Grim Misadventures continues! We hope that everyone is enjoying the recent release of Build 28 and the highly anticipated Devotion System. But there is still more to come!
We are still on track for a 2015 release of Build 29, and all of the game’s promised content with it. We already showed you some of the Legendary items you can look forward to hunting down, but there is still more to come with itemization. In today’s update, we would like to talk about how we are expanding the selection of Unique items in the endgame.
Throughout your levelling experience, you will find a variety of unique items that will suit your particular playstyle but, like the lowly scrap-heap of equipment you wear early on, there will come a time when you have to retire your favorite Epic item in favor of something new that helps you compete with the ever stronger monsters of Cairn. However, we feel that it would be a shame to leave all those items behind in the dust, so we have created what we are calling Empowered Epics.
Empowered Epics are just that, powered up versions of low level unique items which have been updated to become competitive with high level equipment. Empowered Epics are treated like new items in that they do not just get their existing stats increased, they also receive new bonuses and skills on top of that. Take a look at some of the Epic items receiving the Empowered treatment.
Aetherwoe
Boltspitter
Elementium
Oldernar’s Stabilizer
Razorback’s Spined Mantle
Empowered Epics will be added to the loot tables with the release of Build 29. You do not have to keep lower level versions of these Epics to acquire them, but if having them feels like a lucky charm, by all means.
What? How Did This Get In Here? A Mystery…
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Wow, that’s just… wow! You guys never cease to amaze us, huh? I think you mentioned about this ages back, but I thought it was just an idea… I’m really glad that you’re actually doing something for lower lvl Epics too… FUCKING AWESOME!!!
Also…
Holy crap! This legendary set is fantastic looking! MUST HAVE IT NAO!!!
Did not want to pressure you to keep around low level items in the hope of upgrading them, or worse, being forced to farm low level areas so you can upgrade it to a relevant level.
I agree. These empowered Epics should’ve been acquired through crafting as recipes.
You would need the previous Epic as the main “material” for teh crafting, plus the usual component requirements… oh well, I’m just glad that they do exist!
Was hoping this (to justify being a packrat/hoarder…), but also quite happy to re-farm them and have loot tables refilled with usable stuff. Also not waste all that low level art, some of which was great looking but unusable for most of the game thus far…
…on a tangent: Empowered Blightshard Amulet?
Anyways, very nice Misadventure today, Crate Team…
this looks friggin AMAZING!!! will there be a way to upgrade the low level versions to empowered ones? i think this would make it easier to upgrade your gear for existing characters
I’m so glad to see the Empowered Epics! I felt sad that I wouldn’t be using some of the low level epics later on in the game. So hoping I find the Empowered Bonesnap Gavel, because my Warder could really use it!
This is one of the best piece of news ever. With so many builds revolving around certain Epics, this is great! However, I agree that there should be a recipe for upgrading existing Epics to their Empowered versions…
Considering it’s pretty easy to miss out on your window for obtaining specific low-levelled Epics, it’s…probably for the best this way. I wouldn’t want to have to keep rolling a low level character to farm a low level area just to get a low level Epic to empower.
Otherwise, a reasonable way of increasing item diversity without having to have the artist/s churn out more and more designs. Since a lot of Epics only have a small level window of which to drop, I guess it’d be a shame for a newer player to never see them.
I wonder if the legendary armor sets have any association with the Gods of Cairn…
Amazing! I was wondering what the highest level of item would be that’s getting an empowered version. I love my low level uniques as well, but my Lv40 Prismatic Eviscerator is starting to fall off a bit.
