Wednesday 26 March 2014

Balance of Land and Sky

While mucking about on Kreea last night I noticed that my saves go up when I put on my Balance of Land and Sky (+3 saves, +3 deflection AC and +11 competence Balance) Greensteel cloak even though I already have a +4 resistance item on. A closer look at the rather convenient Effects log in the chat revealed that the save bonus is the Enhancement type. Now, I'm pretty sure that this item didn't stack with Resistance in the past. I don't know if this change has been announced by the devs (or if it's even WAI!) but I'm not complaining.
If you're after saves on your toon then I believe this is a stacking +3 that wasn't available before. I might make a few of these to replace my MinII shroud items that are slightly obsolete these days. I still want the +45 hit point on my squishies but the other two enchantments on it (100% fort and +5 deflection AC) aren't that great now - both can be slotted as augments and the AC is meh anyway if you're not going for at least a semi-usable AC (which I don't on any of my characters except Ganthra). And while the Balance of Land and Sky comes with a +3 deflection as well, the +3 stacking saves is rather handy and the balance skill bonus is useful on almost any toon. And what's more, a +45 hp Balance of Land and Sky (with some exceptional skill bonuses to boot) is a single-shard item that only costs 2 large scales and stones.