about the nano skill advanatage
it is there.
if you plan long term because the attribute boons only come into play past 165ish when the soli caps then you HAVE to include the nanomage racial items.
the supply did not dry up.
when you are lvl 170 and do not start an alt every month by that time raising 30 million to just buy one of the stupid things is not a problem.
more realistically we are looking at a difference of about 12-30 pts depending upon how well the nanomage is equipped.
yes it was a clumsy fix introducing these items .....
and yes camping is bull**** .....
but they are in game now so they have to be taken into the equation when you discuss high level nm vs soli.
and they ARE available to you at the levels we discuss here. face it if at level 170+ you cannot make a million or two a day to set aside and save for buying shades or vest then you need to adjust your game style.
Re: that is a valid question
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Originally posted by Blackwing
how many lvl 180+ nanomages ARE out there?
according to auno http://auno.org/ao/char.php?breed[]=nano&offset=100&t=ag
128 as of today.
(edit not limited to ONE dimension as your calculation for the shades were!)
ok the stats are outdated.
ok it only counts people who once were guilded (it is reasonably safe to assume that people who played to this level once were in a guild though).
and the most important thing you do not need to be 180+ to equip the items so alot will be stashed for the twinks.
still the point remains that if you are a nanomage at that level and really really want the things your odds at getting them are pretty good.
*edit: keep in mind that these things are not no drop no give ... in other words they will have a price at which they can be bought as opposed to say a gaily painted hood.*
You have a very strong point there, I just checked and according to the link (I had to do a search but still) every one above level 156 could have one if we use Meurgens calculations. And the list contains many names that doesn't play anymore.
Unfortuneately, it doesn't drop each time, so lets say there are about 200-250 vests out there. (shades drop almost everytime from what I have heard)
I believe there are fewer GA MK IV in the game (currently) because of the price, but that _might_ also be the increasing number of fixer alts that is out there. (More demand = higher price, lesser demand = lower price, kinda selfexplainatory).
Anyway the way I look upon the item isn't that it is a breed balancing item, more like items that boosts nanomages into being the best average baseskill class.
Anyway let's not discuss those items as they wouldn't be available to all if every breed had 25% of the playerbase each. I mean if there was 25% atroxes, 25% solitus, 25% opi and 25% nanomage, every nanomage couldn't get those items if that were the case.
And another thing, it kinda takes up your breastplate and head spot, which could be used for other armor (even tho I have yet to see items that can match those, must be the hood instead of shades).
And to athelsan well HP doesn't hurt, but I'd rather have better nanoskills, but you live you learn and if I will reroll a soldier later (which I doubt), I will most certainly not make it an atrox.