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Just aquired armours breaking after a round of combat

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 15:32
by Alexi
So I've had this happen to me a few times last week, and thought it might just be a numbers game and being unlucky.

I aquire a good piece of armour (Once was Dragonscale and next time was the blackened greaves) and after one round (IE once was 3 elves in Qual aka 1 room, and the other was 2 rooms of Terel Trolls) the armour breaks. I know it wasn't use before as I had just killed for it.

Is that just bad luck and unlucky %? Can any Wizard weigh in on actual facts on what determines if something has a percentage of breaking without giving away game-breaking details?

Re: Just aquired armours breaking after a round of combat

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 17:57
by cotillion
It's pretty much bad luck.
It's not possible for something to break on the first hit.

Hits happen pretty often though.

Re: Just aquired armours breaking after a round of combat

Posted: 23 Mar 2011 21:01
by Strider
Alexi wrote:I know it wasn't use before as I had just killed for it.
I hope this doesn't come off as overly pedantic, but shouldn't the newly deceased have been using any equipment you've just liberated from their service?

Re: Just aquired armours breaking after a round of combat

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 01:55
by Rhaegar
Not to mention plexus' effect on armours (or was it changed?).

Re: Just aquired armours breaking after a round of combat

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 19:39
by Alexi
strider wrote:
Alexi wrote:I know it wasn't use before as I had just killed for it.
I hope this doesn't come off as overly pedantic, but shouldn't the newly deceased have been using any equipment you've just liberated from their service?

Yes he probably did, but if I had a round of combat with them, say 20 hits against Kernan with Plexus (With my Break Armours option turned off) and I get it as prime, and then one other round of combat it breaks, it just seems, ridiculous?

Like Cotollion said "Bad Luck"

Re: Just aquired armours breaking after a round of combat

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 14:15
by Amberlee
cotillion wrote:It's pretty much bad luck.
It's not possible for something to break on the first hit.

Yes it is.

Re: Just aquired armours breaking after a round of combat

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 14:55
by Alorrana
should be impossible for anything prime to break..

Just my cents in this.. :)

Re: Just aquired armours breaking after a round of combat

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 15:53
by cotillion
amberlee wrote:
cotillion wrote:It's pretty much bad luck.
It's not possible for something to break on the first hit.
Yes it is.
No.

Re: Just aquired armours breaking after a round of combat

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 17:08
by Johnny
cotillion wrote: No.
HA! :lol: Brilliant!

Re: Just aquired armours breaking after a round of combat

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 03:21
by Amberlee
cotillion wrote:
amberlee wrote:
cotillion wrote:It's pretty much bad luck.
It's not possible for something to break on the first hit.
Yes it is.
No.
Im not sure you have realized this..
But i have been playing the last 15 years.
You have been idling the last 15 years.

And.. How things are from how they should be is two completely different subjects.

Example one..
Some years ago when i was ranger i went and killed goblin lord.. Got an EH.. wielded it.. went out and on the first hit i scored with it.. it broke.

Example two..
It is quite often that when i see some NPCs respawn that the weapons they wield breaks even before they use them.
You could ofcource claim that this is impossible.

Example three..
Kernan respawned right away after he was killed by me a while back, and i attacked him again.. first swing he breaks the sword he uses..