Dev Diary : February 2018

[Jedii]

The WAR continues , just keeps getting better, keep up the fantastic work

[Toldavf]

So maybe Bastion Stair this year?

[Hargrim]

So maybe Bastion Stair this year?

Did you finish redeye already for the wards?

[Toldavf]

So maybe Bastion Stair this year?

Did you finish redeye already for the wards?

Nope honestly haven't even tried Gunbad. Once i finish gearing I'll look into it.

Should have a few more kinks ironed out by then.

[Aurandilaz]

So maybe Bastion Stair this year?

Did you finish redeye already for the wards?

Related question, would you need full Redeye set for the Ward before BS/LV/Tovl or other dungeons?
I'm kinda suffering from Altoholism, I have 1 redeye piece on WE and another on my BW. Planning to do more runs eventually over time, but as I have dozen of T4 alts (Sorc, WE, DoK, BG, Shaman, Chosen, Mara, BW, WH, WP, Kotb, SM, AM, WL...), should I prioritize getting full Redeye for 1-2 chars in preparation for next dungeons or would 1-2 pieces be enough?

[Hargrim]

Today I'd say full.

[Tamarlan]

So maybe Bastion Stair this year?

Did you finish redeye already for the wards?

As far as I remember there was no distinction between PvE and PvP gear concerning wardes. You plan to change it?

[Hargrim]

Yes.

[Tamarlan]

In a way that PvE becomes mandatory to have BIS for PvP or more like distinct PvE and PvP gear?

[Hargrim]

MY IDEA IS...

...that you need wards obtainable only from collecting PvE gear sets to get next PvE set, so an example:

You need to collect whole Ruin to get a Ruin Ward. When you are missng Ruin Ward you take 2x dmg in Gunbad, 4x in Bastion Stair, 8x in LV etc

Each ward you get in the chain reduce the dmg you get, so with Ruin Ward NPCs do normal dmg in Gunbad, but 2x in Bastion Stair. With Ruin and Gunbad Wards you get normal dmg from NPCs in Gunbad and Bastion Stairs, but 2x in Lost Vale.

You can't get wards from RvR sets.

Wards do not affect RvR NPCs, just dungeon ones so Fort Lord or City Lord do not benefit nor punish players for missing wards.