Hybrid gear

[Filthy The Kid]

Legendaries and craftables for tier 3s - Like, abit worse than the current legendaries. Same for craftables, abit worse weapons than the current f.x Swadian hope, etc.

Would encourage hybridizing way more. And would make me happy ( I'm Sergeant + Heavy skirmisher + Crossbowman ) .

I know it's a simple post with less info than most, but really would appreciate a bit hybrid love ( I am kewl with the way it is now, but i bet i'll get jealous when all the tier 4's are running around with uber weapons, and i'll still be running around with my steel sword and my pike. If you could add like, a "Masterwork Halfpike" , (It's just a fast long pike with lower damage than f.x the pike of kings, it would be just as rare, but worse than the pike of kings, and the history of this halfpike could be a Pike where you need experience with both the Two handed weapon art, and the polearms. ) and instead of the pikes 33 pierce: 40-42 pierce. Then i'd be more than happy. ( Ofcourse, would also like to see a one handed, and a twohanded, some gear, ranged weapons etc: They should be worse than any tier 4 legendary, and ment for hybrids. ) - As i said, different looks, worse stats , but better than marketplace things. Currently, you(As a hybrid) Cannot use anything else than marketplace weapons, and mediocre craftables

[Blondin]

I guess that's the point of hybrid and specialist, no?

Hybrid are good in many things but specialist is better in one

[Filthy The Kid]

I guess that's the point of hybrid and specialist, no?

Hybrid are good in many things but specialist is better in one

Notice the reduced stats thing i mentioned.

Imagine: Pikeman can use pike of kings (52 pierce)
Hybrid with heavy skirmisher can use Masterwork halfpike ( 40 pierce ) , which is a pike you use in a special way, where it would require both skill in heavy arms and polearms.
Would be nice. Requirements: Sergeant and Heavy skirmisher, forexample

A specialist should only be better than the hybrid in the specialists speciality. The hybrid is better than him when it comes to all the others, and most of all, when it comes to mixing it all up.

I get what you mean, but a hybrid shouldn't be worse at the game than all other classes because of gearlack - And i'm not saying hybrid currently is, just that a nice few hybrid gears would be nice , that is meant for the hybrid. As i put in an example, the masterwork halfpike - Could also be some kind of 1h + Polearm mode, or 2h + polearm mode - Seeing as a hybrid between Skirmisher and Infantry would utilize his skills in several arts of combat.

Could also be a crossbow which has bow functions ( A crossbow ingame, the bow functions are only for lore . ) For Heavy longbowman - Man at arms hybrid.

Don't worry, i'm not asking for a hybrid to be better than a specialist in his speciality.

Heck, i wouldn't mind if the hybrid gear would have same stats as marketplace, what i'm mostly seeking is the "Unique" items Something that looks cool, that only hybrids can wear. =)

[Sir_Eldras]

I face this problem all of the time (gearlack as it's called above.) I'm Hvy Longbow/Hvy. Infantry, and as such, I've hit the almighty plateau of gear. Maybe that's just because I am utilizing archery as my primary focus, but I almost never get better gear, I only move laterally for the sake of wanting to look different in-game every once in a while. Let's be honest, for a class like archer, there is no real choice in what to use anyway. You have 1 bow that you can use, and one obvious type of arrow to use. Heck, with the absolute nerfing of the longbow, the choice narrows for an even longer stretch of archer grinding.

I chose to go hybrid so that I could at least have more options with weapons and armor (and to survive a little bit longer at melee,) but it seems that tier 3 really opens up for inf. types - weapons and all kinds of armor - but for archers, there's no real choice in upgrades. Maybe this notion of tier 3 legendaries would make it feel like I actually had some options. If I didn't dual-class, tier 3 archery would still suck, as there are so few things to change up. I dream of getting a fiendish bow, which is useable at tier 3, but in the literal 200+ hours I've sunk into the mod, the only legendary I've had is a grinder helm - which of course was unusable. It's not that I think that everyone should have god-like weapons and armor, but I'm going to be using this damn Khergit bow for the rest of existence. Imagine being a melee-based character and never having the option to try out a new weapon for, oh, 20 or so levels?!

I know I'm kvetching about something particular to archers, and you could argue that I am hvy. infantry, so my melee weapon and armor allows for decent selection, but I'd love to see a bit more "awesome -1" weapons and armor for people who hybridize and will never hit tier 4 in any class. I'll eventually make sniper around level 50, but I wish I wasn't tempted to respec so often because of gearlack and jealous pining over non-hybridized people who are at the same level as me. Hybrids are a great addition to make balanced characters the way a player wants to, but in the end, there is too much emphasis on hitting tier 4 to finally get weapons that matter and armor that looks decent and protects you, too. Every hybrid player must hit this wall sooner or later, and the mod feels imbalanced gear-wise to tier 1s (lots of choice) and tier 4s (awesome gear and legendaries.) Second and (primarily) third tiers tend to get lost in the shuffle.