the only thing this has going for it over the bone clasped girdle is ac and saves. the 18sta is nice but it still only equals 54 hps on a druid whereas the bcg gives you 75 hps plus extended affliction, conclusion, sure i'd take this, but i wouldn't be disappointed if i didn't win it on a raid.
The other thing the BCG has over this is its availability. Any guild that is getting into what is thought of as "raid-level" content can probably drop the Golems in Fear. Worst case, anyone can, in time, save up money - the BCG is tradeable. Many (I'd say most) servers don't even have a single guild in Inner Acrylia - its a bigger timesink than the Vex Thal key. My problem isn't that this is a bad item - its just that there are so many BETTER items that are easier to get. BCG was just an example (and the most obtainable that I could think of). Belt of Dwarfslaying and the White Dragon Scale Sash are both pretty nice is comparison. And for any guild actually of the level to get this, Ssraeszan (okay, I can't spell that ...) Blood Cord is far and away a better item.
It is easy to drool at Inner Acrylia items at 54, or even at 60. But Inner Acrylia stuff sadly ought to be Vex Thal level loot ... and this isn't. =\
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Posted:Oct 08 2002 at 8:21 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) People who don't know shouldn't speak.
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Posted:Oct 07 2002 at 9:31 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) ya know if ya added 2 sta turned then took the wisdom made it help the str and switch the mana to hp this would be a good warrior belt...course there probablly is a belt like this for warriors i was just checking this one out because it sounded cool :/ but yea this posts helps no one but hey oh well....
and you wanna know what? if they added some int and made it Enchanter useable, added some cha too, or even changed the wis into cha, and added 2 sta, itd be a great enchanter belt too.
all im saying, is you can change any item around and it could be good. IE:
"if you gave it six more damage, and cut off about 13 delay, the rusty short sword would be a good item"
see?
im sorry for the flame, but i just felt it was needed =)
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Posted:Oct 07 2002 at 5:17 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Like much of inner acrylia, this seems to be a joke. No effect, no focus, no hitpoints ... all from an area locked by one of the 2 hardest keys currently in game and populated by what are to all account obnoxious, buggy, RoF-style events. In many ways, even a Bone-clasped Girdle is better than this - and its a drop of Fear golems.
18 STA is only more hp if you are under max. In a raid level situation, at the part of the game this comes from, even a clr.dru.shm should be close to max, especially with RH and PE buffs. Raw HP is the stat that matters at the very high level.
Eh... I think the whole reason for his reply was that enough Sta items will save your life. Even if you were being hit, that extra hp could mean the difference between life and death. Would you rather be a caster with more than average HP, or more mana than you know what to do with but the minimum HP you can have at your level?
While it won't help them at all if an uber mob actually agroes on the caster, the extra HP is vital to surviving encounters with mobs who AoE. Every little bit helps.