Phase Spider Carapace  

 

Sorry for being anon, but too lazy to register and still wanna post an opinion, ya i believe certain items are made for certain classes even though others can wear, and this is a monk item. Any lame *** warrior saying if you can wear it, roll on it is a real loser who hasn't gotten an indo, cobalt, or velious bp. Look at it this way, wars have a choice between tons of high ac bps, and monks dont have this luxury, so quit whining and stop rolling on monk items, and quest for your 59 ac bp that monks sure as hell dont get

Greetings, I happened upon this line of posts while checking out the chestpiece and had to chip in my 2cp. Let me clarify something that, for some reason, other Monks have not. We Monks have a valid excuse when we latch onto a really good Mnk wearable item as being choice for us. We do this for various reasons, for starters, if you've never played a Monk, I strongly encourage you to try, it's a challenge but it's really alot of fun and rather addicting... however, here's where the rub comes in, our gear has low AC yet we're ALWAYS taking a beating because we outdamage the "tanks", we need STR, we need DEX and God knows we need AC, yet most of our 'Mnk only' gear doesn't accomodate. Take for instance our Kunark class gear, Crescent, for pete's sake, the gi has the AC of cured silk and a whopping +7 STR (at 51 and not being in an uber guild I'm still wearing a crescent gi *moans*) whereas other classes (Priest casters even) have higher AC and better stats on easier to attain gear than our "uber level" equipment (not all classes and it depends on the item yes, so don't rant on me for stating what is true, love it or hate it). Also, people are taking pot shots at we Monks over our weight "Hey it weighs over 1 stone, it's too heavy for you". BAH! Play a Monk, as I said earlier. I, as a Human Monk went down 3 AC whenever I went 1 stone over my weight limit, but if you equip an item with higher AC the weight balances itself out nicely, it doesn't affect your booty kickin' ability as a Monk, you just lose some AC, add that item with more AC and the problem is solved. So if it weighs 5 stones, hoo diddly doo man, it's still better than being below our weight limit and wearing crescent or some other piece of crap. As for Rangers, I don't know about ya'll or your gear, this item may be good for you as well (except you Mr.Twinky, I loathe your kind and think Verant oughtta do what Blizzard did with Diablo and put lvl req's on gear, but that's another story)but you've got better gear somewhere down the line, no question. Shoot, I've got PoG pants, 6 AC, SIX AC on leggings, what do YOUR leggings have for AC? I guarantee you have more than 6, Monks are always trying to up their AC and overall melee stats and are always at a handicap at doing so because truthfully speaking in a non-whining rant, we really don't have many gear options as opposed to other melee classes. This isn't necessarily a bad thing all the time because again, it does present a challenge, but you don't appreciate the good ol' challenge as much when you're getting smacked around for 130 point double attacks from some rosey cheeked orcs because the so called tank with all the AC and HP's can't taunt the critter off of you (Note to my Monkly brothers: Feign quickly, they wanna play Mr.Hotshotmeatshield then you oblige 'em that and put their AC to good use ;))

We're not trying to lay claim to all the gear, but most all of the Monk only gear, well, sucks as opposed to the gear of other classes. That's why I get ticked off when I see an item that would be a perfect balance for we Monks in the melee lineup that's also wearable by other classes that have better at their disposal. Like that time I threw a tantrum in LGuk because I found out Warriors could wear fungi tunics, and yes I still resent them for that, how would they like it if we Monks were sporting Indo and Cobalt, HMM!? HMMMMM!?!. But these other classes trying to get gear that isn't really top notch for them make it much harder for us to aquire anything that we could really "USE" rather than other classes just "want"ing it. Such as, a Shaman,(deleted mine at lvl 47 out of boredom with the class so I do know a lil' about the class) was arguing with me that the PSC was better for Shamans than Monks, Shammies need AC sure, but they need Wis for mana seeing as the shammy playable races all have lower Wis than let's say the races that are Druid playable and this item doesn't hold a candle next to the Shammy Planar gear for what really makes a Shaman tick. When it comes to hardcore Need Before Greed, this item, as well as some others, best suit the Monk class. Not because we're Monks and we just deserve it, but because it's one of the few items that actually comes close to meeting our needs for the roles we play in battle.

So hear us out, we're not saying 'gimme gimme' we'd just like to receive a little of this "Balance" that the folks at Verant keep rambling on about. We don't wanna fuss, we just want some gear that really suits our class. It ain't easy being a walking taunt with low HP's and weak gear, give at least a little credit where it's due to us.

Antiochus Peacebringer
51 Disciple and devout follower of Quellious
Mithaniel Marr

Not all of us clerics have our BP from Hate. I'm level 58 and i'm wearing a seb coat. The STR WIS is the same, but the AC is higher and the resists trade off is good in my opinion

Got this tonight off a spider. lvl 49 cleric, equipped it no trouble. GREAT upgrade from my Dusty Breastplate, the 6 ac and wis alone made it worth it. Not all of us are uber and have better 8P

Well...as interesting as all these posts were.....does anyone actually have information (real infomation) about what drops it and where....im assuming from the name its probably a really rare drop from phase spiders...if anyone knows other wise plz post. Many thanks