Perfect Pinnacle: Ring
Reinforced Fists This item surrounds your fists with kinetic energy. Your unarmed damage is boosted by (Heroic: one half die) (Legendary: One Die).
Deadly (Heroic: +5) (Legendary: +16)
Stunning (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +22)
Concentration (Heroic: +12) (Legendary: +22)
Soul of the Elements While you are centered, this item grants you a bonus depending on your current monk stance.
Yellow Augment Slot

Lore-Fueled Packbanner: Bracers
Insightful Constitution (Heroic: +2) (Legendary: +9)
Physical Sheltering (Heroic: +14) (Legendary: +50)
Insightful Doublestrike (Heroic: +2) (Legendary: +10)
Druidic Stoneshape While in Wild Shape, you receive a Primal bonus to PRR equal to half the number of Wilderness Lore feats you have.
Green Augment Slot

The Mistfallen: Orb
Insightful Mystic Diversion (Heroic: +4%) (Legendary: +15%)
Insightful Spell Focus Mastery (Heroic: +1) (Legendary: +4)
Illusory Death (Heroic: I) (Legendary: III) Increases your caster level when casting illusion and necromancy spells.
Efficient Metamagic (Heroic: Empower I) (Legendary: Empower II)
Purple Augment

Mantle of Fury: Cloak
Constitution (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +19)
Raging Resilience While Raged, +4 Rage bonus to Fortitude Saves.
Doublestrike (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +22)
Dodge (Heroic: +6%) (Legendary: +19%)
Green Augment Slot

Silverthread Cloak: Cloak
Wisdom (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +19)
Insightful Evocation Focus (Heroic: +2) (Legendary: +4)
Fortification (Heroic: +77%) (Legendary: +202%)
Physical Sheltering (Heroic: +14) (Legendary: +50)
Yellow Augment Slot

Ring of Nightfall: Ring
Insightful Intelligence (Heroic: +2) (Legendary: +9)
Insightful Deadly (Heroic: +2) (Legendary: +7)
Reflex Saves (Heroic: +5) (Legendary: +16)
Physical Sheltering (Heroic: +14) (Legendary: +50)
Green Augment Slot

Phasecloak: Cloak
Intelligence (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +19)
Evocation Focus (Heroic: +3) (Legendary: +8)
Quality Intelligence (Heroic: +1) (Legendary: +4)
Wizardry (Heroic: +112) (Legendary: +412)
Yellow Augment Slot

Bracers of the Fallen Hero: Bracers
Strength (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +19)
Insightful Constitution (Heroic: +2) (Legendary: +9)
Stunning (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +22)
Quality Physical Sheltering (Heroic: +3) (Legendary: +12)
Green Augment Slot

Shadowsole Footsteps: Boots
Dexterity (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +19)
Insightful Dodge (Heroic: +2%) (Legendary: +9%)
Seeker (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +19)
Accuracy (Heroic: +9) (Legendary: +31)
Yellow Augment Slot

Kindred Pendant: Necklace
Charisma (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +19)
Enchantment Focus (Heroic: +3) (Legendary: +8)
Feat: Augment Summoning
This will have a fourth effect but does not yet!
Yellow Augment Slot

Crumbling Gloves: Gloves
Insightful Dexterity (Heroic: +2) (Legendary: +9)
Quality Intelligence (Heroic: +1) (Legendary: +4)
Shatter (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +22)
Insightful Physical Sheltering (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +24)
Blue Augment Slot

Barovian Nobles Regalia: Clothing
Exceptional Universal Spell Lore (Heroic: +3%) (Legendary: +10%)
Exceptional Universal Spell Power (Heroic: +8) (Legendary: +20)
Fortification (Heroic: +77%) (Legendary: +202%)
Shield Bonus to Armor Class (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +19)
Green Augment Slot

Skulled Ring: Ring
Necromancy Focus (Heroic: +3) (Legendary: +8)
(Heroic: This does not yet have a fourth effect but will!) (Legendary: Quality Necromancy Focus +1)
Wizardry (Heroic: +112) (Legendary: +412)
Exceptional Nullification (Heroic: +10) (Legendary: +10)
Green Augment Slot

Silent Avenger Set:
When 2 pieces are equipped:
You gain the effects of (Heroic: Blur) (Legendary: Displacement)
You use your Dexterity for your Will saving throws
You have a -30% Artifact bonus to your threat generation with weapon attacks.

