I feel like having "traps" by the devs is really poor game design. It just encourages "ascension gear" more, unless you're a masochist.
I personally think a "meathead" run should be entirely possible without cheesing.
Some notes on late-game metal armors Sticky
Oct 16, 2019, 9:20 am
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I feel like having "traps" by the devs is really poor game design. It just encourages "ascension gear" more, unless you're a masochist.
I personally think a "meathead" run should be entirely possible without cheesing.
I personally think a "meathead" run should be entirely possible without cheesing.
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Oct 16, 2019, 10:20 am
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I 100% agree with this! I feel that we should have more variety with how we can gear up our character.
Oct 16, 2019, 12:17 pm
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I feel like having "traps" by the devs is really poor game design.
What gear do you feel is a trap? There was already some rebalancing of various items to make more play styles possible and to have no useless gear.
Oct 16, 2019, 12:25 pm
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What gear do you feel is a trap?
Oct 16, 2019, 12:44 pm
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IDK why people keep saying armour of great health is a trap, I'm using it quite often. 
Its AV got buffed a bit, I think, and the extra HP is quite worth it, IMHO.
Metal gloves and boots give much, much more AV for the same Intelligence requirement as cloth. It's not a trap, but a choice: take hit to attributes for high AV, or take lower AV for no attribute hit.
The disappearing valpurium sword, well...
Its AV got buffed a bit, I think, and the extra HP is quite worth it, IMHO.Metal gloves and boots give much, much more AV for the same Intelligence requirement as cloth. It's not a trap, but a choice: take hit to attributes for high AV, or take lower AV for no attribute hit.
The disappearing valpurium sword, well...
Oct 16, 2019, 1:23 pm
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Hmm, interesting... I am not really up to date with the current meta, gotta try the armour of great health out again...
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I guess the issue is perhaps more of monotonous and/or RNG-based INT training to get the armor to a material you desire.
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