I bought mine for less than 100PP, which was a great deal, i haven't found any better golves yet at lvl 42, and nothing on bazaar is better that is less that 250PP
I saw these in Bazaar yesterday for 150pp, so needless to say, I snatched them up for my cleric. Being a dark elf, her base strength is low, so the 4str is nice. The 15 AC is phenomenal, also. Nice upgrade from splitpaw hide. I will be happy with these for a long time. =)
These were a welcome upgrade from crust gaunts. ac11 =8str -8cha sure i lose 4+sr but hell with the extra 4ac my ac went up by 7 so i would much rather take the ac. Now time to work on getting a hero bracer to replace either my valodius custodius plate bracer or my bracer of scavaging. I think i replace the platemail jus cat the +5 dex is welcome keeps my dex at 98 =) helps make me a crit machine.
gegolian badbain 36th season warrior for the Elite Regime
Oh i almost forgot to say i got lucky as hell on these. These sell fer 400-500pp on seventh hammer well i found these in shadys little shop in EC fer only 250pp lol i was like hell sell my crusty guants fer 300pp and i made 50pp and i got my armor fer free lol and made some cash. =)
Very nice for my erudite paladin - good AC, doesn't weigh much, Str bonus (erudite tanks ALWAYS need), and wisdom. Expect to be using this for a while.....
I replaced my Sentient Gaunts on my lvl 9 Erud SK with these, paid only 400 pp for em, I'd gladly trade the +2 int for the +2 ac and +4 str, but it sucks losing the +5 sv magic. Ahh well, still a much better gaunt and I'm very happy with them.
Hello everyone here is some Spawn Facts I have found in my time of camping Rygor..
The Smith/Firebrand toon pops exactly every 26 mins I have a special timer that emits an alarm so I can gate back and kill him.
I have found that the Placeholder The Smithy needs to be killed twice before Firebrand will pop this has happened to me everytime I have camped him. (about 60 times)
When he pops for the first time 90% of the time he has Gauntlets. (so your entire camp time is 78 mins + however long it take you to kill him 3 mins for me solo 3 x Dot)
Now other info is this if you happen to zone the camp settings are reset. for example I kill 2 x Smithy and then a guildie asked for a tp I had 15 mins before firebrand was to pop. I said yes tped and gated back then POP i got the smithy 2 more times before Firebrand poped again.
After the first Firebrand pops and gets killed then the timeing gets a bit more random.
I have had firebrand pop 2 times in a row both times carrying Dark ember which sucked cos its lore so I did a /who and told the lowest level player to get his butt down to the front of the fort for a good loot.(He was there in about 2mins no joke lol)
This is my experiences so far on this mob I hope some of this helps
#REDACTED,
Posted:Jan 06 2002 at 8:05 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I was hunting in everfrost as a level 9 cleric when a paladin came along that needed directions out to Bandl. I gladly helped her out and as thanks she passed me these Gauntlets. At the time I wasn't sure what they were.... but now after reading all these posts I can't believe how lucky I was. I love these gloves,and dont plan to get rid of them anytime soon. Im a level 11 now (about 2 weeks after I met the pally) and the stats on them help me greatly...... WOOT!
I was in PoK lastnight, just about to log but decided to stick around a few more minutes. Suddenly a super-nice lvl65er said /ooc "first one to hail me at the Nexus stone gets these." I was a lvl6 SK that had JUST finished making his n00b-armour-quest gloves an hour earlier, and had a SoW, so I crapped my pants and took off running! I was the 2nd one there, but suddenly a trade window pops up; I GOT THE GLOVES! =D Then his DE girlfriend<?> /tells me, "I told him to give them to you." =DDDDD Needless to say, I added them to my friends-list. I can't wait to someday be in a position to repay them! =D
yes cobalt for a warr is better but to hard to find these babies fit in the spot well with 15 ac i love em and they match the enameld bp and cobalt arms boots i have except dont with my crafted greaves hehe
We camped the Blacksmith for about three hours. The spawn time was 25-30 minutes. We ended up killing the Blacksmith 4-5 times straight before Firbrand finally popped.
I have these on my 34 cleric, and they are sweet. Not only provide the stats I need most, but look very nice with the golden sol ro quest clerical armor. THe 15ac adds more overall ac than the quest gaunts, even with the extra from the agility on the quest ones. However, I don't think these are for clerics only, and certainly plan to hand down to my warrior when I get better (which may be a while). For now I get to hand down the Ry'gorr I was wearing!
In EC Tunnel I traded a Dusty Breastplate(which sells for 300pp on Brell) and a Dusty Ransackers Pack(which is now dropable) for a pair of Gauntlets of the Black and I love these things..Ill most likely have these gloves for a very long time..Even when I get my Ethereal Armour Ill still have these Gauntlets since they are better...well good hunting and safe journey to all.
Yesterday we camped this guy for a few hours. He spawned twice. Fist time he didn't drop anything and the second time he dropped the Dark Ember. Total I think we've killed this guy 3 times in the last week, 2 out of the 3 times he dropped dark embers and I have not seen any guants drop. I hope its not broken :)
I obtained these on my first trip to Velious at level 35, I am now level 43, and am still using these, and have yet to see another item that is better for a reasonable price, or for how easy these are to get.
Got these gloves in Lake Of Ill Omen for 800pp its quite step up from Ry'Gorr i gained 3AC 3STR and some WIS i can see why clerics love these things ..Iv wanted some since i saw the AUC nice AC ok STR and my hands look all black so now im a 35 SK with full dreadscale AND black hands look real good together.
#Anonymous,
Posted:May 05 2001 at 6:03 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Man Allakhazam's is not good for pricing. 2.9k? The highest these go for on Lanys is 1.5k, and I bought mine for 930pp!
