Hey all
Ok after spending quite a lot of time trawling the forums I think I've pieced together the 'story' of the fighter ring from the gauntlet.
The Past:- It was introduced to the mod sometime during or before 2008 - before the server was toned down and the vault wipe occurred (e.g. when Issendor existed for those players who remember that)
- It was originally implemented with the +1AB per 1 level of fighter over 20, as described on the ring itself
- After it was added to the mod there was talk (mainly from an active DM at the time but also by some players) about how OP/unbalanced it was (e.g. builds can get a static 73-74 AB)
The Present:- Today the ring exists in the mod but instead is +1AB per 2 levels of fighter over 20 and an additional bonus of +2 at 31 levels and +5 at 39 levels, but has the old description on it still
- This change to the ring was unannounced which draws me to the conclusion that it was likely changed as part of the massive effort to tone-down the mod and when the vault was wiped - this happened in December 2008, just after the ring was being talked about lots
My conclusionIt's rather frustrating from my POV that the description on the ring was not updated as now there is an expectation that it's meant to have the old stats on it. My POV is with the old DM, +1AB per level is unbalanced and kills off character variation
But...I kind of get the arguments of lower player base these days and all, but buffing just one class with an unbalance bonus isn't the answer. I'd prefer honestly to sit there go through the mod and lower the AC of any NPCs/bosses that require it, rather than re-introduce an unbalanced feature, even if it would require a lot more time.
I'm still mulling this over...
-fc-