Blood Lord's Breastplate
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Scars of Velious
Anonymous
btw this bp is great for duels,and u can use j-boots for sow, and sks get spells in the steel skin area, so we don't have much use for a bp that casts a spell we already have, except if it casts a heal =)
Anonymous
this is an awesome bp. Invigorate is probably the best effect for it too, since sks can't heal themselves without a host and the bp is great for when your messing around and are low on hp. sure it isn't great for grouping, but grouping isn't 100% of everquest, maybe ya want to solo a dungeon or soemthing at 60 and need some heals? i dunno, just don't complain about the best sk bp in the game
Raizore blades 45 sk nameless server
Raizore blades 45 sk nameless server
Anonymous
Just wanted to say very nice AC on this baby.
Anonymous
Invigorate is a great effect for soloing, but frankly, how much soloing do you do once you're of level to acquire this BP? SoW would be nice (Maybe Steelskin would be the proper equivalent for us, or maybe Greater Shielding a la Kunark or something similar), but a previous poster was right in that if you're doing any tanking you probably have a cleric casting Bulwark on you anyhow. My only question is: Is the casting time on this BP better than the Noctivagant BP?
Sslanis Soulforge, Reaver of Greenmist, Vazaelle
Sslanis Soulforge, Reaver of Greenmist, Vazaelle
22 posts
Well, you ask about how much soloing you will do at level 50? Let me tell you, personally I hate to spend the little bit of plat that I do have. If I find an item I want, I camp it.
For instance. I want an Idol of the Thorned. The camp is mainly green to me, but I still get beat up. With this, I can kill some greenies, and then heal back enough to clear the room I need.
Do you really want to bring a healer along for a camp, when they will also want in the the roll? No, of course not. You want to get the item, and get the hell out of there so you can get something else.
Good BP, but I am going Giant.. I would rather have the Kael pieces.
For instance. I want an Idol of the Thorned. The camp is mainly green to me, but I still get beat up. With this, I can kill some greenies, and then heal back enough to clear the room I need.
Do you really want to bring a healer along for a camp, when they will also want in the the roll? No, of course not. You want to get the item, and get the hell out of there so you can get something else.
Good BP, but I am going Giant.. I would rather have the Kael pieces.
#Anonymous,
Posted: Apr 24 2001 at 3:07 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) oh im sure a guild can help you get one EASILY but if your not a welcomed part of the guild and at least gaining lvls fast enough to need it i seriously doubt you will get it
Anonymous
More like upper-50s.
You need a drop from Temple of Veeshan.
It isn't a bad effect on the BP, paladins get spells they already have while SKs get spells they don't have. Seems fair eh?
You need a drop from Temple of Veeshan.
It isn't a bad effect on the BP, paladins get spells they already have while SKs get spells they don't have. Seems fair eh?
#Anonymous,
Posted: Jun 10 2001 at 6:03 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) tru dat jigga you need to be 55 at least to get the keys for Veeshan...you cant get in at 1 it wont let you it is like a effect you have to be a certain lvl to get in this zone :)...so no 40 twink using this bp :)
#Anonymous,
Posted: Apr 24 2001 at 3:04 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) why would your friend do a quest for a shadow knight bp and then destroy it being mad shouldnt be his reason stupidity must be
#Anonymous,
Posted: Apr 24 2001 at 1:45 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) kyrius the inky in kinky noctournous shadows in the unseen Quellius... I cant spell cuz im a trigga... but thats tha gayest quote since.. "I love being a turtle"
#Anonymous,
Posted: Apr 24 2001 at 1:43 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) no he didn't, thanks for sharing that wonderful made up story with us all though.
#Anonymous,
Posted: Apr 24 2001 at 8:12 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I like your sarcastic attitude buddy (sarcasm).
#Anonymous,
Posted: Apr 24 2001 at 12:23 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) my friend destroyed this BP cause he thought it was CRAP compared to paladin bp from skyshrine, he was mad.
Then your friend would probably loose respect from everyone in his guild, that worked hard for him to get it. Sounds like your friend needs to take some valium and chill, cause that was plain stupid.
Basically there is only the effect difference (small str bonus on pal, mana bonus on sk). Big deal, sure the Pal bp will get used a bunch, but there are better cleric buffs by time someone will get this bp. Pal bp saves him/her some buffing mana, or saves the cleric buffing mana. SK bp saves the cleric/healers some mana after a fight to top him/her off, while the puller gets more baddies.
Both are downtime reducers, neither are gonna turn the tide of battle in one big sweeping motion.
