Why is everyone so down on people who want to Look Good? Face it, at high levels you can get your int well into the 200s without Robes with high int. I dont think its wrong to try to max out stats asap, or make level 65 in 6 months... or to try to Look Good. why do people flame each other for their play style? I, myself, have spent months green camping to get faction in as many towns as i can. is this necessary to game play? No! but I "Wanted to do it". Im not saying I would pay 6k for these, nor would I camp them but If thats what someone wants to do, more power to them. I Love having items that set my look apart from others. Why? /shrug. maybe so people will say "There goes that guy again" Again, is this necessary to leveling my char? No!. It is just what I want to do. I have a friend who is a 53 enchanter and she still wears Blackened Crystaline Robes because she likes the look. Is this wrong? She seems to be doing fine. Everyone has their own style of play. and if its not effecting you, why let it bother you?
kthomas, you're absolutely right! In fact, one should gain levels to play the game, visit new interesting ares one could not reach earlier and do things one wasn't able to do before. In my eyes, those people who just play to gain levels did not understand the meaning of a roleplaying game. This leads to all those comments saying 'item A has a slight better ratio than item B, so item B is not worth the effort'. If everyone would play this way, all characters would look alike and the diversity offered by the game would be completely lost.
Ummm...this robe isn't worth the time I'm taking to comment on it on this message board, unless its a quest item. Why anyone would camp this crap for 38 hours is beyond me. You would really need to have nothing to do with yourself to waste your time like that. Aaaoneplumbing, if you're that hard for plat for a GOOD robe, send me a /tell if you're on Seventh Hammer. I'm sure I can get you something better outta my bank inventory.
Vardeth Bloodrend Necromancer of the 40th Season Seventh Hammer Innoruuk
Ok here it is: 1) drops off of "a coerced revenant" 2) same Spawn as "a coerced Penkeeper" 3) he will wear the robe if he has it 4) he is an iksar Necromancer 5) blue to a 45 druid 6) he can spawn at any time ( had him spawn 2 times in a row on me ) 7) as a former poster said " be prepared to camp him for a long time"
Hope that helps.. and good luck
This is a Repost jus cause some seem to have missed the previous .. no offense intended
I'm getting a little tired of everyones theory about Charisma and how it effects fear and charm spells, does anyone really know what their talking about? Ive heard it all from -cha helps make fear stick, to it makes fear last longer, to charm gets resisted less and last longer....I think its just common for everyone on eq to pretend they know everything about everything and always bless us with their unwanted B.S. opinions on how to play the char we've worked hard to make what they are. Does anyone really know, or do you just like making outrageous, pretentious, emotional posts on every board to try and get a rise out of people....Is anyone trying to help at all anymore?
If someone REALLY knows how -/+Charisma effects fear and charm spells I would appreciate some advice...but if your just going to blow your horn save it for the DAoC boards.....
I don't know any mathematical formulas or anything, I can just say this: As a level 24 enchanter, with a low charisma *around 125 or so*, my charm spells last a shorter amount of time than my friend of the same level with a charisma of close to 200. My intelligence is higher, so I have more mana, but since I have to cast charm/mez, etc. more often, I waste more mana. As for fear, I have no idea.
Okay . I play a Dark elf level 52 necromancer and have had charisma way down to 20 and way up to 80 through out my levels. And I have found that having a high or low charisma for fear makes no difference, I have also talked to some other high level necros and they say the same thing. Charisma is only good for charming the mobs either the undead sort or the live sort. Hope this helps.
i recently aquired a robe that is +100cha outta katta kestellum and i have 157cha i am a necro not only does my charm stick much better but i believe stick a little better along with every other magic based spell (i.e fear, darkness, etc) so try for posative cha instead of low char works for me
A few things that differed in my experience from those of others here. First of all, the guy that dropped this robes was green to me at 42, though someone said it was blue to him at 45, so there must be some variation in level. Also, Viz's post makes it sound like this robe drops all the time now. I too have camped this room for many, many, way too many hours, but this is the first time I've seen this robe drop. It's almost always the crappy purple one that the guy is wearing. While it may drop more frequently than it once did, I wouldn't expect to get it in the first hour or two that you're there. If you do, then great, but my experience has been otherwise. Anyway, I'm going to go start a necro now *grin*.
This is, by far, one of the best looking colour combinations on a robe. Noone i have ever encountered, thought less of this robe. Why is it so pricy, when the stats are as they are? Simple... Back in the day, THe coerced Revenant, was a VERY rare spawn. He spawned about 2 or 3 times a day.<insert CONSTANT camping here>. About once per week, he spawned with this robe. This robe was one of the rarest robes in the game at that time. So, in addition to look EXTREMELY good, and, not to mention, different, this was also VERY rare. When i got mine about a year ago, there was no more than 10 or 15 of this robe on the server. So, the fact that it looks cool and is so rare, made this robe a status symbol for necro's, and also, as a kinda 'cult' item. THAT is why the price is so high, THAT is why people are WILLING to pay so much for this robe. Not all people in this game are 'stat' whores. Pardon my french, but that IS the best word. The /sigh... in the headline, is because Verant changed the spawn. Now, he pops with it rather often, it is now more the rule then the exception it used to be, and thus the price has gone down. /sigh also, because i spent my time camping this robe, up to more than 100 hours direct camping it. Yeah, that might be kinda silly, but as in RL, you become what you set your mind to. You dont get to look good unless you work hard for it. I have tried various other robes in the game, even worn them for a long time, but i never can get myself to get rid of this one. THis is, and almost always will be a 'cult' item, one of the things that are different from what the game normally is, namely a stat hunting melodrama. And that is the TRUE beauty about this robe, allthough the look is its equivalent.
