Slot: HEAD
AC: 13
HP: +35
SV MAGIC: +10
WT: 5.0 Size: SMALL
Class: WAR CLR PAL SHD BRD
Race: ALL except IKS
Slot 1, Type 7 (General: Group) Slot 2, Type 21 (Special Ornamentation)
Skull-Shaped Barbute
Slot: HEAD
AC: 13
HP: +35
SV MAGIC: +10
WT: 5.0 Size: SMALL
Class: WAR CLR PAL SHD BRD
Race: ALL except IKS
Slot 1, Type 7 (General: Group) Slot 2, Type 21 (Special Ornamentation)
Not understanding why the lower version of this isnt Ikky usable? The higher version is? I think its a crock of crap everyone except Ikky so while everyone else is left out in the cold if you ahve a ikky? Come on DB is it really that big of a deal?
i have to say i actually like the helmet on my alternate, a 10 warrior Vah Shir. It has not eye holes as we have muzzles, but it gives an accent to the eyebrows making us look fierce, and it has 2 spirals on either side of the "sideburn" area...place...thing. yeah whatever. My helmet also is a silver with gold lining, so i don't know what you peeps mean by reds and browns. I say peeps, if you want the helmet to look good, make a kitty! :)P
i have to say i actually like the helmet on my alternate, a 10 warrior Vah Shir. It has not eye holes as we have muzzles, but it gives an accent to the eyebrows making us look fierce, and it has 2 spirals on either side of the "sideburn" area...place...thing. yeah whatever. My helmet also is a silver with gold lining, so i don't know what you peeps mean by reds and browns. I say peeps, if you want the helmet to look good, make a kitty! :)P
I agree with the silver plate not looking very good. Silver chain doesn't look so bad though. I like the look of the Loda Kai (dark blue chain) and Bronze (goldish plate) myself. However, the AC on this is nice as is the SvM. The HP may help me, but in a group I usually have enough in the way of buffs that 35 extra probably won't matter too much.
The Skull-shaped Barbute (SSB) is generally not worth the risk involved in aquiring it, as indicated by the list price. Even before the release of Kunark it had fallen out of favor with most players except as a decent item to twink with.
Despite that, it is still a viable helm. The one thing that saves it from total obscurity (IMO) is the +10 vs. Magic. The AC and extra HP are nothing to sneeze at, but by the time a character reaches the mid- to high-40's, any tank worth his or her salt will have something more appropriate to the class, or the task at hand (in the case of raids).
Just some pertinent input not regarding the look of the item.
Like what, exactly? As yet, I have yet to find a better pure tank helm. Only rare ones have higher AC. 35HP is great for a Warrior and the Sv Magic is perfect. I'm still using it in my 50s until my Thurg one drops for me.
I agree with warriorone. I used an SSB on my warrior until I finally got a helm of raldukan. Please do elaborate on what cheap, easily obtained alternatives there are to the SSB?
#REDACTED,
Posted:Apr 14 2002 at 4:06 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) High Elf Females have the worst helm look? Have you seen the Halflings we have GLASSES were 4 eyes, if i were in the game RL i would jump my own ***. My opinoin is halfling helms are the worst we look like geeks, but thats just my 2cents....
#REDACTED,
Posted:Jul 12 2002 at 12:07 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) The only reason why I even created this "account" was to respond to this dumbass . Man you better becareful about that "lil four eyes / I want to jump my own ***" thing , not good . I wear glasses and man that just isn't very cool. I'm not threatening , harassing , or making terroristic threats , but, seriously I really would be careful, or as that senator ( can't remember his name right now , jus' a lil too much Yukon Jack , but i think it was Jesse Helms ) If the (supposed to be First lady , but insert dumbass's first name here) I wouldn't come to ( supposed to be one of the Carolina's , but insert Odessa , New York , here) unless I brought a body guard .
you pompus g*t. there are jokes about everything in life (blondes, glasses, etc), you gotta just learn not to take them all seriously.
and the thing about creating an account JUST to flame someone... im affraid he was right. you nerd.
end of flame :S. sorry my fiery defender and avenger both get irrate.
anyways this is a good item, and using the right class and tactics it is fairly easy to get (try a buffed up paladin+pacification).
also you should be able to find it cheap in the bazaar once in a while, and at low levels, yes 35hp is great! later on the AC and SV magic holds its own too.
I got 1 and it appears silver but I hae seen many others in different colors. Could I possibly exchange mine for a dark or black one? I'm on the Quellious server.
