Creatures/golem's
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:00 am
So I've been playing almost solely as a Winter Wolf on the server, though I have tried the dragon and clay Golem as well, and have noticed a rather large gap between their AC/AB compared to their ECL counter parts.
Now i'm sure some of this has to do with my build, i'm by no means an expert in such things, But there are some imbalances that I think could be rectified.
Firstly, Is there a particular reason why a magical enhancement to a creatures Natural armor will not magical enhance said creatures natural armor? I understand how high of an AC something such as a dragon would be able to achieve, but if for instance we look at the Yuan-ti halfblood, the +3 is hardly recognizable once you have gotten basic equipment. To a further extent, the +5 received by the winter wolf is a nice early game bonus, yet this is something easily replaced by items.
Seeing as creatures don't have access to shields, could it be reasonable to perhaps lower the Natural armor they have from thick skin but allow it to stack?
Secondly, I know it has been brought up before, but is there any chance of reconsidering the ability to add enhancement bonus' to creature weapons? Even as a purely melee character with nearly as high of an AB i could reasonably achieve, I'm still nearly 10 or more lower then my ECL counterparts, a large some of such are from +5 weapons (some even +6 or 7 vs certain things). While there are scrolls one could buy to help counter this some (i.e. GMF scroll which only gives +3) the effects are very short duration (9 mins) and are quite expensive to maintain short of being and or having a Druid/ranger to follow you around (Also only met one druid thus far ). If we look at an artifact which may reach upwards of +5 ab which may be worth around 45k and then to the nearly 200 jinks a dispellable GMF scroll is worth (not to mention the 20+ some UMD just to use such a scroll) We are looking at 33 in game hours worth of scrolls before you begin out spending the cost of an artifact.
On this point, I know a necklace with GMF uses was mentioned as a potential item to add, Is this something that has been considered?
Anyways, kind curious what people think, but please don't blurt out things unless you have spent a considerable amount of time as one such creature (upwards of ecl 25)
Now i'm sure some of this has to do with my build, i'm by no means an expert in such things, But there are some imbalances that I think could be rectified.
Firstly, Is there a particular reason why a magical enhancement to a creatures Natural armor will not magical enhance said creatures natural armor? I understand how high of an AC something such as a dragon would be able to achieve, but if for instance we look at the Yuan-ti halfblood, the +3 is hardly recognizable once you have gotten basic equipment. To a further extent, the +5 received by the winter wolf is a nice early game bonus, yet this is something easily replaced by items.
Seeing as creatures don't have access to shields, could it be reasonable to perhaps lower the Natural armor they have from thick skin but allow it to stack?
Secondly, I know it has been brought up before, but is there any chance of reconsidering the ability to add enhancement bonus' to creature weapons? Even as a purely melee character with nearly as high of an AB i could reasonably achieve, I'm still nearly 10 or more lower then my ECL counterparts, a large some of such are from +5 weapons (some even +6 or 7 vs certain things). While there are scrolls one could buy to help counter this some (i.e. GMF scroll which only gives +3) the effects are very short duration (9 mins) and are quite expensive to maintain short of being and or having a Druid/ranger to follow you around (Also only met one druid thus far ). If we look at an artifact which may reach upwards of +5 ab which may be worth around 45k and then to the nearly 200 jinks a dispellable GMF scroll is worth (not to mention the 20+ some UMD just to use such a scroll) We are looking at 33 in game hours worth of scrolls before you begin out spending the cost of an artifact.
On this point, I know a necklace with GMF uses was mentioned as a potential item to add, Is this something that has been considered?
Anyways, kind curious what people think, but please don't blurt out things unless you have spent a considerable amount of time as one such creature (upwards of ecl 25)