Crystal Tower - Development: 5+ months, shelf life: 3 months

[Arkghyom]

I want new rides, SE!

[AdamuKun322]

Hmm. Considering how quickly Coils 2 was cleared... they'll need to up Coils quite a bit so even BG can't clear it in a month.

[Taruranto]

You are right OP, however, since all gears from 2.1 are going to be obsolete in 4-5 months, it doesn't matter ultimately.

[Moirear]

The problem is CT was released out of order...... CT was supposed to be at launch. It was supposed to be the gear BETWEEN Dark light, and Coil.

Darklight (low tier tombe) > CT > Allagan/High Tier Tomb.

This is what is always claimed, but I call shenanigans.

CT gear stats you very poorly for Coil. It's only good for grinding the endgame dungeons and CT itself. There's no substitute for Coil other than top gear bought with tomestones, crafted and overmelded gear, and Coil gear combined.

If you use a set of CT and look at the stats, you will see some interesting things, like bad parry ratings on tanks, insufficient accuracy for dps, or a bad mixture of crit and spell speed for healers but no weighting of one or the other. In other words, it's nice for vanity but definitely not good for Coil. Don't be fooled by the higher ilvl! DL will serve you better in the first Coil, till you get the proper tomestone gear and first Coil drops...

[Zoeila]

I suspect next patch will have CT expansion that drops the af concepts we saw most likely ilvl 115

[Raenryong]

This is what is always claimed, but I call shenanigans.

CT gear stats you very poorly for Coil. It's only good for grinding the endgame dungeons and CT itself. There's no substitute for Coil other than top gear bought with tomestones, crafted and overmelded gear, and Coil gear combined.

If you use a set of CT and look at the stats, you will see some interesting things, like bad parry ratings on tanks, insufficient accuracy for dps, or a bad mixture of crit and spell speed for healers but no weighting of one or the other. In other words, it's nice for vanity but definitely not good for Coil. Don't be fooled by the higher ilvl! DL will serve you better in the first Coil, till you get the proper tomestone gear and first Coil drops...

Your primary stat in most cases is far, far more important than secondary stats though.

[rhemi1]

Hmm. Considering how quickly Coils 2 was cleared... they'll need to up Coils quite a bit so even BG can't clear it in a month.

The only way they could do that is by adding hard gear checks only reachable with a good deal of gear from the previous turns. And even then, people will find a way around them.

I'm still in favor of them releasing a raid tier that isn't 4 bosses long. That's just...tiny, by today's standards.

[Wolf_Gang]

Hmm. Considering how quickly Coils 2 was cleared... they'll need to up Coils quite a bit so even BG can't clear it in a month.

Mechanics-wise, I think second coil was tuned just right. Devs shouldn't model a raid around 1 hardcore group that puts in copious amounts of hours raiding everyday. I mean 99% of the community still haven't cleared T6 alone.

But I do agree that the gear requirement was lower than expected. That BG group were an average of i95 I believe. That's like clearing T5 in i75 gear.

[UBERHAXED]

Mechanics-wise, I think second coil was tuned just right. Devs shouldn't model a raid around 1 hardcore group that puts in copious amounts of hours raiding everyday. I mean 99% of the community still haven't cleared T6 alone.

But I do agree that the gear requirement was lower than expected. That BG group were an average of i95 I believe. That's like clearing T5 in i75 gear.

Hint (BG did clear T5 in i75 gear).

[RazeLandale]

It's still got some use for alts who you don't want to spend resources on. 2.4 I think we get a new wing and it's obsolete, but how long to you really want to be farming ct?