Hero-Style Headgear (+1 of Item's Attribute) for Players

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This would be just awesome, since I'm running out of storage space as it is. XD

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Sometimes my monk uses a divine wand when he is healing and/or prot.

How about a NPC to convert the headgear? This would allow people who mix rune and inherent people to keep it that way, and people who combine rune with matching headgear on the same headpiece style. Maybe have the NPC be able to convert both ways (+1 inherent to +1 matching rune and +1maching rune to +1 inherent).

I agree. Some of us have armour strategies that are based on the headgear system as it currently is - it allows each armour piece to have a dedicated role, with swapping that piece out allowing changes in its properties (from a superior to a minor to an attunement, vitae, condition reducer or other rune). Unless you really do swap your runes out regularly (which would have to get expensive, with all those runes being overwritten and/or all those Superior Salvage Kit uses), though, I can't really see the advantage to using the 'item attribute' system. Three warrior helms dedicated to Swordsmanship, Axe Mastery and Hammer Mastery are still three helms if they're attributes are determined by the rune than if they're inherent - unless you decide at some stage that you don't like Swordsmanship so much any more and you want to change your FoW helm to Axe Mastery.

I'd support a call to make it a more generally available option, but not to replace the old system entirely.

Micromaster: I think you're misunderstanding. "Item attribute" headgear isn't determined by what you have in hand - it's determined by the rune you put in the piece of headgear in question.

EDIT: Random, if that was implemented I can see myself saving 10K on my Dervish's armour next time I rejig his equipment...

A simple compromise between the fashionistas and the attribute managers is to add a GWEN/Hero style +1 to item attribute helmet of every single design to the armour merchant.

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No. Horrible idea. For the set up I have now on monk, I have a sup vigor on chest, minor divine on hands, minor prot on legs, vitae on feet. My headpiece will always have minor healing regardless of if I'm playing a protection or healing monk. For me to have to switch my legpiece and headpiece runes just so I have minor heal on legs when I'm playing a prot build is stupid.

If I put a vitae or attunement or any other non attribute rune on a new +1 attribute headgear, then I wouldn't get an additional point from the headgear to any attribute, unless I'm mistaken. That means I can't have 16 on any attribute.

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I hate buying new headpieces whenever I'm committing to a new build for long enough that I don't want to wear my Burger King crown.

I would have nothing against the change.
However I /sign it if A.Net implement this as an option and not as a whole conversion of the current system.

How about if you're RAO thumping, and you're wielding a hammer? Will your mask give +1 Hammer Mastery? Or if you're R/Mo running and using a Divine Favor staff or something, will your mask give +1 to Divine Favor? What if you're Blood Spiking and you have a healing wand? Will your Head Scar Pattern-Thing give +1 Healing? What if you're monking and using a high health set with a spear and shield, will your Headpiece give +1 Spear Mastery?

Selket is right, there are situations (albiet, very few) where this just wouldn't work.

If the helmet's attribute would go off of the Rune you put in it, then it would work, but once you immediately buy the headpiece, and you didnt have cash for a rune or something, would the headpiece just not have an attribute helper? There's too many holes for this to work.

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Stupid as it might sound... I do have the occasional suit of armour without any attribute runes on, and just the +1 to a single attribute.... mostly for the sake of maxing out other things like energy or health.

They could make all the helms like the dragon mask and demon mask etc useful by just putting +1 to atribute on it too

That's exactly what they're talking about. The terminology may be misleading, but what they're proposing is for (more) helms to work the way that hero headpieces do - they give the bonus corresponding to the rune in the headpiece.

ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT A QUESTION NOT SIGNED

If they change it in anyway so its an automatic +1, they will make it similar to all the new headgear and it will be +1 to the rune used on it he headpiece.

Now, I know I'm not the only who uses headgear that is NOT The same +1 attrib as the rune used in it.

They should keep it as it is. Add headgear to armor crafters that are auto +1 to rune attrib but keep letting us hve hte option about which headpiece we want to use or purchase if we want a different attribute.

For example, my warrior uses all +1 Strength headgears. THey all have a sup sword or axe or hammer in them, but changing them so they are +1 sword, axe or hammer would totally screw up how my attributes are setup and which armors I use.

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IMO, definetly add such armors to the crafter, they are great. But imagine a warrior who has a fow head peice, his pride and joy, so he puts his sup vigor on it i.e he can use it with all his builds. But this change means he can only use it with say swords and cant use it with his axe or w/e. So i think we should keep current armor as it is but add the new type to the crafter as on option.

We have both options as it is now in the game. Why change it? Why are people intent on suggesting they take away the older option in head pieces? They already have what they want.

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I like having +1 divine +2 prot

? You still can lol

I don't really care either way myself, do whatever .

Come on, I read all these +1 divine +2 prot rune and whatever headgear stuff and wonder if people really cannot see that they can get the same rune configuration, even in pve if they switch headgear a lot.

That all these complaints are a bit mindless can be seen in your strange love for +1 strength headgear with sup sword or axe runes, probably dating back to the days of prophecies.

dolyak sig users! .

I have 5 headpieces for my ele : All storage headgear + each different attribute. This gives me the ability to switch type with the change of a hat. So I would hate to see it here.

Just add an NPC that will convert your headgear to a +1 item's attribute or switch it's attribute.

Leave the armor crafters as they are. All you need is this NPC and everybody will get what they want.

Threads by posters creelie, dont feel no pain, and Longasc have been merged. Please keep this in mind when reviewing the thread.

(As if anybody reads threads before posting in them these days)

Hm... even if they made this. Elementalist headgear would still have to be an exception... but wait, they have the 'Elementalist' version. That is, the Third Eye and the Elementalist aura.
Those could be '+1 item attribute'.
The others not.

At least those that can have different attributes with the same appearance could be like that, or have a '+1 Item attribute' version.