Many items have the same look and different color but they are all different types of helms. The Skull Shaped Barbute has the silver color where as the DarkForge Helm has a Rusted Brown color. Also there is a helm from ToV that is silver and gold. Basically if you see a helm that is the same graphic and a different color its more likely a different type of helm.
I can't believe Buck Rogers got mentioned and someone actually knew enough about Flash Gordon to correct em.. I never thought I would ever learn anything about either of them.. Maybe I'll get lucky and not retain this knowledge..
With Luclin coming out, all my concepts of how things looked have gone out the window. I know I am *not* happy with the way this looks on my DE SK. Formerly, it had a very cool, burnished-silver look, in the shape of a nice looking skull with small horns. Now it looks like I have some demented vase (pronounced "vahz", not "vayse") from the **Martian Limberger Dynasty** on my head. I honestly am not even sure that there are eye-holes in the danged thing!! It is multi-colored and looks wierd as all hell! WHAT is up with that?!?
#REDACTED,
Posted:Apr 13 2002 at 12:54 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) LOL just be happy High elf females got the worst looking helm in the game.
#angeli,
Posted:Sep 10 2001 at 10:37 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) hehe, got this piece for free from my in game husband for my lvl 7 warrior. goes good with my full suit of bronze
#REDACTED,
Posted:Aug 21 2001 at 1:50 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I have the barbute and looking to sell it for money. im on rodcet nife. if you would like to but it send e-mail's to boxlady@gtemail.net
#REDACTED,
Posted:Aug 07 2001 at 8:24 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) does anyone have one of these on the veeshan server that i can buy from them? LMK: spyder5467@yahoo.com
I got this off a froglock apprentice in upperguk near innothule ent.!! At lev 6 and a non-twinker this was an incredible find! i don't know if it was a glitch or what but i am not giving it up!!
Also got some great claws form the same guy but i am sk so save it for when i need cash or decide to join the ranks of the twinkers.
#Anonymous,
Posted:May 30 2001 at 4:35 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Who ever placed it on a mob in runneye hehe good joke but it dont drop here. ZOne is for level 20s not level 40s sheesh a sucka born every minute.
#Anonymous,
Posted:May 31 2001 at 10:59 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) You guys did read the patch message (May 30th) didn't you? Runnyeye isn't the same 'ol Runnyeye. I know for certain that there is a 38-40 mob, Lord Pickclaw or somesuch name.
#Anonymous,
Posted:May 19 2001 at 10:44 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) This does not drop from Gobbo king.Ive camped him off and on for weeks for loot .ive gotten many coif(crown)s but not one of these.
#Anonymous,
Posted:Apr 24 2001 at 6:07 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) camped the king for 3 days.. on and off.. no such helm.. pretty sure this is wrong..
I've seen level 30 monks soloing the King in Runnyeye. As a level 29 warrior, I killed the King with a 31 druid and a 24 shaman. He is guarded by 4 elite guards, which are all green or low blue to me at 29. A level 50 character could probaby solo the entire dungeon, including Borxx, no matter what class.
I solo broke and held the king and warlord rooms in RunnyEye with my war when he was 34. Borxx on the other hand was a bit of a problem. High blue eye; if I didn't have slam he would have cooked me good. Inferno shock is only fun when you're not on the recieving end. >8P
However, I've killed the goblin king who knows how many times (3 full suits of black iron, and tons of assorted extras pieces I gave away in zone because I ran out of room in my bank :P) and I've never seen or heard of him dropping the SSB. Pretty sure that's an error; as far as I know only the ghoul lord in Guk drops it.
#Anonymous,
Posted:Mar 25 2001 at 11:02 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) BRIAN BOITANO ROCKS!!
#Anonymous,
Posted:Mar 04 2001 at 3:41 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) You're lvl 50 and you want to camp this? Don't you have like Valorium or such?
they should, but.. 1-it's not like everyone goes on plane raids, or has went on enough to win a helm. geez, it's not like they grow on hate or fear trees (doh forgot what plane it drops in). you kill guys with a bunch of groups of 6, and there is no chance you are the only pally, and it is a rare drop, out of a bunch of stuff.
2-maybe they wanna do some small time farming in lguk along with exe stuff and whatever else drops in ***/sup (my memory's bad).
2 level 50s could take the Goblin King in Runnyeye without breaking a sweat. However there's no way the two of you would stand a chance against the Ghoul Lord