Runes of Magic US / AU

This is a suggestion to add an IS item to change the Equipment type: Plate, Chain & Cloth

Suggested cost: 199 diamonds

Allows you to permanently change the Armor type to: Plate, Chain or Cloth

Simple as that.

The idea is that RW designed a cool game with fun combinations, but they never thought about equipment needed by these hybrids -- thus crippling them. So, a good way for GF to make some $$$ while RW tries to figure out ( or not ) how to make hybrid accessible sets would be to sell an IS item to change a single piece of equipment from one type to another.

@ aardvark3 > would it really be god mode? What ghost stats on a plate set would a mage need? & if you're referring to the pdef increase, there really isn't much difference in the pieces themselves.

So if your concern is how much pdef plate has over everything else, then make the item only work on: Chain, Leather & Cloth pieces to make Plate special for Knight-y types.

Of course, that mage would be giving up the int/matk/mdmg from the cloth set to get a pdmg/stam set from plate... is that something you see a mage doing?

here's a class combo: P/W - a physical dps class that has to use cloth & as we know, RW never created any real physical dps gear. ( & Memento gear doesn't even come close to helping )

An R/K might decide to convert plate or chain if they wanted to try tanking.

I'm sure there are other class combinations out there that don't have access to the sets that would like to use to maximize their playing potential & fun.

& the term "balance" is soo often used when discussing things in this game for the wrong reaons. Every time "balance" is used, it inadvertently ends up with something that someone uses being nerfed; that's how RW "balances" this game. Make bosses harder & take away skills to kill them = balance!

I guess I don't understand why a game that's designed to be so customizable would leave things to be unusable. It really doesn't make much sense to me that if you have a mage class and a subclass, why can't you wear chain if you wanted? When you're a warrior primary, that chain fits your body perfectly; but when you're a mage primary, that chain all of a sudden no longer fits?

By all rights, if you are a mage and a warrior, there really should be little distinction in the gear you're allowed to wear. Does it make SENSE to give up cloth gear w/ awesome magic to wear chain? maybe not, but gosh darnit, you should be able to.

The class combo I know best is P/W and I've seen some gear that would be wonderful to use, but I can't because it's not cloth. When you look at the Knights Templar ( Real life Priest-Warriors ) they wore heavy armor when they fought. Yet, RW refuses to allow them to wear Chain ( instead giving it to D/W wtf? ) for whatever reason.

I'm asking to PAY GF $$$ to be able to convert pieces of armor for RW's stupidity. If we're looking at our toons @ around 199 dia's each, this would net GF around 1400 diamonds for 7 pieces ( head, chest, belt, legs, shoulders, hands, feet ) pretty much per new set of gear released. ( nobody's going to stick w/ old old gear when new gear comes out if they can help it ) I just want to play my toons to their full potential w/o RW's laziness getting in the way of fun.

@ Cike > You know the number of skill/class changes proposed already. RW has given us no indication that they care to "fix" "broken" class combos. I'm offering GF something concrete to do... make $$$ by allowing the "couple of class combos" to get the gear they need to be viable. That's the purpose of this supposed "balance" we keep hearing about, right?

Remember a time when RAE's didn't exist? We proposed the introduction of those things & now we have 'em. Everyone uses 'em.

Remember a time when House Energy orbs didn't exist? ... extra class slots? ... extra gear slots?

What good does it do to prevent class combos that need certain gear types from getting them? Why not just make gear class bound? ie, Knights/Wardens can only use Plate; Warriors/Champions can only use Chain; Scouts can only use Scout Leather; Rogues can only use Rogue Leather; Priests/Druids can only use Priest/Druid Cloth; Mages/Warlocks can only use Mage/Warlock Cloth.

Everyone is just as handicapped then, right? "OP" Fix for K/M, you can only gear up w/ statting Plate gear w/ int & matk stats, same for "OP" W/M, they have to gear up with Chain statted w/ int & matk stats. How many other "OP" classes would be "fixed" by making them only use their class gear?

It sounds like sarcasm, but it's really frustration that some of the other classes out there are fairly powerful and able to use another class's gear w/o restriction while other classes are barred from that same "privilege" due to the class gear restriction. & if RW aint willing to fix it, I'll put my money where my mouth is and buy these items if GF gets them put in-game.

I've never understood the aversion everyone has in an Item Shopped game of spending $$$ on bonus items. MOST of the class combos out there won't need this IS item; so what? Do we need aggs? Do we need golden hammers? Do we need transport runes? They're there for convenience. I'm willing to pay for that convenience & to support this game.