Basically there is only the effect difference (small str bonus on pal, mana bonus on sk). Big deal, sure the Pal bp will get used a bunch, but there are better cleric buffs by time someone will get this bp. Pal bp saves him/her some buffing mana, or saves the cleric buffing mana. SK bp saves the cleric/healers some mana after a fight to top him/her off, while the puller gets more baddies.
Both are downtime reducers, neither are gonna turn the tide of battle in one big sweeping motion.
Anonymous
Some people like to post with no idea of what they are talking about. Shadowknights are Defensive, yeah i dont get it either but ask verant that is what they will tell you, If you have any interest in shadowknights and read posts from verant staff people they say defensive. I think they are/should be offensive but i have no say in that.
52nd Reaver of Vallon Zek
52nd Reaver of Vallon Zek
15 posts
cascading darkness-1300 dmg
boil blood- 500dmg
asytole- 600dmg~
lifetaps -338 dmg(can do about 10 times on a tov mob)-3380dmg
ht-1501dmg
=
7300dmg on spells alone
is this offensive? hmmmmm
lugtu
gravelord of vazaelle
boil blood- 500dmg
asytole- 600dmg~
lifetaps -338 dmg(can do about 10 times on a tov mob)-3380dmg
ht-1501dmg
=
7300dmg on spells alone
is this offensive? hmmmmm
lugtu
gravelord of vazaelle
14 posts
Um...defensive? Are you slow? Have you, in fact, actually played a shadowknight? Paladins can buff their allies as well as heal them and cast DEFENSIVE buffs while....SHADOWKNIGHTS cast the DoT's and have the pet to help fight and the life taps (notice everything they have is damage to the enemy). I'm not sure who you're talkin to...but tell them to stop fantasizing about a backwards EQ, k, thanks.
Asking "are you slow" isn't a good idea if you don't really know what you are talking about. Let me point out some of your more griveous errors and then maybe you'll think twice before criticising posts with that kind of an attitude again.
"SHADOWKNIGHTS cast the DoT's and have the pet to help fight and the life taps (notice everything they have is damage to the enemy)."
Ok, since when has an sk dot ever been a huge damage dealer? Sure, it's damage to the enemy but it pales in comparison to the damage dealers output. Lifetaps are likewise no huge damage dealers.
If I may I would like to offer a theory as to what Verant might have meant by the term defensive. As stated by another reply to this post sk's get the best taunt in game. Now taunt it first and foremost used to keep mobs off low hp targets. If you take our dots, they are not that great damage wise but do carry amounts of taunt. The lifetap is a means of extending ones ability to taunt by way of simply living a small amount of time longer. Added to this is that we get some debuffs which can help lower the damage output of the mob (granted, not that much).
So, in conclusion, this sounds to me like a defense for the low hp characters in group and thereby a defensive measure for a group.
Of course I don't know is this is what they meant but I think it sounds reasonable.
Kamlatir Baresi, 38 Shadowknight, The Rathe
"SHADOWKNIGHTS cast the DoT's and have the pet to help fight and the life taps (notice everything they have is damage to the enemy)."
Ok, since when has an sk dot ever been a huge damage dealer? Sure, it's damage to the enemy but it pales in comparison to the damage dealers output. Lifetaps are likewise no huge damage dealers.
If I may I would like to offer a theory as to what Verant might have meant by the term defensive. As stated by another reply to this post sk's get the best taunt in game. Now taunt it first and foremost used to keep mobs off low hp targets. If you take our dots, they are not that great damage wise but do carry amounts of taunt. The lifetap is a means of extending ones ability to taunt by way of simply living a small amount of time longer. Added to this is that we get some debuffs which can help lower the damage output of the mob (granted, not that much).
So, in conclusion, this sounds to me like a defense for the low hp characters in group and thereby a defensive measure for a group.
Of course I don't know is this is what they meant but I think it sounds reasonable.
Kamlatir Baresi, 38 Shadowknight, The Rathe
1 post
LOL i hope by the time you read this you are a higher lvl SK at 38 i can understand how you think that we are not too much of an offensive class once you hit 49 you will see then at 53 you will get boil blood..
