Cobalt armor...bummed

[Raage]

I just found out last night that they change the level on Cobalt gear to 52. I assume that this had something to do w/ the fact that it was perceived to be over-powered. That being said, did they change Xegonite to 62? More curious than anything. I'll still grab some Cobalt when I can equip it, but did you folks keep that well into the 60's and upgrade to dropped gear, or did you upgrade to Xegonite @ 60 (62?) then piece meal upgrades as they came in? W/ my Monk, I used the T6 gear until I started getting drops from KoS. Same fer most Assassins out there?

[Dragonsviperz]

<P>They changed all rare crafted armor that is now crafted to being useable at lvl 12, 22, 32, ect...</P> <P>I have no idea why they did this. It really is pointless to me.</P>

[c00nd]

I believe legs are the only T7 xegonite piece I have.  Shoulders, wrists, head, and chest are all dropped from KoS or from Claymore quest line.

[UberC]

I still see people in the old level x0 mastercrafted items, much better stats on them.iirc, at l52 I was wearing the rare crafted set, as was someone else. But they where wearing the 50 set with ~700 more mit and other stuff in with it, can't remember properely... maybe I was imagining it...<div></div>

[Kizee]

<DIV>Yeah... i got a good chuckle when my friend said he couldn't wear his cobalt until 52. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I was like [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn].... they killed the stats and mit AND made it so you can't wear it until 2 more levels.:smileyvery-happy:</DIV>

[SalBlu]

Makes me glad that my Assassin has the old style Cobalt Chain from before the change. 

[Raage]

wait...so not only can you not wear it until 2 lvls later than before...but the stats have been nerfed TOO? Well, I guess you can change my "bummed" to pi$$ed. That being said...I know that Cobalt (previously) was widely thought of as superior to Xegonite (or at least close enuff to not sweat the upgrade). Is that no longer the case? Such that at 62'ish I may want to upgrade to Xegonite (or at least save my copper for KoS drops).

[Graton]

<div><blockquote><hr>Raage wrote:wait...so not only can you not wear it until 2 lvls later than before...but the stats have been nerfed TOO? Well, I guess you can change my "bummed" to pi$$ed. That being said...I know that Cobalt (previously) was widely thought of as superior to Xegonite (or at least close enuff to not sweat the upgrade). Is that no longer the case? Such that at 62'ish I may want to upgrade to Xegonite (or at least save my copper for KoS drops).<hr></blockquote>there are better items than xegonite which you can get fairly easily so i would not buy the xegon i'd golegs: zhar'dhiz's leggings. they are leather but have good stats and a mitigation boost. they look stupid but so does most stuff. you can easily get these if you just to Nest of the Great Egg regularly they drop all the timebracers: rezhirz's bracers: also easy to get from nest, they are from the mob down the hall from zhar'dhiz.helm: do the quest for the hooluk helm.bp: the first couple claymore quests which are easily one groupable give you a wind-worn hauberk as a reward. it's decentboots: feet of spyrachis - this might be a bit tougher. he's a name that spawns on the breeding grounds but he's up pretty darn often and this is his legnedary dropgloves: unfortunately good gloves are hard to find. i don't have a good suggestion here.</div>

[khufure]

<blockquote><hr>Graton wrote:<div><blockquote><hr>Raage wrote:wait...so not only can you not wear it until 2 lvls later than before...but the stats have been nerfed TOO? Well, I guess you can change my "bummed" to pi$$ed. That being said...I know that Cobalt (previously) was widely thought of as superior to Xegonite (or at least close enuff to not sweat the upgrade). Is that no longer the case? Such that at 62'ish I may want to upgrade to Xegonite (or at least save my copper for KoS drops).<hr></blockquote>there are better items than xegonite which you can get fairly easily so i would not buy the xegon i'd golegs: zhar'dhiz's leggings. they are leather but have good stats and a mitigation boost. they look stupid but so does most stuff. you can easily get these if you just to Nest of the Great Egg regularly they drop all the timebracers: rezhirz's bracers: also easy to get from nest, they are from the mob down the hall from zhar'dhiz.helm: do the quest for the hooluk helm.bp: the first couple claymore quests which are easily one groupable give you a wind-worn hauberk as a reward. it's decentboots: feet of spyrachis - this might be a bit tougher. he's a name that spawns on the breeding grounds but he's up pretty darn often and this is his legnedary dropgloves: unfortunately good gloves are hard to find. i don't have a good suggestion here.</div><hr></blockquote>Legs / BP : I switch between Xego & Zhardin's for legs.  For BP its Xego or resist gear.Gloves : HOF drops a decent set of treasured gloves called Wastestalker.Boots : Spyrachis or Den drops a resist boots from the water named.  Chitlin boots?  Sorry I'm at work can't recall the exact name.Bracer : trash runs to labs gets you nemesis bracers pretty quick.  these are common legendary drop.  alternatively you can go to nizara for the 23% haste bracer.  If you don't have deathtoll haste item (I don't) its pretty sweet.<div></div>

[Raage]

Great info thanks a lot...Guess I'll worry about Cobalt at 52, then hold that gear 'til I get some decent drops once in the 60's.

