So I decide to go fight that one guy in Tomb of Kings that was mentioned in another thread, and next thing you know I'm standing there with no tunic or pants on. What the hell? Oh, it turns out he spams a -30 strength debuff and my armor fell off. I killed him anyway because whatever, but this was really obnoxiously stupid. The high strength requirements of plate are an ancient relic of the pre-AoS era when plate armor actually provided more protection than other types, and there hasn't been any reason for them in 13+ years.
"But Spock, it provides more stamina protection than--"
Stop. Ringmail, or any metal armor, provides the exact same stamina protection.
"But Spock, it's just logic, see plate is heavier and roleplay-wise you would expect--"
Stop. Stone armor only requires 40 strength.
"But Spock, I oppose literally any suggestion anyone makes by posting a jpg of an Easy Button because I'm stupid and don't understand any--"
Stop. Go stick your head in the toilet.
And while we're on the topic, is there really any reason for strength requirements on anything at all? I mean does it make any actual difference to anyone in the world that chainmail takes 60 strength but ringmail takes 40? Has anyone in the history of UO ever run with low enough strength to care? The high strength weapons are all slow garbage too. I kinda think strength requirements have been forgotten by the world and I'm just the last angry man wearing plate fighting some cheesy monster that spams a strength debuff nobody else would even notice.
Please stop leaving my favorite armor nerfed because it used to protect more back in like 2002.
This is one of those things I really wish they'd just go "Yeah that's dumb, we'll backspace away that 95 and type in a 65 right now!" instead of maybe at best "We will think about this and put it on our list of things we'll never actually do" if you bug them long enough.
"But Spock, it provides more stamina protection than--"
Stop. Ringmail, or any metal armor, provides the exact same stamina protection.
"But Spock, it's just logic, see plate is heavier and roleplay-wise you would expect--"
Stop. Stone armor only requires 40 strength.
"But Spock, I oppose literally any suggestion anyone makes by posting a jpg of an Easy Button because I'm stupid and don't understand any--"
Stop. Go stick your head in the toilet.
And while we're on the topic, is there really any reason for strength requirements on anything at all? I mean does it make any actual difference to anyone in the world that chainmail takes 60 strength but ringmail takes 40? Has anyone in the history of UO ever run with low enough strength to care? The high strength weapons are all slow garbage too. I kinda think strength requirements have been forgotten by the world and I'm just the last angry man wearing plate fighting some cheesy monster that spams a strength debuff nobody else would even notice.
Please stop leaving my favorite armor nerfed because it used to protect more back in like 2002.
This is one of those things I really wish they'd just go "Yeah that's dumb, we'll backspace away that 95 and type in a 65 right now!" instead of maybe at best "We will think about this and put it on our list of things we'll never actually do" if you bug them long enough.
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