That is what I call offensive and these debuffs you talk about Shroud of Pain(18ac), torrent of hate(35atk), abduction of Str(25str), not only secure you agro...
trust me you hit ANYTHING with shroud of pain no matter if they are at 50% hps and being taunted by the tank they will be on you.. but make the mob hit like a 2yr old panzy..
i can see how you say we are defensive for the group this is true if you have adds(lets say giants, unmezable, and one is on your cleric, simply AC debuff him and hes yours)
As for your dmg output.. this depends on which wep you have lets say you are using a MOSS(mase of shadowed souls) this is a good wep for mid to uper 40s SKs (IMHO) if you have luclin i recremend you go to Maidens Eye and get yourself a Strenght of Gordan /drool
41/51 30dmgbonus( @lvl 55)
25str 10sta
Giant wt1.0
this wep roxor for a 2hs slow but get yourself a haste item and your all set
Sks = Uber Dmg dealers
Pallys = Uber mana sinks
That is what I call offensive and these debuffs you talk about Shroud of Pain(18ac), torrent of hate(35atk), abduction of Str(25str), not only secure you agro...
trust me you hit ANYTHING with shroud of pain no matter if they are at 50% hps and being taunted by the tank they will be on you.. but make the mob hit like a 2yr old panzy..
i can see how you say we are defensive for the group this is true if you have adds(lets say giants, unmezable, and one is on your cleric, simply AC debuff him and hes yours)
As for your dmg output.. this depends on which wep you have lets say you are using a MOSS(mase of shadowed souls) this is a good wep for mid to uper 40s SKs (IMHO) if you have luclin i recremend you go to Maidens Eye and get yourself a Strenght of Gordan /drool
41/51 30dmgbonus( @lvl 55)
25str 10sta
Giant wt1.0
this wep roxor for a 2hs slow but get yourself a haste item and your all set
Sks = Uber Dmg dealers
Pallys = Uber mana sinks
37 posts
/sigh
He's a 52 SK (you do realize a reaver is an SK right?). Obviously a hell of a lot higher than you if you think an SK is offensive.
We have the same defensive caps as warriors do. We have the ability to taunt better than any other class. Therefore we are defensive. Yes, pallies can buff and heal. But they won't do either WHILE fighting. And pally buffs are worthwhile if there is no cleric. Post-50 you won't be fighting much without one. So I'm not sure why you think a pally is more defensive. They are equally defensive while fighting.
I guess the term defensive is relative. Maybe they are more offensive than a pally. But they definately aren't more offensive than a ranger. When you compare a SK to a ranger, monk, rogue, nuker, you will see why the are considered as defensive.
The major point the first poster made was that this was verant's term. They have publicly announced we are defensive. Should we be? In a RPing sense I agree that they should be offensive.
And if you make us defensive, make us equally as defensive as a warrior. (Rangers are equally offensive, so why aren't pallies and SK's equally as defensive).
If you are playing a SK thinking that you are going to be the major damage contributor in a group, you will be very disappointed when you level past 50. When people think damage they think :rogue, monk, warrior. Not SK, pally.
What I find most incredible about your post isn't your complete inaccuracy. It is the fact that you were rude and demeaning.
"It is better to be thought a fool and be silent than to open your mouth and prove that you are".
Not an exact quote, and I can't remember who it was by. Oh well, point made.
Anyways, nice BP. I don't even think anyone on my server has one. Pipe dream for 99% of the people playing.
Dzenith
54 Reaver
He's a 52 SK (you do realize a reaver is an SK right?). Obviously a hell of a lot higher than you if you think an SK is offensive.
We have the same defensive caps as warriors do. We have the ability to taunt better than any other class. Therefore we are defensive. Yes, pallies can buff and heal. But they won't do either WHILE fighting. And pally buffs are worthwhile if there is no cleric. Post-50 you won't be fighting much without one. So I'm not sure why you think a pally is more defensive. They are equally defensive while fighting.
I guess the term defensive is relative. Maybe they are more offensive than a pally. But they definately aren't more offensive than a ranger. When you compare a SK to a ranger, monk, rogue, nuker, you will see why the are considered as defensive.
The major point the first poster made was that this was verant's term. They have publicly announced we are defensive. Should we be? In a RPing sense I agree that they should be offensive.
And if you make us defensive, make us equally as defensive as a warrior. (Rangers are equally offensive, so why aren't pallies and SK's equally as defensive).
If you are playing a SK thinking that you are going to be the major damage contributor in a group, you will be very disappointed when you level past 50. When people think damage they think :rogue, monk, warrior. Not SK, pally.
What I find most incredible about your post isn't your complete inaccuracy. It is the fact that you were rude and demeaning.
"It is better to be thought a fool and be silent than to open your mouth and prove that you are".
Not an exact quote, and I can't remember who it was by. Oh well, point made.
