Anyone else think that veriant went back and looked at the CRAPPY stats on the Thurg armor and went and jacked the effectiveness for the beastlord set before Luclin came out? I mean look at both the monk and the druid vs of this armor. Or heck ANY other class. This beats them all hands down. Heck I would rather have these on my WARRIOR then the armor warriors get from Thurg.
The Eroded Leather Boots required are no drop, and can be found in Kael in a few areas:
-Around the bank off Lieutenants (easiest camp but uncommon spawns and RARE drops).
-In the Arena off Troopers, Veterans, Legionnaires, Adjutants and Guardians of Zek (if Vindi is dead and you have a strong group, pull some of these -- high drop rate).
-Off just about any NPC in Tormax's area (the high level named giants and Sentinels).
-Occasionally in the Chanter/Plate house with that dwarf named Doldigun.
Crushed Black Marbles can be found randomly in Velketor, Sirens, Cobalt Scar and Dragon Necropolis that I know of.
There is some value in these boots. As a pet/melee class a beastlord needs 2 sets of gear to be effective. Wis gear is used when using a pet to keep the pet buffed and healed. Many guilds do not allow pets to be used during raids. When this happens break out your non wis gear, like these boots, and jump to the action yourself. Your spells are useless during most guild raids, so dont worry about your wis. Coldain skin boots or GEBs are excellent wis boots if you need them. I DO think that all velious boots should have SOW in them, though. Shrink is pretty useless to a Beastlord.
As an iksar, i use shrink all the time, when soloing or grouped, especially in Dungeons. Outdoors isn't so much of a problem. I'm sure many larger races will love these boots and the Shrink effect on them.
LOL unless i wannah duck every hwere I go in the city of Thurgadin Shrink is a must It also allows for better targeting for group members if I am in mele mode. Besided it's coo to be all tiny make all the Ugly Badduns real big lol
Well I just won roll for the erroded leather for this quest. Geesh cant they at least offer some wisdom stats? i woulda took hi AC, AGL, WIS instead of shrink...( i wont go into the +1 saves
I understand you wanting more variety in effects of the armor sets, but I also see Verant's point in that they make every armor set have the same effects between velious(ss, kael, thurg), PoG, and Kunark so that no armor set is immediately better then the other. It would be too hard to balance once effect against another, but they can balance more stats vs more ac, etc.