Self-Boosting IOs

[Rudra]

I don't know if this was done as part of a patch or what is going on, so I am posting here. My purple IOs are now all suddenly 50+5 enhancements. I have never boosted them and I was never going to. Yet they are all now 50+5 and I have no idea why.

 

(Edit: I tend to do a lot of exemplaring on my characters, either playing with others or doing flashbacks, so if this makes my enhancements no longer function below 45, I am going to be upset.)

Edited May 20 by Rudra

[Triumphant]

Honestly, I didn't even think you could boost a purple enhancement.  Interesting.

[Riverdusk]

2 hours ago, Rudra said:

I don't know if this was done as part of a patch or what is going on, so I am posting here. My purple IOs are now all suddenly 50+5 enhancements. I have never boosted them and I was never going to. Yet they are all now 50+5 and I have no idea why.

 

(Edit: I tend to do a lot of exemplaring on my characters, either playing with others or doing flashbacks, so if this makes my enhancements no longer function below 45, I am going to be upset.)

 

Nope, boosting a purple won't affect exemping with them.  They still gives set bonuses all the way down to level 1.  Can do a quick check for yourself by solo queuing for a DFB and checking combat attributes.

 

 

[Rudra]

Just now, Riverdusk said:

 

Nope, boosting a purple won't affect exemping with them.  They still gives set bonuses all the way down to level 1.  Can do a quick check for yourself by solo queuing for a DFB and checking combat attributes.

 

 

I still would like to know how and why it happened. Especially since I just finished going through my characters and only my Ninja/Dark MM had this happen. And I never boost my enhancements. (My other 50s all have attuned purples. So they can't be boosted.)

[srmalloy]

On 5/20/2024 at 4:26 PM, Triumphant said:

Honestly, I didn't even think you could boost a purple enhancement.  Interesting.

If you buy them off the AH from the "Attuned Enhancements" group, you can't; it is a rookie mistake to buy them that way, or apply catalysts to them, since they already function as if they're attuned. Buy them from the "Crafted Enhancements" group, then you can boost them

[Rudra]

2 minutes ago, srmalloy said:

If you buy them off the AH from the "Attuned Enhancements" group, you can't; it is a rookie mistake to buy them that way, or apply catalysts to them, since they already function as if they're attuned. Buy them from the "Crafted Enhancements" group, then you can boost them

I don't know. I'm thinking of attuning my Ninja/Dark MM's purples to get rid of the boosts.

[Frozen Burn]

36 minutes ago, Rudra said:

I don't know. I'm thinking of attuning my Ninja/Dark MM's purples to get rid of the boosts.

 

Why would you get rid of the boosts - they make them function even better.  There is no downside to having them boosted.  If they are boosted - you're getting more % of that attribute to your power - it's how we can get past the ED cap.

 

And as @srmalloy stated, attuned purples do nothing for you.  Purple set bonuses already work at lower levels when exemping down (the typical reason for attuning).  So don't waste your catalysts or inf on the market trying to exchange for attuned ones. 

 

 

Edited May 22 by Frozen Burn

[Rudra]

1 hour ago, Frozen Burn said:

 

Why would you get rid of the boosts - they make them function even better.  There is no downside to having them boosted.  If they are boosted - you're getting more % of that attribute to your power - it's how we can get past the ED cap.

 

And as @srmalloy stated, attuned purples do nothing for you.  Purple set bonuses already work at lower levels when exemping down (the typical reason for attuning).  So don't waste your catalysts or inf on the market trying to exchange for attuned ones. 

 

 

I am aware that the purples automatically function all the way down to level 1. That's not the point. I never have and never will boost my enhancements. Yet now I have a character with 9 level 50+5 enhancements. (Weird thing is, one of the sets is not all 50+5. And again, I have not boosted any of my enhancements. Ever.) My other 50s all have attuned purples. (I was on auto-pilot when I slotted them.) But at least they aren't all magically level 50+5 now. There is no need to boost enhancements to 50+5, and I like playing without the boost. To me at least, it is a reminder that the game is not so difficult that it needs players to boost their enhancements through the roof.

 

Edit: Besides, I wouldn't be wasting money buying anything from the market. My character still has 46 catalysts from random drops I haven't bothered throwing on the market. I've been saving them for my other characters when they get to level 50 though. That is the primary debate, keep saving those catalysts for my other characters, selling as needed to get them more inf', or use them to get rid of the boosts.

 

Edit again: Fine. I'll leave them. I still have the other characters with their attuned enhancements.

Edited May 22 by Rudra