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cloaks of corruption, what have we found out about them?

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dorkuberalles

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i've searched many posts, and haven't found out any real info about them, except that it looks like their effect has changed halfway through the event.

so what info has any of you found out with them? what happens when you put it on? is it different if you are blackrock infected or not? what about karma? how about giving blackrock to the shadowlords?

let's compile what we know and see what we can uncover.
 
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dorkuberalles

Guest
that would be disappointing if that's all there is to it.

even orc masks had some utility.
 
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eolsunder1

Guest
Very simple.

Cloaks drain your stats down slow. Cloaks drain your karma down slow. From glorious to Dread very fast.

They used to be actually beneficial to any non-paladin because they used to replenish mana at an amazing rate. So while your stats (hps, mana, stamina) were draining slowly, you were getting mana back very fast. Great for characters who don't have much mana regen.

I do believe most people said they nerfed the mana replenishig, so the only effects they have on you are negative. I guess the only good thing about them is that you can get your necromancer down fast in karma. I guess thats about it.
 
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imported_badskidmarks

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I put one on yesterday and my mana was replenishing faster than usual...cant say if it's different than before as I didn't get any of the cloaks till the past couple days...but it was a noticeable increase in mana regain...but my stamina and hit points were dropping at the same time
 
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dorkuberalles

Guest
with my characters that are not infected, the cloak just drains them, regardless of karma, and fame. I'm working on getting a cloak for my infected character, that's on another shard.
 
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imported_Mister E.

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Here is how it works....

1) drop your mana down to nil before wearing.
2) put on cloak
3) you lose ten HP and regain up to 100 mana.

all other properties with cloak are the *negative* effects that continue on as long as the cloak is still worn. (its cursed and inherently evil..hence the karma loss and neg regens)
 
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Sabbath

Guest
There is a great benefit for anyone who happens to want to raise their Meditation skill. Throw on a robe and take a little stroll or just sit in a chair in your house or whatever and watch the Med fly! I'm sure it would work for Focus too (but what doesn't?)


By the way, you can see from my avatar what happens when you wear the Cloak too long...I used to be a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Paladin...
 
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midiguru

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They are taking up alot of my bank space?

Heh, on a serious note though they are pretty handy for training

healing
anatomy
meditation
focus

with little to no effort i guess thats something right?
 
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imported_Specialshoes

Guest
I thought that using the cloak would be a great way to train up healing.
After awhile it turned the normally docile monsters in New Haven aggressive on me.
 
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dorkuberalles

Guest
from what i've observed, sometimes the cloak lets you cast spells/specials for free, but it seems random. i've yet to see it fill mana at the expense of health though.
 
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Guest

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INTO WEEK 4 AND THEY ARE VERY COMMON AND NOT EVEN WORTH PAYING THE BLACKROCK PRICE TO GET EM ANYMORE.....end
 
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Guest

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If the only assured way of getting one is by using blackrock, surely they are worth at least as much as a piece of blackrock, if not slightly more for the trouble of getting one?
 
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Connor_Graham

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INTO WEEK 4 AND THEY ARE VERY COMMON


Not for everyone they're not. Since each one only drops 3, there is a limited number of them. That number is significantly less than the shields, swords or threads.
 
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AshOfCaine

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Either they changed the code where people using blackrock are no longer guaranteed to get a cloak or more than 3 are being given out.

I was attacking a shadow lord with my archer, no blackrock, and there was a guy beside me doing the same. Of course here comes the lazy people that run up cast the spell and stand back. The SL was at near full health when they did, so that dropped him down to approx 12% health. which means me and the other guy could have only done about 6-8% damage each, so we shouldn't have gotten cloaks, but yet we both received one. So either two of the casters didn't receive one or more than 3 were given out. I am all for not giving out cloaks to people that ONLY cast the spell and then stand back, they should be forced to actually hit the SL at least once.
 
