unlikely to wait until Volska to get their first 8% overhaste item.
We have not current plans of increasing overhaste. It is already powerful enough. We also continue to plan to not make it a common effect like form of defense. We will consider it again for every expansion, but we are firm on our decision for underfoot.
More... (http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=160627&post_id=2391605#2391605)