Anyways, nice BP. I don't even think anyone on my server has one. Pipe dream for 99% of the people playing.
Dzenith
54 Reaver
"It is better to remain silent and be thought the fool than to speak and remove all doubt." -Mark Twain
Anonymous
Blood Lord, that sounds like the effect should be a drain. It makes more sense to give hp through a drain as opposed to invigorate since its a shadow knight piece. Thats this necros point of view and to heck with paladins =P
If it were a drain, it would have to be least double the normal casting time probably...and to make it a drain worth having on the bp, that would take precious seconds away from the SK. Just like casters, they can't attack or move till they finish casting a spell (assuming they want it to cast). What good would a 7 or 10 second lifetap be to a SK, when they could do far more damage in those seconds through straight melee by time they can get this BP.
And by the same token, they are indeed supposed to be a 'defensive' class, meaning they can taunt, have good AC and decent hp. Can take spot for warrior for many non uber mobs, if they must. Either way, whether you view SK as offensive or Deffensive, they are on the front line. You don't build taunt to keep off casters by taking 10 seconds to cast a little life tap, not to mention possibly getting hit while casting and having it interrupted and all that time wasted. (Although unlikely if you are wasting all your time for using this during battle, that enchanter sitting in corner is agroing more just medding, hehe)
Reason Paladins don't get invigorate? Cause they can heal themselves very well in downtime. Invigorate is strictly for downtime usage, takes about 14 seconds to cast a 90-100 hp heal (can't get complete agreement on either figure). This is a decent effect for SK to use when puller is looking for more, to top off some HP and save cleric a bit of mana. You won't be using this in battle. (Would have to be one heck of a situation and I can't think of any really plausible ones. If you need these long slow, and small heals that baddly during battle, cleric and any other healer is already dead and you will be too in a moment. Better off trying to cast FD)
And by the same token, they are indeed supposed to be a 'defensive' class, meaning they can taunt, have good AC and decent hp. Can take spot for warrior for many non uber mobs, if they must. Either way, whether you view SK as offensive or Deffensive, they are on the front line. You don't build taunt to keep off casters by taking 10 seconds to cast a little life tap, not to mention possibly getting hit while casting and having it interrupted and all that time wasted. (Although unlikely if you are wasting all your time for using this during battle, that enchanter sitting in corner is agroing more just medding, hehe)
Reason Paladins don't get invigorate? Cause they can heal themselves very well in downtime. Invigorate is strictly for downtime usage, takes about 14 seconds to cast a 90-100 hp heal (can't get complete agreement on either figure). This is a decent effect for SK to use when puller is looking for more, to top off some HP and save cleric a bit of mana. You won't be using this in battle. (Would have to be one heck of a situation and I can't think of any really plausible ones. If you need these long slow, and small heals that baddly during battle, cleric and any other healer is already dead and you will be too in a moment. Better off trying to cast FD)
the pally bp isnt all that much greater compared to this one. especially considering most people have a cleric in their party which can do better then SoW. 100hp heal every now and then, doesnt hurt at all. Infact, i would be overjoyed if someone like an sk or warrior would be able to heal themselves. And btw, second anon guy from bottom, you are thinking of invigor that regens stamina. another btw, invigor is a great effect, if anyone has ever tried chopping against hordes of creatures in old seb (ench mezzes em duh), they realize exactly what i mean, cause an enchanter cant always keep it up for 5 hours.
Anonymous
invigorate is a 100 hp heal, not a buff, or stam regen, also sk are all offensive, almost no def spells in there books :)
#Anonymous,
Posted: Apr 23 2001 at 8:37 PM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I agree with the post below. Why do paladins get a breastplate with the effect of a level 60 paladin ac spell (49 cleric). I'm not usually the one to complain but invigorate is what they give warriors who are supposed to be more offensive than the paladins/shadowknights. Why does verant call SK's defensive then give them a spell that increases there stamina to fight more? *ponders to himself* Oh well i guess that next time they will give a paladin weapon with the effect of level 56 cleric rez along with the shadowknight one of an effect of invis vs undead or somethin like that. Just my 2copper.
Anonymous
well i have nothing to say, but
look at the pally BP and tell me why.
and i never felt bad about class race differences, but....
i cant believe the difference between those 2 BPs.
not that pallies dont deserve a nice BP.
look at the pally BP and tell me why.
and i never felt bad about class race differences, but....
i cant believe the difference between those 2 BPs.
not that pallies dont deserve a nice BP.
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