Shattering Shield

[Deadspirit]

Heya, can me make 2 new recipes?:

Shattering Shield - Blacksmithing created "defensive discipline" clickie with a type 11 recast of 2 hours that has 25% damage mitigation for 3 min.

To create it -
Blacksmithing skill 285
Ingredients from trash Tier 0 & Tier 1




Chaotic Shattering Shield - Blacksmithing created "defensive discipline" clickie with a type 11 recast of 2 hours that has 35% damage mitigation for 3 min.



To create it -
Blacksmithing skill 325
Ingredients from trash Tier 0 & Tier 4

Make tradeskills desirable.

Thoughts?

[Deadspirit]

Sorry, Did I mention that its a one-use that is consumed upon use? Non-lore so you can farm more than one at a time but you can't use it for a few hours.

Expendable.

[Thenrin]

this is an interesting idea, but would need to be clickable from inventory - consumable is actually a good idea too

[Deadspirit]

Seems like the response for this item is low - is it because people aren't attracted to tradeskills or because they wouldn't use the item? I know for sure that i'd love an extra defense item, even if it only has 15% mitigation... Maybe then Klandicar won't own me so hard.... making it harder for me to get into Sleepers to get the defense clicky ring.

Farming this item would be a nice timesink too - How about farming Ssra basement for 6 "Bone Fragments of Daxt's Fallen Clan"... then going over to Doomfire and killing the Doomfire Captain and similar level boss-named (still t-1 level mobs) type for the Insidious Temper? Then combine with a glowing hammer and 6 Steaming Waters from trash? I'm still geared in tier 2ish stuff and find that these mobs are cake so you wouldn't even need to make 2 levels of the item.

Screw the name Shattering Shield - Make it "Daxt-tastic shield of melded flesh".

... maybe I should get back to accounting.

[bishbash]

I can understand where you are coming from. The early tiers are rough when you only have 1 defensive clicky. T3 introduces another clicky with 1 hour refresh, followed by T5 for the ring quest.

I can remember wiping countless times to sontalak because defensive ran out before he died. Seems so long ago now, and now I dont even worry about it.

Doubt I would ever use it now, but would have been nice on the early tiers to have a little extra defensive.

[Firenze]

not having mutiple defensive clickies force people to team up to get down some mobs and I find it good the way it is.

[Deadspirit]

Cool, I'm glad you enjoy the way it is. It seems like you are in a good position to group up and slaughter stuff...

I guess that means that you wont have to have the blacksmithing skill and farm the materials to give you that little extra 15% mitigation bump for 3 mins....

However, my schedule does not allow for seeking out groups. I'm too proud to /ooc for help and wait 20 mins for help to arrive. I want to know that I have done everything I can to kill whatever I need... even if that means assuring adequate preparations.

The item is not game breaking, can be considered a timesink and is not necessary for progression. More or less, just a tradeskill idea.

I do have good news though... I got Klandicar down to 3%! I think this proves that the item is not necessary by any means but, meh, it would be cool... especially the player-named aspect of items

[Grey]

Kind of old post to respond to but Im reading the boards before work.
The idea is cool and there are plenty of us out there that made it a job to master tradeskills.
Its just a shame there is like zero market for anything we can make.

It does go both ways, as its very very rare that I see anyone ask for help with a tradeskill combine and the few times I've bothered to let people know I can make stuff no one wanted anything.

Still wish the solo aura stuff was tradeable, 400 trivial. Could have made some bank selling those combines.