WOW!!! - NEW COBALT WEAPONS - YOU GOTTA SEE THIS DAMAGE!!!

[Ixnay]

I just made the game first Pristine Forged Cobalt Greatsword and am so thrilled with the damage I wanted to post and share this right away.

 

Check out the damage rating compared to the Prismatic Greatsword of the Scale:

 

 

The imbue recipes aren't in game yet, and SoE has not announced when they will be added.  However, with damage so superior, who cares about the proc.

 

Look me up if you're on Blackburrow, have a cobalt cluster, and would like to get one made.  I'll be able to make the Cobalt Long Sword tonight (level 49 recipe), and will post a pic of it later.

[Axxon]

/soil pants

/kleenex

[Gigglet]

OH baby!

*droooooooools*

[Vak Mallek]

Nice.  Very nice.    Can't wait to see pristine imbued cobalt weapons.  Any 59 weaponsmiths yet? 

[HentaiB]

How about a Greatspear?  Is there not one at T6 as I cannot find one.  T5 spell was at 41.

 

Thanks

[Ixnay]

I'm currently highest weaponsmith in EQ2, so no there isn't a 59 yet, but give me till tonight

 

MORE OMG THIS IS AMAZING - compare these one handers, granted the spear is a piercer and the other two fabled next to it are not, but look at the amazing damage on the Cobalt one hander:

 

[Ixnay]

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HentaiBOy wrote:

How about a Greatspear?  Is there not one at T6 as I cannot find one.  T5 spell was at 41.

 

Thanks

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There's a long story behind that, yes the Greatspear is a 51 or 52 recipe, but we don't get and can't use the recipe until 57.  I'm itching to make one, and just need a customer with a cobalt cluster who wants a free combine 

[Prothos]

Mind linking a pic of what the graphics of the Great Sword looks like on your toon?

[MadTexan]

Is it just me or is the Damage Rating of the Scourge of Curses too low for the damage range listed? The spear has a higher DR, but lower listed damage range. Compared to the FABLED sword, the crafted one's DR fits.

Message Edited by MadTexan on 09-20-2005 01:31 PM

[Devi]

Wonna trade it for a pet monkey :smileytongue:

[Teljair]

Can you get me a pic of a Executioners Axe?

[Ixnay]

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Teljair wrote:
Can you get me a pic of a Executioners Axe?

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I attempted to make a Cobalt Executioner's Axe for myself, but at this time the recipe is bugged and cannot be made, and if you try and make it you lose the rare and get no item returned when you successfully complete the recipe at the pristine stage.  I lost my cobalt cluster, and have had an unanswered reimbursement request petition in queue for two days now without response.

It's safe to make all the other SK-oriented cobalt weapons except the Executioner's Axe.  Don't ask your weaponsmith to make one at this time, because you will lose your cobalt cluster if he does.

[Ixnay]

OK - the new one hand swords, level 59 recipes.  I kept the scimitar for myself because it is SO COOL LOOKING, especially on a Gnome

Enjoy!

Message Edited by Ixnay on 09-20-2005 11:57 AM

[Brash]

Guess who has a Cobalt Cluster Ix?  That's right your Ol' pal Crunk - Weapon Junkie.  I will send you a tell tonight.

[Ixnay]

GRATS CRUNK!

Would look much better on a Gnome, but here's Crunk with it equipped:

 

 

And speaking of good looking Gnomes, this is me wielding the new Cobalt Scimitar:

 

 

Wow, can't get much more evil looking than that =p

[Elymri]

it might be just me but i would probably stick with my old prismatic for slashing dps

why?

 

- 12 power a tick .. this is HUGE

- +3 slashing makes you hit more

- +38 str compared to +9 str

- prismatics proc is guud

 

 

so until i see parces where cobalt weapons do significantly more damage ill be wielding my prismatic

[Teljair]

[expletive ninja'd by Faarbot] that Scimitar is tight, thanks for the pics man.

[Diern]

ixnay, you would look far more foreboding, if you were a littlwe larger than 2 foot tall :smileytongue:

But dont worry, im saving most of my ire for those hobbit shadowknight abominations out there....:robotmad:

evil isnt pudgy and cute

[Brash]

Thanks Ixnay, I went out and put the Spear to good use right away.  One Word - AWESOME!  Harvesting all I can to get another cluster for a Scimitar :smileywink:

[Ixnay]

And the good news is - Moorguard just posted in the Monk forum that imbue recipes will be added in the next Live Update, presumably next week - so hold getting any new cobalt weapon made until then - or I can make yours in advance and imbue it like 10 seconds after the server comes up on the day of the next LU, as you prefer. 