Pricing here is fine in general. In fact with eqprices no longer a free site they rock. The thing you have to remember is these prices are based totally on player posts to the pricing link - i see alot of complaints about inaccurate prices in message posts but if all those people would just post to the pricing link the average price listed would be pretty accurate.
What you need to do is click on the pricing details and look at the last few sales listed - thats the price its going for right now and is usually pretty good for most servers.
#Anonymous,
Posted:Mar 31 2001 at 3:45 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) The reason iksar can wear is because its banded type not plate. You know this because because all blackened armor is BANDED type. This makes guantles of the BLACK banded type:) This is the reason these are iksar wearable:0)
RE: Iksar can wear because - Look below for details
Just about everything coming out of Velious is All races. that's one of the advantages of the place. any race can go there....any race is at least dubious to atleast one city....just about anyone of a given Class Can use the drops.
the main exceptions are the Armor drops off off the three cities (iskar warrior can't wear Gaurdian for example)
but that's just from my own supposition as i browse during the day, read every item while looking for stuff for my characters. and make my own inferences.
#Anonymous,
Posted:May 20 2001 at 7:56 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Of course, Shaman and Rangers can't wear em. That blows your theory out the window. The reason Iksar can wear these, is that Verant very often forgets their own rules.
#REDACTED,
Posted:Jan 05 2001 at 9:03 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) ok be honest folks these are without a doubt the best gloves for clerics Pallys and Rangers and yet rangers cant use what is the deal with this junk (and don't give me that because they are plate crap unless you haven't noticed Dark Mail Gauntlets appear the same and yet we can wear them)
Darkmail are chain based silverplated for lack of a better graphic are probably the same , just silver plated chain granted it doesnt say that but i can see the mentality behind it.
#Anonymous,
Posted:Jan 16 2001 at 7:19 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) That's still kind of a bunch of crap, even from my necro point of view. Ranger's need wis a heck of a lot more than sk's or warriors, who don't even us it.
I (warrior) like the AC, my cleric buddy who also won some likes the AC and the Wis. Kind of a shame that rangers can't use 'em, but that's the way it is. Looks like fine steel, BTW.
#Anonymous,
Posted:Feb 28 2001 at 12:32 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I am a warrior, 15 ac is really good for my level, +4 STRs not that bad, too. So warriors do want this item. Beats the hell out of most other non-twinked gloves. Hey ranger, go buff yourself, I'm gettin me some gloves for the ac.
#REDACTED,
Posted:Jun 05 2001 at 10:22 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) GO BUFF OURSELVES? Maybe we should throw on some plate mail too. Freekin Warriors. Rangers get hit as much if not more than Warriors. AC is King to Rangers and Don't forget we are casters and frequently heal the tanks to aggro the mobs on to us. I am sure with an attitude like that all the Rangers will want to buff you.
LMAO bienville, if a ranger is healing my tank (warrior) frequently in battle to aggro the mob on them, then I'm not staying in that group because that mob belongs on the group memeber with the highest AC and HP count. Also if I'm counting on Ranger heals and buffs, (besides SoW, Dex and a couple high lvl buffs like Call of Earth) then I'm in the wrong group because there isn't a druid with a better Skin series or we don't have a cleric. Not sure what lvl you are bienville but your mana would be better used in battle to; snare, mini-dot,mini-nuke, etc., not heal another group member to gain aggro. This is from the perspective of a backup healer, a crowd controller/aggro management, and melee class. I aggree this would be a nice Ranger item, just your argument why is showing how you play your class ineffectively.
Rangers can't use probably because Verant tries (yes tries) to keep to roleplay standards of games likes D&D. You ever play that game? You ever see a Ranger wearing plate? Read any fantasy books were a Ranger wears plate? Nope, never.. nada.
Though as to why they can wear a metal helm like Crested Helm is beyond me. Probably an error but kept instead of changed due to lazyness.
I can see Silver Plated Leggings, for the only reason that they are meant to be "plated" not plate. Plated armours are strips of metal on leather material, not a entire forged piece (wraparound).
Though they aren't usually seen wearing a full suit of chainmail either, gotta give em a little credit for trying to give the Rangers some decent armour.
Drops off Firbrand the Black as the more common drop in Orc Fort in East Wastes in the Blacksmith room, hes a RARE named spawn in there, his RARE drop is DARK EMBER, PS I have gotten both , sold gauntlets for 6700p and wouldnt think Parting with the Hammer <My druid Loves it> ECI
PS in 4Days Gauntlets dropped 6 times and Hammer 2, that is PRENERF last patch ... Value probly go up with the less droppin now.
Camped The Blacksmith Earlier today with a group. The PH is of course the Blacksmith in the Ry'gorr fort in EW.
He spawned 2 times for us in 2 hours dropping the Gauntlest both times. They are his common drop. He also drops a rare of Dark Ember. A very nice + wis 1HB... there is a chance he will drop both at the same time. Have witnessed it once so far while camping him.
Some crazy traded me these for an EE Bag on Fennin Ro. Since they nerfed the drop on the item it would take more than 5k for my Cleric to give these great items up.
I took off my Donal's for these gauntlets....let's see....I had to sacrifice 1 AC and Effect: Armor of Faith and gained a 2.5 lb weight reduction, +4 Str and +3 Wis. It took me about 3 seconds to agonize over this decision! Anyone wanna buy some overpriced dark gray gloves?
these dropped for me off the blacksmith area..a named guy forget the name something the black
dunno if they drop off chief but they drop off this guy FOR SURE i have them on my cleric right now..gnome they dont show any color on cleric though odd
It's in the same building as the Cheif, just on the other side. There is "A Rygor Blacksmith" who is a place holder for the Black. There are also 2 other spawn locations in the room which spawn the regular ry'gor orcs.