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Fayled Dhreams

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INTO WEEK 4 AND THEY ARE VERY COMMON AND NOT EVEN WORTH PAYING THE BLACKROCK PRICE TO GET EM ANYMORE.....end

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why shouldn't they be common ...

?


Then again ... how common will they be ... once the turn-in begins ?
and AFTER ... they quit spawning ... oooo

and AFTER the turn in (perhaps like the "traders") ...

what if ... they're the "key" ... the uber ... the "best" thing to have ...

like ... the only way to disguise yourself ...
to foil the Shadowlords plans?

A corrupted cloak ... a piece of black rock ... a thread of life and a thread fate ... a planeshield and a planesword
and nothing more ...


Just saying ...
why shouldn't they be common ...
 
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imported_Plum Cake

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My archer got this effect that is different to that all say:

Mana go down very fast
Stamina go down very fast
but HP is always at 100%

i play europa and i used cloak while in fighting sapwn in moonglow (the day before)
 
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AshOfCaine

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From looking at the rate of drops and how regen items counter the effects, looks like the cloak is around -6 or so regen. So, if you have +7 regen you will drop for 1 tick but will regenerate back before next. My necro has no problems countering the effects between suit and using one of the forms.
 
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Connor_Graham

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I've gotten quite a few cloaks without blackrock, and for an archer especially, it's not that hard to bump the 3rd damager off the top 3 list. I did the math on how much damage I do with one that's at 1/4 life, and figured I do around 10-12k damage by the time it's dead, going by the number of bolts used and average damager per bolt. Basically you're doing the same thing in bumping the 3rd on the list off.

That'll teach them to stand back and let everyone else do the work for them.
 
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AshOfCaine

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That'll teach them to stand back and let everyone else do the work for them.

[/ QUOTE ]

I think Draconi said it best:

"Thanks for the blackrock"
 
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imported_GalenKnighthawke

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I've gotten quite a few cloaks without blackrock, and for an archer especially, it's not that hard to bump the 3rd damager off the top 3 list. I did the math on how much damage I do with one that's at 1/4 life, and figured I do around 10-12k damage by the time it's dead, going by the number of bolts used and average damager per bolt. Basically you're doing the same thing in bumping the 3rd on the list off.

That'll teach them to stand back and let everyone else do the work for them.


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I've gotten some without archery OR Blackrock, but only a VERY limited number.

That's the price I pay I reckon.

-Galen's player
 
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imported_lord richard

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I do the spell, and the damage, thus assuring a cloak...but beware, if you are on the opposite side of the fence while doing the spell, it may not do damage to the ethereal.
 
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dorkuberalles

Guest
from what i gather, the ninja forms can compensate the health and stamina drains a lot easier than the necro forms. the drain seems like a random number, sometimes it'll take 1 hitpoint a tick, sometimes up to 15.
 
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Guest

Guest
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Its gonna be a turn in item like everything else from events.

[/ QUOTE ]Actually, no, this one’s a keeper. It won’t be in the coming turnin.
 
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Guest

Guest
DOH!
Life of a Merchant
My sails have been deflated.

Trading 1 cloak of corruption for a gold soveriegn.
 
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Fayled Dhreams

Guest
Actually, no, this one’s a keeper. It won’t be in the coming turnin.

AH! I stand corrected ...



maybe .. Completely
 
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Guest

Guest
bahahah I feel bad for the idiots buying them in luna for 5 mill bahahahaha
 
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imported_badskidmarks

Guest
Yeah this makes me really glad I got all mine from fighting the shadowlords...though I'm wondering if I should have used so much blackrock to get them...
 
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Guest

Guest
I feel bad for the guy that cursed me for saying its not worth 2 million.

Anyway. One speculative loss means another speculative gain.

He didnt say the cloaks wont have some sort of value. Maybe its a buying opportunity.

Buy cloaks of corruption 100k.
 
