Why is this level 170 random stat armor locked to swordsmen only?
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It’s probably because of the old, now (Faded), set stats. I don’t see any reason for it to be locked to swordsman currently though. lol
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It has to do with an old design decision taken by IMC back in 2016 when Swordsmen were very weak:
Q2. Swordsman type classes are finding it extremely difficult to complete quests at higher levels due to the high damage from monsters. Having to find a party every time makes questing hard for soloing players. Can you give us any ideas on what you are planning for the Swordsman in the future?
A2. We are constantly testing various ideas with regards to re-balancing the Swordsman class.
Some of the things we are considering are adjusting monster parameters, Swordsman exclusive items, the fifth type of gem for melee type classes etc. We’ll let you know as soon as we have found a combination of changes that works well.
Swordsmen exclusive equipment became a part of their balancing practices (Shade Greaves, Swift Oghma Gauntlets, along with their predecessors that came shortly before this Q&A). Nyx was a continuation of this, especially due to the Hunting Grounds update being pre-Combat Update.
Basically they never updated old equipment that was bound by the rules of out of date balancing.
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