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A new spell: Break Enchantment

Started by xaho on Jun 15, 2006 · 11 posts in thread

xaho (#1)

#1
I came up with the idea when I was enchanting some equipment, how about a spell which makes you empty a items enchantment, so it would go back to 0/30000 (30000 is a example i took from my ring).
Cause I've seen several people messing up with enchanting, (including me)
I think it should be a enchantment spell with about a complexity of.. say... 60? maybe 70?

I'd be a happy to hear some remaks on it, positive and negative.

Greetz, Xaho

Dourht (#2)

#2
No IMO. People would enchant the item and then dis-enchant it and then re-enchant it again.

They would use it to raise there enchanting skill with only one item.

I dont like it
Dourht Heavyaxe

Arureal (#3)

#3
Xaho

I like the idea, even though Dourht did have a good reason for being against it. Yes some people would dis-enchant and re-enchant one item to raise their skill, but they will still have to get all the items they must drain to do it, so its not a compleat cheat for them.

There has been times I wish I could have removed the enchantments I had placed on an item as I was learning what they did, and how much space they used. This is especialy true of items I could not make without unlearning another skill myself and had to buy it.

Even though I like the idea, I think it should be a command instead of a spell. As a spell, it may lead to other player abuses that Dourht did not think of, like dis-enchanting other players items.

On the other hand, it might make a usefull combat spell in PvP combat, and would serve to reduce the number of magic items running around.

Anyhow, these are my first thoughts. I would like to hear from others about this.

Arureal
High Lord of Lowbies

Kiasyn (#4)

#4
CODE · MUD Output
conjure cantrip
enchant ring cantrip
c 'break enchantment' ring
conjure cantrip
enchant ring cantrip
Kiasyn Kelle

Zidane (#5)

#5
I would like to see all the lower lvling people complain about re-enchanting eq with edit glory in it.

example: Blessings of the elder gods. thats a torso having extra 5k space that you have to use glory to enchant it more then its stats.
Dr. Zidane of The Forsaken

weems (#6)

#6
Kiasyn wrote:
CODE · MUD Output
conjure cantrip
enchant ring cantrip
c 'break enchantment' ring
conjure cantrip
enchant ring cantrip
Last time I checked, putting spells into jewelry maxed out their enchantment, not emptied it. The exact opposite of what he's asking about.

Maybe it has changed.

Kiasyn (#7)

#7
Dourht wrote:
No IMO. People would enchant the item and then dis-enchant it and then re-enchant it again.

They would use it to raise there enchanting skill with only one item.

I dont like it

weems (#8)

#8
Just to play the devil's advocate, but they can already do that with jewelry.

My take: Allow it, but when it is done, 100% of the item's enchant space will cost glory 1:1 like a mob item.

That way it can be done, but not to raise your enchant, and it is rather expensive, so a last ditch for expensive items.

Kiasyn (#9)

#9
They can't weems, i fixed it in one of the past patches.

weems (#10)

#10
That's no justification for the rest of my post.

Kiasyn (#11)

#11
...that would be because I have nothing to say to the rest of your post.