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Guest

Guest
Current abilities of the Cloak of Corruption:

Attempts to aggro a large area around the player
* Doesn’t work in towns/guard zones
* Cannot aggro players, pets, summons, or benign creatures
* Cannot aggro anything that is currently in battle
* Increases speed of aggro’d mob for several minutes
* Boosts Fame obtained from aggro’d mobs
* Can draw attacks up to 30 tiles away

Rapidly decays Karma
* -500 karma every 30 seconds equipped

Rapidly decays HP, Mana, Stamina in the normal world
Rapidly restores HP, Mana, Stamina in the Ethereal Void

To sum: A dread's best friend, or a hero's shield in the unknown.
 
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Guest

Guest
<blockquote><hr>

Current abilities of the Cloak of Corruption:

Attempts to aggro a large area around the player
* Doesn’t work in towns/guard zones
* Cannot aggro players, pets, summons, or benign creatures
* Cannot aggro anything that is currently in battle
* Increases speed of aggro’d mob for several minutes
* Boosts Fame obtained from aggro’d mobs
* Can draw attacks up to 30 tiles away

Rapidly decays Karma
* -500 karma every 30 seconds equipped

Rapidly decays HP, Mana, Stamina in the normal world
Rapidly restores HP, Mana, Stamina in the Ethereal Void

To sum: A dread's best friend, or a hero's shield in the unknown.

[/ QUOTE ]

Yea but can I cut them up and make Pants of Corruption. That would be cool.
 
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Fayled Dhreams

Guest
WOOT ! new dress code for the area of corruption !

...
(Rapidly restores HP, Mana, Stamina in the Ethereal Void)
 
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imported_kinney42

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Rapidly restores HP, Mana, Stamina in the Ethereal Void

[/ QUOTE ]


The last time I tested this out (which was a while ago) this didn't work at all.
can somebody test this out? I would but I am at work!
 
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Guest

Guest
Not true.

I had the cloak on, near the rift entrance in regular moonglow, and stuff would attract to me.

Regularly, all of the creatures would attack me after a while (and id die).


So these cloaks cant be handed in.. I love it! The coming publish will free up item space and in return I have just lost a whole load more. Will any great number have a use, though?

Since Shadowlords stopped spawning for a while, the idea these would be turned in seemed not terribly likely. However after they started spawning more regularly and cloaks were dropping fairly often, it seemed like obtaining a stockpile would have some use. What am I supposed to do with these (literally) 100 cloaks!
 
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Guest

Guest
so basically the swords and shields are worth more than the cloaks which a just about worthless! what about we that worked hard for many cloaks? sickening. how about the next time u dont have to tell us what the rewards are but save us alot of time getting the hard stuff which is useless. hey a rat coin is worth more now
 
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Guest

Guest
Ere, ill trade you 50 cloaks of one of the greatest evils to ever come into existence for a few shillings!
 
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Fayled Dhreams

Guest
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so basically the swords and shields are worth more than the cloaks which a just about worthless! what about we that worked hard for many cloaks? sickening. how about the next time u dont have to tell us what the rewards are but save us alot of time getting the hard stuff which is useless. hey a rat coin is worth more now

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nooooooo ...
read againnnnnnn ....

 
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Guest

Guest
What am I supposed to do with these (literally) 100 cloaks!
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Try selling em at 250k a pop b4 the market gets really saturated!!
 
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midiguru

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<blockquote><hr>

Its gonna be a turn in item like everything else from events.

[/ QUOTE ]Actually, no, this one’s a keeper. It won’t be in the coming turnin.

[/ QUOTE ]

Since the new pub hasn't hit the shards yet do you think you could alter this? I mean come on why did we spend all this time killing shadowlords? For a cloak that is going to be literally worthless now. Even if these do have a purpose why not allow us to trade them in if we want to? It just seems really really silly and almost a slap in the face to almost everyone who attended this event. Now the stealthers who didn't do ANYTHING but loot the entire event are the ones who reap the most rewards? That's really really dumb......
 
