Nantuc wrote:I have to say after applying the patch and finding all my gear red, I am not happy. I specifically outfitted my honorifics with ALL cloth gear so that I WOULD NOT have to waste any points into strength. My T4 leather gloves, leather boots, and quilted armor all went from being no higher than 80 required str pts to ALL 350. GREAVES only require 450! even my T4 cloth sash requires 250 str pts. We are talking about all cloth gear which at T4 is only about 100 pts less than the top level Metal counterparts. Why bother having different types of gear if you are going to make the str reqs nearly identical? This flat system of basing Tiered gear at a straight percentage to Sacred gear with no thought to the fact that a strip of cloth requires a 250 str requirement is ridiculous!
I went from having plenty of str more than what I needed after charms to having to waste 127 pts of str just to outfit cloth items. I cannot begin to tell you how much damage it has cost. Since the only MO that gives str is armor based only, there is no work around. Gotta say, this was a bad change, IMO.
Sacred items, as far as i know, have the same str requirements as before. So why do u even bother about str req while u leveling ur char? U have three free respecs and belladonnas.
For example. My totem nec had 96 lvl with no investments to strength before patch. Now he cant wear t4 rabbit foot. But who cares? Anyway, after 120 lvl he will be able to wear any gear with almost base strength.