So there is an assassin I know (who i will refrain from naming) who is an overall OK guy (when he isn’t raging over a duel loss or acting like a spoiled brat) who has a full set of Tier 6 PvE gear and loves to use it in PvP. Why you might ask? Well the dps output is insane and he would be dumb not to. Let’s have a look at the stats on this gear
As you can see I highlighted the “debuff” in red. The “Emerald Lotus coating VIII” gives a player who wears this gear the following stats
- -300 PvP Combat Rating
- -80 PvP Magic damage
- +1250 Armor Penetration ???
- +875 Spell Penetration
- -600 PvP Armor
- -600 PvP Protection
- +900 Tenacity
These stats were meant to mitigate this gears capability in PvP. Sadly they fail to work because they are insufficient.
This is a good case for giving us a 4th Tier of PvP gear so we can compete with Tier 6 raiders like this guy who again, shall not be named.
Now from what I’m told this “debuff” gets worse as you equip more Tier 6 gear, but I can show you how irrelevant it is.
I created a clip that I linked below to display the stark contrast between an assassin wearing Tier 3 PvP gear and the same player wearing Tier 6 pve gear with max aas vs me, a bear shaman in full Tier 3 PvP gear and max aas. The name of this assassin was withheld to protect his privacy but you can probably guess who it is fairly easily.
You’ll notice the level of difference immediately after watching the video and you can then judge for yourself whether it’s really the player or the gear. Spoiler alert He Claims it’s not the gear.
To do something about this issue I propose you (Funcom) either
A. Buff PvP gear as highlighted in another thread and/or give us a 4th Tier to combat players in Tier 5 & 6 gear.
B. Add more negative PvP stats to the Emerald Lotus Coating “debuff” to disable this gear in PvP more effectively.
For instance, how about -1250 PvP Armor penetration? and -875 PvP spell Penetration? also -900 PvP tenacity while you’re at it.
This gear should be used for PvE only. And until you give us a Tier 4 PvP set There is no way to combat this crap.
What’s really a kick to the teeth is most classes don’t get a great benefit from a full Tier 6 set of PvE gear like the assassin does. I have a Tier 6-2 handed blunt from the saga quest reward and it’s useless in PvP. Works great in PvE though which is where gear from high level raids should work.
This is Raid To Win plain and simple and we’re sick of it.
Make PvP great again!
Thanks for reading. Please keep your responses civil and your guesses as to who the other player is to yourself. It isn’t his fault the gear is the way it is. It’s Funcoms fault.