[Ixnay]

ALL THE BUGGED RARE WEAPONS WERE FIXED IN TODAY'S PATCH! WOOT!

 

EXE AXE:

 

 

MINE!

 

[Teljair]

Very nice! Cant wait to use somthing other than the RGF finaly

[jeta]

thanks a bunch for the info Ixnay. ill prolly be bugging you to make some weapons soon. ;-D

-Severus

[Shotguns]

eh, the fact that you cant imbue them right now is kinda poopy. i would stick with the primatic fo the proc and regen, thats just me. dont take me the wrong way...cobalt is nice, would just be nicer to have them imbued.

[Ixnay]

Imbues are expected next week.  Just form a peaceful line outside Temple Street please, and no shoving

[aussieDarchAng]

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MadTexan wrote:
Is it just me or is the Damage Rating of the Scourge of Curses too low for the damage range listed? The spear has a higher DR, but lower listed damage range. Compared to the FABLED sword, the crafted one's DR fits.

Message Edited by MadTexan on 09-20-200501:31 PM

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The Damage Rating takes into account swing rate as well as min-max damage. If you compare the Scourge to the Spear, you have:

Spear: 22/1.8 to 67/1.8 = 12.2 to 37.2

Scourge: 27/2.5 to 82/2.5 = 10.8 to 32.8

The reason the spear looks correct next to the Soul Harvester is that their swing rate is about the same, so its easy to isolate and compare the damage output without accounting for swing-rate.

 

HTH

[IBSomnifer]

I don't really care for the damage rating all that much.  I'd trade my cobalt cluster for a high teir 5 fabled weapon atm.  They really need to bump the stats on those weapons.  They are recycling a lot of the same weapons graphics for them...theres nothing "cobalt" like about them...same for ebon...i'd say its uninspired.  But i did hear that the devs are looking into armor graphics a little.

[Ixnay]

 

Beginning next week when this can be imbued, and the proc for the imbue will be higher than the previous tier, how can you possibly say you would rather use any original expansion fabled one hander than this - unless you want a weapon that isn't as good, or would prefer a certain look to better performance.

 

So here's a challenge: is there any T5 fabled with better damage rating OR stats than this Cobalt Assault Axe?  I don't think so.  Please show me a T5 fabled one hander with better than these stats, which are +42 combined stats and +126 combined HP/power.

[far]

Hardened Metallic Hammer is slightly less on damage rating 43.1 I think, but has 16 agil  17 str wis 6 int 4 wis or something close to that with a 12% proc rate for 240 to 300 or something,,, So Damage rating goes to Cobalt Proc goes to Hammer Ill take the hammer stats over the +21 wis/int buff... The Sourge (apperantly they misspelled Scourge) that drops in the Lich Zone off antonica is also fairly close and that [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot] hammer from Temblar that had the lightning proc at 12%.

 

Im talking fabled t5 items that drop off x4 epic mobs that I hear have become super nasty to kill and farm compared to a few hours of harvesting and finding a skilled smith. This brings your non raiding guilds weapons up to raiding guild status. This is one of the many things that [Removed for Content] me off about the the entire 'guild and raid content' that sony presented in the basic set, the Items deemed 'fabled' were mostly conned white at 50, and while still nice after the expansion make the effort exerted to getting them friviolous (24x people taking 1 hr to assemble and kill a x4) = 24 hrs for 1 person to get an item.

 

If you are t5 x4 fabled in weapons chances are your cobalt will go to other things before a weapon, but Cobalt Weapons are a [expletive ninja'd by Faarbot] sight sexier then the armor counterparts (remember in t5 when ebon was undoubtedly spent on armor before weapons) One looks at t6 and seems some of the inequities of weaponsmithing addressed (still people are limited to getting 2 or 3 cobalt weapons  made at most (fewer if ironwood is an option), and armor is still 7 slots and jboots are going to be alot less useful).

 

Overall in Raid situations Id say cobalt is a better weapon due to the higher damage rating, while in single groups your t5 still hold a str/sta/agil advantage over cobalt. Your min maxers will probably carry both, but t6 fabled weapons are going to scare the hell out of me.

 

That said anyone noticed the longsword of veracity a common drop has a damage rating for 40.1?

 

[lorndark]

im wondering , since the new exspansion and all have any of you seen any mythical armor or weapons, i've seen my fair share of fabled armor and weapons, but have never seen mythical,, or has it not be put into the game yet?

 

im assuming it hasnt been put in yet

Message Edited by lorndarken on 09-25-2005 03:41 PM