Alternative to downgrading.

[Kribble]

I love align restrictions on items. Anything that makes people look unique is great in my book. So I got to thinking, rather than do blanket downgrades on items, why not selectively limit race usage?

If silverbands were, let's say, human only, but mantle was, let's say, !human, you would still be effectively downgrading the class as a whole. However you would be varying what different races looked like, spreading out demand for items, increasing the difficulty (fun) of creating the 'perfect' eq set.

In this way you could also balance the deficiencies eq downgrades will cause to different races. The lower a character's base hit points are, the more downgrades will hurt.

Thoughts on this?

[Savras]

Class/race/alignment restrictions are already included and give more leeway in adding positive stats to items.

ATM the hp dg is a blanket thing, but that doesn't mean ALL hp items are downgraded. There are a few significant ones that received a large upgrade.

[beldim]

So does that mean that the old Single race/sex/very limited items that are rare/quest items could be in for upgrade? Cause that would be great.

[Savras]

No, it means its taken into consideration already. Not guaranteeing an upgrade or downgrade.