Drops from Haukke Manor and Copperbell (HM) ?

What is the gear level of the drops associated with the new 5 man Hard Modes? Are they comparable to WP, AK, or better?

~K

AK level loot from Copperbell HM.

Copperbell was pretty fun though on first and third boss at least. The second boss was tuned poorly compared to the other two.

They are AK drops from what I've seen so far. Not just the same ilvl60. but the same gear.

Well, that makes sense I suppose, I assume the Difficulty is on par with AK then as well...

Do we still get a chest that drops Accessories in the new dungeons, or more than one? (Hopefully)

Paul

I feel like HM's are a little more difficult than AK was, we are i90 geared and stuff doesn't melt like AK bosses do. Part of that could be learning the mechanics though.

Had a very tough time with Haukke manor with a relatively well geared group. Perhaps we did not understand the mechanics of the last boss but two ranged dps classes in their relic weapon should not be barely doing enough damage not to wipe on blood rain.

There are multiple jewellery drops per run through there so you can acquire ilvl 60 jewellery easier than you could with AK.Though if you're getting that far in, you may not even need any of the gear.

It's not really for my tank that I am curious, but for all the other alt classes I want to level. My 2nd 50 is a BLM and still using cheap jewelry as I'm only at cap for a month or so now.

With the rest it's going to be a bear to have to go from bought jewelry as Philo tomes are still something I need and I plan on leveling at least one more DoM class (Probably a healer). Knowing that there are multiple shots at jewelry is awesome though. How many pieces are you seeing on a typical run?

Paul

We got some AK loot mostly from Copperbell/Haukke/Sirius. There are also at least 2 chests that drop ilv60 accessories, compared to AK only having one chest.
There were also few new pieces, though still ilv60. Sirius dropped str-belt from first boss and i think healer boots from last boss.

So all the new 4 mans drops the same gear from AK?

Yes, that seems to be the consensus. Same gear level as AK with what may be a slightly harder zone (Probably just the mechanics aren't as familiar). More shots at the harder to get gear from AK.

I'm really glad that the gear pool isn't diluted. hammering the same duty for one piece of gear over and over again is for the birds...

~K

Weird. I thought they showed off some gear that looked diff from AK/WP gear in one of the previews for one of the 4-person dungeons.

The only new graphics set that I saw was for CT, not for new 4 mans. Would be silly to have another half-step between AK and HM Primals...

Paul

There is what appears to be a new tank set available. Lord's gear (we saw 3/5 pieces between HM CM, HM HM and PS).

AK gear and accessories are all over the place in those as well.

What drops from AK now? WP gear?

I've seen three new armor set pieces:

BLM/SMN: Austere set
PLD/WAR: Lord's Plate set
PLD/WAR/DRG: Lancer's set

So far I've only run Sirius and seen the Austere Ringbands, Lord's Plate Belt, and Lancer's Gloves drops. I'm curious to see if specific pieces of each set only drop in each dungeon. And as far as the Austere set goes, if the hand piece is anything to go by, it boosts crit-rate while the Demagogue set from AK boosts determination.

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There is what appears to be a new tank set available. Lord's gear (we saw 3/5 pieces between HM CM, HM HM and PS).

AK gear and accessories are all over the place in those as well.

What drops from AK now? WP gear?

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AK drops WP gear now, yes.

The chest that used to drop jewelry drops potions.

AK dropping ILVL 55 gear when I ran it earliers. So if the new dungeon is dropping ILVL 60, it is an upgrade from AK. MYTH tomes were also decreased.

hard mode copperbell dropped the item "blessed gown" for whm/sch i believe it's a new drop, it's ilevel 60

Got the Blessed Gown for whm from finishing Pharos. Way happier to put that on instead of the Strageos Bilaud.