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Guest

Guest
While nothing really was said as to what can and cant be traded in, the very first item I got was a cloak of corruption. I did *assume* they would be a part of the items that would be able to be handed in. Considering that players with lots of blackrock - and theres a fair few of us - can get lots of cloaks, we assumed we had some sort of advantage over players with only a small amount.

Just look at the situation overall - damn hard enemy that is very central to this storyline - takes lots of people to kill - gives a unique reward to 3 people but also 2, 3, even 4 at a time can spawn and players can accumulate many of these cloaks.

I bet blackrock turns out to be useless too. Har har har!
 
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Guest

Guest
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aggro

[/ QUOTE ] ????? can you help me with this word? What are you trying to tell us?
 
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jelake

Guest
<blockquote><hr>

Current abilities of the Cloak of Corruption:

Rapidly restores HP, Mana, Stamina in the Ethereal Void



[/ QUOTE ]

Can you at least make them uncursed or a way for us to do it?


For anyone, are there any other places besides the Rift in Moonglow that is considered an Ethereal Void?
 
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imported_badskidmarks

Guest
well it does say the cloaks are a keeper...so hopefully they will still be necessary for something...maybe for the people who choose that particular side?....my necromancer is looking forward to helping the shadowlords' cause....
 
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JoyousGard

Guest
<blockquote><hr>

<blockquote><hr>

<blockquote><hr>

Its gonna be a turn in item like everything else from events.

[/ QUOTE ]Actually, no, this one’s a keeper. It won’t be in the coming turnin.

[/ QUOTE ]

Wow..........and you didn't even use any KY............


[/ QUOTE ]

HMMM Kentucky.

Kentucky?

Oh wait!

Ewww wait!

NASTY!

I never thought they would be turn ins. The other stuff felt more like turn-in items to me. I guess though if you farmed 100 cloaks it would feel like a turn-in item. What a horrible grind to kill all those crumbots to get to the shadowlord to use the blackrock to get the cloak only to end up with a bad-guys cloak. In a year or two I think they will sell as rare.

Who knows where the next stage of the event will take the cloak? Maybe it will have some benefits in the non-ethereal realm. Maybe this is the "turn-in item" seemingly of no value, that has value??
 
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Fayled Dhreams

Guest
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can you give me just a little crumb of hope? i actually have more than trevelyan! and now wish i hadnt even entered the rift and simply sat at wbb spamming a vendor of blackrock.
just seems that once again the people that throw themselves into the event get sshafted! hung onto the ophid stuff for how long?

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well ... I'll offer it ...
from Draconi's clarification:
* Boosts Fame obtained from aggro’d mobs
<font color=red>Rapidly</font color=red> restores HP, Mana, Stamina in the Ethereal Void

give it a day ... or two ... I've noticed some have figured the bene's (how to gear their char up ....)
btw ... those that DID hold onto the ophid stuff ... thats a turn in too ... huh?
 
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Guest

Guest
hehehehe. Yea, turn-in's are great everyone said. Since you can only play 1 charater at a time, 1 cloak is all you need. The other 99 cost you how much? You either paid 200-300k, per black rock, or spent 1/2 to a few hours mining it.

Everyone loved the turn in, and that it was a secret what the rewards would be, and then ASSUMED, that ALL event items would be turned in. You all said, YES, THIS IS THE WAY WE LIKE IT. If you were not complaing about the system before, then You have no reason to complain now.
 
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Tazar

Guest
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For anyone, are there any other places besides the Rift in Moonglow that is considered an Ethereal Void?

[/ QUOTE ]

Interesting thought... Malas is supposed to be a continent floating in the Ethereal Void... *Wonders about Doom*
 
^Wolfie^

^Wolfie^

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Stratics Veteran
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Nice. Only char I would want to wear the robe on is my chiv archer for mana help. Oh Wait, Nevermind, I can't due to it being karma loss. =/
Adds another useless chest of items to the "collects dust" pile while dupers/exploiters keep their Acid Proof Robes...
 
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