Shaded Hide Tunic

[Hzark]

After all the effort that many people in my guild put in on two raids into Akheva Ruins and after camping robes in ME for weeks, I had to post that I have finally managed to make:

Shaded Hide Tunic
LORE ITEM
AC: +22 Str: +10 Sta: +7 Int: +8 Cha: +5 Magic Resist: +5 Fire Resist: +5 Cold Resist: +5 Poison Resist: +5 Disease Resist: +5 HP: +20 Mana: +20
Weight: 0.7
Classes: All Classes
Races: All Races
Inventory Slot: Chest

The item has been awarded to one of our guild battle-chanters.

Was it worth the effort? Well, let's just say I won't be trying to get the ingredients for another one! And I certainly wouldn't waste mind worm hides on any item other than the tunic.

The effort required to get the ingredients for this item (however nice it is) really is out of proportion. Now if the required Shaded Tunic wasn't No Drop, making the item would be more feasible, but hey, SoE knows best. :roll:

Does EQTraders have any influence with the developers? Surely it would be reasonable to make the Shaded Items that drop in ME droppable, so that a bit more shaded hide gear can be made.

[Len the druid]

what do you mean?

you talking the hides? 'Cause the armor seems very common in ahkeva. The wurms though..they're stingy!

[MoelleKajaky]

Where be the shaded tunics?

Can anyone tell me where they actually got a shaded tunic? I've been killing hundreds and hundreds of xi guys in ME, and have everything but the tunic (including a zillion wrists), but no tunic yet.

I've tried every robe camp in ME, including the fortress with the Overlord. Can the tunic drop off any xi guy in ME, or just of xi guys in a particular spot?

This is driving me crazy...

Moelle

[Kittyda]

Anywhere

They can drop anywhere, there isn't a specific place.

[Sylphan]

Back in the day I bought a whole suit of shaded hide armor just because of how it looked. It was reasonably balanced at the time. The tunic was the only piece that was part of my normal gear though.

The AC on this is still really good for an item with no level restriction, but robes with over 20 AC for people over 50 have become much much more common now. Plus there are armor dyes so the color isn't important. And people don't hunt that zone much anymore, so the nodrop on the molds is a huge obstacle. It's a shame. I have a dozen worm hides stored away that will probably never get used because the tunic molds are nodrop.

[data9724]

I made 2 tunics so far, sold 1 for 10K, and gave one to a guild chanter for as thanks for making me a lot of vials and clay for pottery.
The 2 nodrop tunics i seen drop both dropped on IV raids in Akheva, both in the pull room before the IV room.

[Chenier]

Can't remember - what are the graphics for it?

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I whole heartedly agree - the molds should be droppable as it's nice gear to help fill out someone's stuff or for twinkage. I always had hides, but never any patterns and I didn't like the idea of giving my login info to the guild so they could log me to loot the dang mold. =P

[MoelleKajaky]

Does anyone actually recall getting one of the no drop tunics to drop in ME, as opposed to AR?

Moelle

[Moraganth]

The one i made was from a shaded tunic that dropped in ME. Any "robe" model mob in ME or Akheva can drop a shaded armor piece, and the piece type is random. The tunic i got was the second piece i'd seen drop.. it's all up to the random generator.

[borblefoot furtoe]

Been charming the AR entance in ME. I have gotten two tunics and a legs off of the xi's at the entrance. Unfortunately I don't have any mind worm hides.

If you don't want no drop stuff Play on FV almost nothing is nodrop there.


Borblefoot Furtoe
64th Season Druid
Ancient Darnkess
Firiona Vie Server

[MoelleKajaky]

OK, thanks for the replies all. I've had such bad luck with the randomness so far that I was starting to wonder if I wasn't hunting in the wrong place or something.

Moelle