Mist-laden Vestment: Light Armor
Fortification (Heroic: +77%) (Legendary: +202%)
Parrying (Heroic: +2) (Legendary: +9)
Physical Sheltering (Heroic: +14) (Legendary: +50)
Insightful Resistance (Heroic: +2) (Legendary: +7)
Green Augment Slot

Braided Cutcord: Belt
Quality Dodge (Heroic: +1%) (Legendary: +4%)
Blurry
Deathblock
Diversion (Heroic: +9%) (Legendary: +31%)
Green Augment Slot

Blightstone Core: Docent
Exceptional Universal Spell Lore (Heroic: +3%) (Legendary: +3)
Exceptional Universal Spell Power (Heroic: +8) (Legendary: +8)
Fortification (Heroic: +77%) (Legendary: +202%)
Shield Bonus to AC (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +19)
Green Augment Slot

Vistani Fighter's Sash: Belt
Stunning (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +22)
Vertigo (Heroic: +6) (Legendary: +22)
Vitality (Heroic: +19) (Legendary: +67)
Deadly (Heroic: +5) (Deadly: +16)
Yellow Augment Slot

He's so fucking eager to show how dumb many of you really are:D

I popped in a few days ago to see if the servers were warming back up

Are you surprised?

The loot looks very strong.  I'd prefer more "unique" effects like the PLIS, Jibbers, Ring of Ancestors, Bauble, Voice of Master, Royal Guard Mask, etc. than just straight up number raises, but you have to expect an expansion to invalidate old loot, to some degree. 

I think for most, especially for me, the issue is that regearing involves so much convoluted shit just to gain a few dcs and stats. It creates an aversion where there should be excitement. Do you really need +5 to your DC? Do you want to recraft all your CC and Slavers while solving the most boring gear tetris puzzle ever?

This is the problem with the gear. Aside how boring and vanilla straight number increases are. And aside the lack of unique, build, or ability altering effects. The thought of having to jump into slavers again for 12 hours straight, then dicking around with the CC planner while farming collectibles and essences just to figure out what ability goes where and how, is such an unnecessary hurdle that kills the interest of players where it should be the exact opposite. And the random arbitrary ML scaling. Why is lv 28 gear 20 points behind other ml 28 gear?   

Warforged/Bladeforged continue to be the redheaded stepchildren of itemization.

Parrying and Insightful Resistance on the same item.  Um, yeah.


Heroic effects copied from mobo:

Earth: +10 insight bonus to ac and reflex. Seems to be working fine.

Wind: 2d12 elec dmg on hit, bleed for 1d8. Bleed effect on examine window reads as ravagers focused bleed, and seems more like 2d6 on hit and dot. Not dealing any elec damage.

Fire: Your attacks have a chance of blinding and causing a fear effect. Does not seem to be working.

Water: Your attacks have a chance of knock down. Does not seem to be working.

Need to find out which of these work with shuriken.

Just tested on my shuri. Water works for knockdown. Fire works for blind. Wind does nothing. Fuck earth. 

I dig the atmosphere. The art direction and non-placeholder background music give the right vibe for Barovia.

The teleporters to various wilderness areas don't require astral shards, so they learned something from the Shadowfail days.

The legendary quests are level 31 N/32 H/33 E.

SSG should have baked this preview another two weeks: video stuttering/sync issues, voice overs aren't working, items with missing stats and broken effects, and too many placeholders. There's no way they release this as functional on Dec 5.  Their dev cycles are too long to iterate quick enough, and there's too much QA left to do even if they hero their way through Thanksgiving.