...became available once I entered hero range (above 41) and I probably could have taken them. Granted, they are some of the most expensive edges possible and you're not taking other things to compensate for randomness of locations that you have no control over....putting you at a severe disadvantage compared to someone who just got lucky. I knew a mage in-game who had all 3 wands in 3 connecting areas and he could solo them all easily at 36 (ya that's balanced right?). So you decide to waste all your edge points and then you get to go another twenty hours with a group checking the 80-100 spots all over again to find out your new spot is on something you can't even get solo anyways.
Yeah, I'm bitter.
My idea? Make deathblow act like a random critical hit (so decent damage, a lot through protections but maybe 2x on no protections). Start selling the sanc prep again (or a/b/s preps) or give people castable versions of a/b/s so fights are tactical and last longer. And make a single expensive edge that makes detect artifact never fail (veil blows) and trigger when you walk in the area so you can at least narrow it down. Even then it can still suck knowing your wand is on something you will never get but at least you found the damn thing.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/30/2010 10:04AM by torak.