So Atomm, Bubba, Sarge and I did a quest tonight that, not surprisingly, ended suddenly with us getting a drink at the pub and repairing our stuff. Here are some highlights.
I went around trading in my collectibles after everyone left. I looked in my collectible bag, and in my bank, and I had 3 Small Eberron Dragonshard Fragments. I didn't see where they were useful in any rituals to improve your equipment, so off I went. I went to 3 different ppl, and they all offered something different. I don't remember what they were now, but here's what I got.
Crap. It's bound to my account. I sure would sell it if I could. I could probably get a nice price for it. If it were one additional rest per dungeon, I'd like it, but one rest and it goes away? How do you decide to use it? If you use it when things are desperate, everyone will probably die anyway. If you use it when you have a decent chance to get out alive, then maybe you don't need to use it. . .
Here's more on Small Eberron Dragonshards and their value in trade, and the auction house:
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=203099
I wish I had sold 'em and had some gold to buy what I wanted, instead of a really nifty-keen one-time-use item that I'll hem and haw about ever using. I think I can still auction it, but I'm gonna wait for the weekend. More ppl play then, and there's more auction action.
Here's my old toy:
It was a cool flaming sword that did 2-9 damage, and an extra 1d6 fire damage (3-15). If a creature was of lawful alignment, it did an extra 2d6 damage (5-27). Sweet. Except, even though it didn't say so, you had to be of Chaotic alignment to use it or suffer a penalty. I still could have used it, but I didn't think style compensated for the reduction in my 'to hit' stats. So I sold it. Base price of 32,000, I had bought it for ~7,500 gold knowing I could get more for it if I decided against it, and I did, selling it for 15,000 gold. The kind of deal I like: I made out, and the guy I sold it to got a good deal too. AFAIK, no one here is chaotic, and a lot of you don't even use swords, and Atomm has his +4 now, so I didn't bother asking if you guys needed it.
So I went back to my +5 sword(6-13 damage). Fairly nice, as swords go, but without the style of the flaming sword.
Here's my new toy:
It's a step down, in one aspect, from my current +3 bow, but it gives me an additional 1d6 in acid damage to go with the 3-10 damage from the arrow. So, 4-16 damage. If I use my fire arrows with it, that will add a 1d6 in fire damage, so 5-22. I have a +1 damage bonus for long and short bows to my character, so that's 6-23, and there's a 3x damage for critical hits (5% chance), though I have no idea what damage is figured in that.
Finally, it has a Precise Shot feat, which means I can shoot through all you guys beating up on the bad guys and still hit them! Makes up for the +1 step down from my +3 bow, I think. I wanted a FROST bow, but I think their immense damage against things like Fire elementals drive up the price. Still, an acid bow with fire arrows will do a lot of damage to a lot of creatures, and if a creature is immune to one type, it probably isn't immune to both.
I went around trading in my collectibles after everyone left. I looked in my collectible bag, and in my bank, and I had 3 Small Eberron Dragonshard Fragments. I didn't see where they were useful in any rituals to improve your equipment, so off I went. I went to 3 different ppl, and they all offered something different. I don't remember what they were now, but here's what I got.
Crap. It's bound to my account. I sure would sell it if I could. I could probably get a nice price for it. If it were one additional rest per dungeon, I'd like it, but one rest and it goes away? How do you decide to use it? If you use it when things are desperate, everyone will probably die anyway. If you use it when you have a decent chance to get out alive, then maybe you don't need to use it. . .
Here's more on Small Eberron Dragonshards and their value in trade, and the auction house:
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=203099
I wish I had sold 'em and had some gold to buy what I wanted, instead of a really nifty-keen one-time-use item that I'll hem and haw about ever using. I think I can still auction it, but I'm gonna wait for the weekend. More ppl play then, and there's more auction action.
Here's my old toy:
It was a cool flaming sword that did 2-9 damage, and an extra 1d6 fire damage (3-15). If a creature was of lawful alignment, it did an extra 2d6 damage (5-27). Sweet. Except, even though it didn't say so, you had to be of Chaotic alignment to use it or suffer a penalty. I still could have used it, but I didn't think style compensated for the reduction in my 'to hit' stats. So I sold it. Base price of 32,000, I had bought it for ~7,500 gold knowing I could get more for it if I decided against it, and I did, selling it for 15,000 gold. The kind of deal I like: I made out, and the guy I sold it to got a good deal too. AFAIK, no one here is chaotic, and a lot of you don't even use swords, and Atomm has his +4 now, so I didn't bother asking if you guys needed it.
So I went back to my +5 sword(6-13 damage). Fairly nice, as swords go, but without the style of the flaming sword.
Here's my new toy:
It's a step down, in one aspect, from my current +3 bow, but it gives me an additional 1d6 in acid damage to go with the 3-10 damage from the arrow. So, 4-16 damage. If I use my fire arrows with it, that will add a 1d6 in fire damage, so 5-22. I have a +1 damage bonus for long and short bows to my character, so that's 6-23, and there's a 3x damage for critical hits (5% chance), though I have no idea what damage is figured in that.
Finally, it has a Precise Shot feat, which means I can shoot through all you guys beating up on the bad guys and still hit them! Makes up for the +1 step down from my +3 bow, I think. I wanted a FROST bow, but I think their immense damage against things like Fire elementals drive up the price. Still, an acid bow with fire arrows will do a lot of damage to a lot of creatures, and if a creature is immune to one type, it probably isn't immune to both.