I started playing again after being away for about a year, and have noticed multiple legendary weapons I used to rely on for stat boosts no longer have them. When did legendary weapons like Huntress Bow, Black Bruargh’s Fury and Axe of the Lion have their stat bonuses removed? I’m guessing this is an intentional thing, I’m not sure how it could be a mistake. When most of them were of lesser use, but a few were great- there’s actually a point to farming world bosses. Now, you’re basically just farming for a couple extra points of damage or armor penetration. Was it considered unfair when someone got a stat boost weapon and other people weren’t able to find one? That fact also made it possible for legendary farmers to serve as traders on PVE or role playing servers (since they might have something actually in-demand) as well as something worth capturing in PVP raids and duels. Am I looking at this wrong?
I use the the shield Black Bruargh’s Fury and noticed it was not showing the stat bonus, but still gives it.
I do not believe the stat bonuses have been removed, but the Informational GUI when you hover over it does not show the bonus stats any longer. Try equipping the item and checking your personal stats.
Axe of the Lion still gives +5 strength, I use it every day
I’m going to explain a little bit how items (specifically weapons) work on the back end. Or at least do my best with the knowledge I do have (another better modder can probably clarify better).
There is two tables at play here. You have the item table and the stat modification table. The item table has the damage the weapon does, how much stamina it takes to use, how much stamina damage it does, how much stamina damage it does when blocked, its weight, and all of the flavor text in the item description and the info window.
The stats you see such as ‘Bonus Strength’ is just a label in the item’s description. It has NO bearing on what stats the item gives. You can make it say Bonus Strength and give vitality instead. Or have it say Never Going to Give You Up and give Encumbrance or whatever.
The stat modification table gives bonus attributes as well as temperature resistances. This table references the ItemID of the weapon rather than the weapon’s name.
So if a dev or modder derps up the Item Table and accidently removes the description, the item will still give its stats as normal. If the dev or modder derps up the stat table, then the item will not give proper stats, even if its description still says it does.
Always check your attribute page to see if you are getting the stats you need.
Oh, you’re right. I swear when I first picked up the weapons, I checked my attribute page and there was no stat boost, but they’re definitely there now. Maybe I was just hallucinating. Strange that they decided to leave the information label on legendary armor items, but removed them from weapons. Anyway, false alarm.
No worries, I did a double take myself when I noticed it. It was one of those WTF moments, since I use that shield religiously.
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