[Salat]

<P>The old cobalt stats for chain chest and legs were</P> <P>Tunic - 14 str 14 agi 34 health 34 power 300 vs disease 300 vs magic 328 mitigation and a 5% proc chance for 20 seconds of a 70 heal every 4 seconds</P> <P>Legs - 14 str 14 int 34 health 34 power 300 vs cold 300 vs poison 328 mit and a 5% proc to do 181 heat damage</P> <P>Xegonite I couldnt find the normal chain tunic on broker.</P> <P>Xegonite legs 16 str 16 agi 15 sta 50 health 50 power 134 vs disease 268 vs divine 268 vs magic 134 vs poison +1 defense 340 mit and proc 5% chance for 192 heat damge.</P> <P> </P> <P>To be honest, only xegonite peices I had made were legs and revenerant coif.  Just because there is way too much legendary gear you can get quicker that have better stats.  Only reason I had the coif made, was I was working on raising int up, since my strength is pretty much maxed out in groups and raids.  But tons of items you can get from Claymore line or group mobs.</P> <P>Helm - Xgonite Reverent Hem if you want to work on int at the cost of the resist on Class hat.</P> <P>            Class hat</P> <P>Chest - Xuun'vok Protective Curiass ((65)) drops from the x2 snake lady in Forgetton City in latest adventure pack (( 23 str 23 agi 50 health 80 power 816 vs divine/mental +4 defense 371 mit))</P> <P>            Steeldown's Alloy Chest ((67)) - Claymore line towards end (( 20 str 15 agi 20 sta 60 health/power +420 vs magic and poison +3 def +3 parry 397 mit))</P> <P>            Queen's Carapace ((66)) - Den from Queen.  Usually a common legendary drop from her.  ((15 str 20 agi 50 health/60 power 966 vs cold/divine 333 mit))</P> <P>Shoulders - Wraithbone Mantle ((6<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />) drops from name on briar I think down below.  Have to use the underwater passage to get down there.  ((14 str/agi 18 sta 10 int 90 health/power 923 vs cold/magic/poison 362 mit))</P> <P>                    Darkscale Pauldron ((66))  Forget where they drop.  (( 20 str 10 agi 20 sta 80 health 70 power 207 vs divine/heat/magic/poison/mental  +69 vs crus/s;ash 352 mit))</P> <P>                    Dragonscale Mantle ((6<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />) Claymore Quest.  Have to do Ascent of the Awakened x2 I believe ((30 str 30 sta 110 health 639 vs heat +7 defense 432 mit and a 200 hp buff that is a long recast and have to cast it out of combat))</P> <P>                    Manacles of Dark sky ((60)) Drops from Name in TT night watcher or star gazer or something like that.  Nice stats and a proc.  ((20 str 15 agi 50 health 40 power +3 def 284 mit.  5% proc on attack of stifle.  Doesnt effect epics))</P> <P>Wrist - Rezhirz's Bracers of the task ((62)) Forgot where I picked them up at. ((15 str/sta/wis 10 int 50 helath/power 585 vs cold/magic 325 vs heat 331 mit))</P> <P>            Awakened Bloodscale wristguard ((67)) Great resist for back up resist gear but not good stats (( 24 agi 24 sta 70 health/power 840 vs divine/heat/magic 357 mit))</P> <P>Gloves - Dutheri's Dark-link Gauntlets ((69)) From Named in NIzara.  ((23 str 23 agi 23 int 90 health/power 720 vs col 504 vs magic 504 vs mental +3 slashing +3 defense 367 mitigation))</P> <P>Legs - Tayil's Beneficent Breeches ((67)) Claymore line after the x2 Ascent.  ((23 str/agi/int 80 health/power +70 vs crushing/peircing/slashing +2 def +1 ordination and 382 mitigation))</P> <P>            Foreordained Legguards ((65)) Treasured but not bad stats (( 20 str 10 agi 20 sta 30 health/power +2 def +2 parry 245 mit)) Not bad stats to hold you over till you can get better and usually cheap to buy.</P> <P>Feet - Feet of Spykrachis ((59)) ((15 str 20 sgi 8 int 40 helath/power +3 peirce Flowing Thought 3)) </P> <P> </P> <P>  There is way too many legendary weapons that drop to worry about xegonite weapons.  Most on broker cheap now, since quite a few of them on there.</P><p>Message Edited by Salat on <span class=date_text>08-23-2006</span> <span class=time_text>05:24 PM</span>

[EtoilePirate]

Yeah, any player can be more or less fully kitted out in legendary after a couple of weeks of KoS zones. The only piece of Xegonite I'm wearing is a pair of imbued pants, because the closer I got to 70 the dumber I felt wearing the cobalt.  A lot of the gear looks stupid (why do the Darkscale Pauldrons, a very nice piece of scout gear, have FINS?!  And why are they PINK?!) but has very nice stats on it. As for weapons, I've actually just dumped a few of my spares because I was just carrying around too many.  There are Legendary drops in the chests in zones (more piercers than slashers, it seems) and at least one good quested item as well. <div></div>

[SalBlu]

<P>This is pretty good info here.  I'm currently in the process of switching mains, and my Assassin is going to be that main toon.  Currently level 56, but i'm fast approaching 60 and should be there within the next couple of days.  </P> <P>I have my Assassin in almost all pre-patch cobalt chain with exception to shoulders, boots, and head.  But you're right Kella, I think when I start getting up into T7 i'll feel a bit foolish running around in my suit of smurf armor lol.</P>

[Graton]

good call on the darkscale pauldrons, i had forgotten about them. they drop from the final boss in blackscale sepuclhre. <div></div>

[Raage]

so if the armor was MADE pre patch, they retain their original stats? I may have to look in guild for someone who may have that hanging around. All this is great stuff..I need to sticky this for once I crest lvl 60thanks a ton!