I bought one but not an arti toon atm.

Anyone can konfirm if the rune arm charge rate is indeed boosted properly?

Ye, the only reason i bought it.

I'm trying to decide if its worth grinding out 80 party favors... I hate this, if I don't get it now it'll be gone forever at the end of the month.

Even on a pure arti with a good rune arm, does it really matter that much?

The fact it is  BTC is annoying, however, since i have only 2-3 main toons (ok 4-5 with the doualboxer acc S: ) I prolly get it.

Btw the quest is pretty fast with 2+ ppl. one to do the optionals and another guy to focus on main quest. That is like 3-5 minutes overall.

Maybe I will post some on the weekend in lfm and see what   happens.

What other items would u recommend btw?

I think no worries and the thick skin suck at any lvl.

So that leaves the weapons ( i think they suck too, except broccoli for legendary shroud which is dead now thx to dupe:S ) and the boots/fists.

thinking on ml 10 boots and since i got mythic emerald gays for +4 ins str, maybe skip lvl 25 boots and go for the 20 and maybe 30 (not sure about 30).

The fists is not really a big deal, prolly the lvl 20 and 30 are ok, the rest meh.

Gringo wrote on Mar 16^th, 2016 at 2:14pm:


But probably not at +5 CR and with all bosses, or?

kum-gulp wrote on Mar 16^th, 2016 at 3:35pm:


I like your approach, too bad I been banned from the motherboards Also, any complaints about the game being "too grindy" are instantly and catastrophically ground out by turdbin fanbois screaming about how the grind is fine and the game isn't nearly hard enough so please take away the things we've ground for and replace them with more grind.

As for me, I, too, am severely on the fence... I ground out lvl 10 boots and lvl 15 gloves and can't bring myself to go back. But if I don't get that flask I'll never have one and it will be gone forever. Augh!

Bones wrote on Mar 16^th, 2016 at 11:06am:



It makes the Machine of madness a sweet deal.

Revaulting wrote on Mar 16^th, 2016 at 5:21pm:


It theoretically should. The bonus on the flask is labeled as a "Festive" bonus, while the Rune Arm itself is an "Enhancement" bonus.

m4lacka wrote on Mar 16^th, 2016 at 1:52pm:

Wait, it's BTC?! I thought it was BTA like the boots and stuff! Well that will save me a ton of grinding, I most certainly do not find it worth the grind for a BTC item 

But boy am I glad I found that out now and not after the grind, that would have really sucked.

Bones wrote on Mar 16^th, 2016 at 12:49pm:

So, never?
*shrug* indeed.  I wasn't too upset about the U30 Arti changes.  A pile of electric spell power and a few more points in evo DC isn't a bad thing after all.  But it didn't go a long way towards making Artificers valid in epic content.  So good, and far better than nothing, but still not enough.

They do seem to be aware, in some kind of hindbrain way, that casters need help.  The last few updates have shown that.  And while I can almost understand their decision to go slowly I'd prefer that they understood their game mechanics well enough that going slowly wasn't how they were forced to proceed in order to avoid swinging the pendulum too far in the other direction and having to reverse themselves.

As far as the coffee goes, something with a 90 second duration which has fairly severe penalties on expiration even if you can just click it again is a bad item.  It makes for a click fest, in a game where many classes already have a click fest rotation imposed on them.

Frank wrote on Mar 17^th, 2016 at 1:23am:


Love that movie, if lag persists this weekend maybe I'll rewatch that again.

Is the tin foil hat worth a shit aside from alchemical crafting?

Frank wrote on Mar 17^th, 2016 at 1:23am:


I wouldn't mind that at all. As far as events go I actually like this one. It is grindy, yes, but not NEARLY so grindy as Crystal Cove. Its also not timing-dependent or group dependant. And the thing itself isn't timed(90% of why I think all challenges are shit is because timed gameplay is lame) so its a nice liesurely, grind at your will grind.

And the gear isn't awful. Take Severlin's Iron Fists, grab the level 20 version, slap a +6 Charisma diamond in there, thats 10 charisma on a lvl 20 item. Not so bad, I say.