A) This explanation of the price has been a long time coming.
B) Climb down off the high horse, my friend - Luclin's not out yet.
Stat whoring? I like to think of myself as "efficient". Your attractive gear is perfect when we're at a wedding or guild event, but you're not going to be of much use to the party dead from low AC/resists.
I don't point a finger at your fashion sense and ridicule you for treating your character like a Malibu Barbie. Lay off my powergaming tendencies.
After having a 200int, I manly go for the looks this is a very good robe to start the looks with. My next robe will be the froggy, selling this robe for 1k would be wrong, i would not sell mine for less than 5k.This robe is not ment for Necros with less than 200Int just for looks is what this robe value is based on. If your in need for INT then this robe is not for you, Get the Crystalline robe then, just like everyone else =P Just my 2cents
To correct corwin, cha dosnt effect how long fear sticks or if it does never has done never will do. I know this by testing fear has a max time limit and rerolls everytime the mob is hit.7K for that crap give me a 400pp orcle robe anytime.
I know that this is an old post and that by now whomever posted this should know what I'm about to say. Charisma has nothing to do with fear, I hope everyone knows this. Why is negative charisma a big deal then? It affects how well and long you can charm undead. While chanters need more charisma to charm the living, we need as little as possible to appeal to the exact opposite kind, the dead. So yes, this robe is very useful in that sense. And for those who would think "Well, I only use my pet." Sure, that is the case most of the time....... But haven't you ever wanted to charm a spectre and make it call you Master after all the times it's killed you in Oasis as a newb? =P
Viticeps Duttonian- Phoenix Order 45th Iksar Necromancer Drinal
This robe drops in the coerced reverent in the crusader room and it is his uncommon drop, you haev to clear the room before getting it. He is a rare spawn with PH's.... The robe looks badass it drops off lvl 33 to 37 i believe, im gonna stay here till i can get one...
I just got one of these yesterday after camping the Revenant for 1 1/2 hours......I was really surprised when I saw him wearing it. Looks almost gray with brown tints....REALLY cool looking on my Necro. I heard it was a rare drop... also got Robe of Dalnir while waiting for this. Stats might suck but it really does look cool.
Qazz Emoto - Lvl 55 Preserver on Karana Gaard Heere - Lvl 30 Necro on Karana
Ok here it is: 1) drops off of "a coerced revenant" 2) same Spawn as "a coerced Penkeeper" 3) he will wear the robe if he has it 4) he is an iksar Necromancer 5) blue to a 45 druid 6) he can spawn at any time ( had him spawn 2 times in a row on me ) 7) as a former poster said " be prepared to camp him for a long time"
Was bored so i decided to go camp Dalnir. At lvl 42 i could hold the crusader room very easily. I got one of these robes after about an hour and a half or so, with a 20 minute spawn time. anyone know how much they go for on Vallon Zek?
What a lame robe...5ac, +2 Int, -10 Cha. If you though your Charm Undead was lame before, this lousy robe certainly assures it. Why on earth would anyone camp more than like 5 minutes for this robe? Looks? You gotta be kidding me...12k for this robe? Whoever pays that much should buy some big floppy shoes and a red ball to wear on the end of their nose as well. I would like to thank the brain-trust at Verant for making a really good looking robe with terrible stats and putting it in a difficult location with very low drop rates, lol
I think when you where born your dad Dropped you on your head. This is the coolest looking necro in the game period and has decent stats for NECROS. Ok hers the catch my necro at lvl 52 alrdy had maxed wiz of like 210 so with this on it went down to woopie doo 207!!! Big diff NOT. I also lost 10 cha gained hps and was the best looking necro. So be quiet and go play with yourself if you want to make fun of this robe.
Hey heh Aint you a rebel first NECRO ive heard of with a maxed WIZ of 210. i bet you dont like mana do you, oh yea and tell me why this robe made your WIZ go down to 207 cause there is NO WIZ on the robe.
This robe is the perfect necromancer look.. it is like an advisor robe except all black and gray.. the stats are horrible but the look makes up for it.. take this robe add in a Shield of Spectral Essence and a Spirit Tome or GBS and you look aweosme :)
anyone know where i could pick one of these up for my lowbie necro? i'm 18, mad low on cash, and have no int items... i'd like to work on that. Thanx!!
This robe is droped on 3rd floor of dalnir with an invis you can get to this room fairly easy with only 1 pop in room, which is random between PH (a kly follower) the penkeeper who drops the foci robe, the crusader, and the guy who drops this thing, some iksar wearing a purple robe forgot name tho. He spawned 1 time the 3 hours i camped him, only droping a defiled shroud which was iskar nec only (no drop) some i section of a staff (no drop) and some other junk which was all no drop. Altough the stats suck horribly on this robe I believe and several other necro buds think this is the best nec robe in the game. So cosmeticly inclined that it sells for 12k in nfp (almost as much as a bonecaster robe) Dont plan on gettin this robe unless you can invest large amounts of time campin this guy.