Is anyone else upset with the rate at which jewelry wears now.

[skipster]

I am very upset with the deterioiration rate of jewelry. I went through a full set of ql130 in 2 days granted the mobs hit hard, But as far as i know jewelry would be worn under armor and my armor lasts longer then the jewelry. As far as i am aware i have not received the message "Horrific Cutler Takes your vest off and slaps your pendant" yet. I am just upset that you pay 300k for a set of jewelry and it lasts you 2 days if you are a heavy leveler I am a level 173 melee and only managed to wear the jewelry for about 6 levels which is ubsurd. Please post here and let the devs know that they need to fix this.It just seems that every time they implement something new they have to fix it 3 or 4 times before it works properly.


Thanks, Malion CP's (Disciple of Discipline)

[magick1]

Before the patch the jewelry didn't get worn at all (bug or missing feature, you decide ), now it does.
Jewelry have a very low HP stat. Any crafters worth their salt will now consider durability, which would make the items last a bit longer.
Note there are no metals in the game (or minerals AFAIK), which means all mats are from organic sources and therefore subject to "easy" wear and tear.

[skipster]

Yah but the fact that it is underneath the armor should account for protecting the jewelry as well as yourself.

[magick1]

The jewelry get rubbed on beteween the skin and the armour.

[lyrah68]

Hi again. I wear just about every piece of jewelery in real life (and a few added piercings for good measure), and I can say that rings wear, earrings don't, pendants don't but CHAINS do, and I have NEVER worn a diadem/tiara...but I would IMAGINE that it would wear rather easily if you did NOT wear a helm (I see it as a head band more than a big fancy crown).

I think that they need to tweek this. I have noticed that armor and items in general seem to wear out MUCH easier as you gain levels, even if you KNOW all your groupmates and KEEP them in the EXACT same level gear (I can understand the goofed up coding with lowbies and highbies in same group).

The degrading is enough that I am thinking about taking up jewel crafting to help keep up with the set to two sets A DAY that most in guild are going through. And yes...that is a tad too much.

[kratos84]

Jewels are delicate, and armors are made to be enduring, so I fail to see why jewels shouldn't wear off faster. Parts would break in vehement collision wherever you wear them. Now if armor wears off faster than jewels that would be really absurd.

Although I have already spent quite some money on replacing my jewels, I am very happy about how jewels wear off now. It encourages crafters to pick up jewel crafting, and for those who already have, it makes their hard work pay off. It also gives a lot of meaning to the use of jewelry itself. Jewels are no longer something everyone equips to up his stat, takes for granted and forget. Your standard hp is now the (ugly) number without all your fancy jewels, and you must choose whether to wear them according to the situation.

[navra]

Regardless of what we know happens in real life or what should logically happen, we should keep in mind that this 'feature', like many others, has been incompetently handled. The devs in their arogance will be unlikely to change this soon, or even at all, unless players complain long or loud enough or quit the game.

[lyrah68]

Well I will state that it isn't just the melee that are suffering this. I died to a gassing due to mobs trapping me on top of it, Self HP wasn't enough to prevent death before mobs moved (and sorry DP aint enough yet for me to waste a port ticket on this). And when I spawned, two items were 30 hp lower than before the death (in ONE gassing 30 hp off the "life" of these items, that is EXTREME by any measure).

[magick1]

High level creatures deals out more damage and hence wear down your items faster.
Same goes for your weapons, and if I recall correctly the info about weapons even says it will wear faster with higher level wielding.

Note also that jewel have low HP, and as a relative tiny object it doesn't have a lot structual strength.

[piknik2]

Seems like harvesting doesn't seem to affect jewel wear rates at all, I've been using the same set for 3 days straight and the HP on it hasn't dropped one point.

Purely casting doesn't hurt it too much either, maybe 20 points a day.

Guess it's really just the meat shields having their jewels shredded; kind of makes sense no? Hope everyone has a jewel crafter in their guild!