Will armor and weapon upkeep be substantial and will certain classes have more than others?

QitorienQitorien Member Posts: 361 ✭✭✭
edited September 2018 in Questions and Answers
Will armor/weapon upkeep be the same across the classes? In my experience in some of the IRE games, equipment upkeep has suffered greatly between classes. What sort of upkeep should we expect? Will there be other types equipment upkeep costs outside armor and weapons? I realize the issue of whether it is substantial can be somewhat subjective and relative. And I suppose it also depends upon how much quality is affected by the creation process of the craftsman.

That’s another good question if I can squeeze it in here: will statistical quality of weapons/armor be greatly affected by the crafter and crafting process? Are weapon stats even a thing to worry about?
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  • WilmerWilmer Member Posts: 28
    Lovely answer from the best! This is just another reason why Starmourn will be the best ever.
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  • QitorienQitorien Member Posts: 361 ✭✭✭
    edited September 2018
    Thanks for the answer! I think I knew that about armor/weapon drops, but I had forgotten and that fleshed out my understanding for sure. Appreciate that!

    I love that there's some realism there with wear and tear, but that it's not a huge chore to repair. That's a tough balance to maintain, but looking at what you wrote, it's looking good so far.
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    teehee b.u.t.t. pirates
    GrootToday at 2:16 PM
      if there's no kittens in space
      I'm going on a rampage
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      They're called w'hoorn, Groot
      sets out a saucer of milk
  • LhundrupLhundrup Member Posts: 42 ✭✭
    I imagine the engineers might have more to upkeep because of turrets and such. Or, are the engineer things considered 'consumable' and constructed each fight, or after several fights?
  • TectonTecton Administrator Posts: 686 Starmourn staff
    Lhundrup said:
    I imagine the engineers might have more to upkeep because of turrets and such. Or, are the engineer things considered 'consumable' and constructed each fight, or after several fights?
    Turrets are consumables, yes, you can break down your turrets after combat too, to save yourself some resources.
  • KestrelKestrel Member Posts: 356 ✭✭✭✭
    Tecton said:
    Classes generally have a similar amount of weapons/armor to maintain, only +1 on BEAST and -1 on Fury. Weapon and armor takes damage with use, and require repair, but this is trivial in terms of time needed to maintain them (there's a config option to automatically do this every time you walk through a repair shop). 

    Weapons and armor aren't crafted by players at all, they're item drops from bashing, so there's a wider array of different stats available across the various level bands.

    Players with the appropriate tradeskills can craft mods for weapons and armor, which have multiple varying effects on each item.

    Will there be a way for us to customise our weaponry without paying the standard 50cr or getting a weapon artifact? For example if I get a nice dagger drop, can I turn it into 'a dagger with a blue-enamelled handle' for a throwaway fee?

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