Nightingale Legacy Portal
Bound Part #1: Materials of the Bound
Greetings Devpeoples,
This post is part of the Community Theorycraft Project. Something where multiple members of the community gather together to discuss existing and potential new additions to the different elements of this wonderful game. Things we would like to see, we would like to change, and ways to go about doing so.
This topic of focus is The Bound, the gruesome creatures unleashed by the Pale. We dive into the wonderful theme and flavour presented by them. In fact, so captivated were we by this particular topic, we may have overdone it slightly, exceeding even our own estimates of total content. This has resulted in this submission being the largest one from the CTP to date.
As such, we have decided to split this into multiple separate topics, and link each one within the forewords so those interested can travel from post to post with ease.
As always, we would like to thank you for your time and continued development of this wonderful game.
Bound Posts:
Bound Part #1 - Materials of the Bound
Link: https://playnightingale.ideas.aha.io/ideas/FEEDBACK-I-416
Bound Part #2 - Corrupt Enchantments
Link: https://playnightingale.ideas.aha.io/ideas/FEEDBACK-I-417
Bound Part #3 - Existing Bound Changes
Link: https://playnightingale.ideas.aha.io/ideas/FEEDBACK-I-418
Bound Part #4 - New Melee Bound
Link: https://playnightingale.ideas.aha.io/ideas/FEEDBACK-I-419
Bound Part #5 - New Ranged Bound
Link: https://playnightingale.ideas.aha.io/ideas/FEEDBACK-I-420
Bound Part #6 - The Accursed
Link: https://playnightingale.ideas.aha.io/ideas/FEEDBACK-I-421
Bound Part #7 - Quest 1: “A Shot In The Dark”
Link: https://playnightingale.ideas.aha.io/ideas/FEEDBACK-I-422
Bound Part #8 - Quest 2: “The Binds That Break Us”
Link: https://playnightingale.ideas.aha.io/ideas/FEEDBACK-I-423
Materials of the Bound
This particular post is regarding the materials dropped by the Bound. As part of this, we propose to dramatically reduce the superfluous clutter of Bound materials, which has occurred since the v0.3 Update, which added Tiered Bound materials to the game. We also propose some thematic name changes, along with statistical changes to several materials, changes to which Bound drops what, and what the individual materials can drop as.
It aims to address issues with drop rates of certain materials, to make the statistics of the materials competitive when compared to other material types, and provide some wonderful thematic elements toward the materials themselves.
Note: As part of the thematic naming changes, we would ideally love to see updated Art icons for the items and materials to set these materials apart, and to fully express the gruesome element of the Bound and what is used in their creation.
Consolidating Materials:
Many of the current Bound materials are, essentially, duplicates. Since the existing materials had a Normal and Advanced version pre-v0.3, to allow for power scaling, this is no longer required since using the Tiered system takes care of this inherently. As such, we propose that these duplicated instances be combined, tier for tier.
Example:
Combine T1 Bound Fibre and T1 Advanced Bound Fibre, merge the items and make them a single item. Merge T2 and T2 Advanced to a single item, and T3 and T3 Advanced to another.
The materials themselves have essentially the same stats, and merging them will allow for easier scaling in future, reduces clutter, and allows for easier understanding since all other creatures in the game now function on the Tier based system.
Materials Changes:
Here we shall list our retouching of the Bound materials. We have made listings for what the materials are, what they can drop as, where they drop from, whether we have renamed them (and what we renamed them from), along with their attributes for all the currently available tiers.
Counts As: Bone
Drops From: Caprine, Fiend, Bruiser, Knight, Strix
Can Drop As: Bone (75%), Horn (25%)
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+10% / +15% / +20% Melee Damage
+0.5% / +0.8% / +1% Movement Speed
+10 / +15 / +20 Maximum Health
Note:
New Refined Item
Horn
Made At: Tanning Station
Requirements: 2x Bone
Used In: Drinking Horns Augments (recipe change)
Renamed From: Bound Fibre, Advanced Bound Fibre
Counts As: Fibre
Drops From: Vermin, Haxan
Can Drop As: Fibre (30%), Refined Fibre (20%), Thread (30%), Cloth (20%)
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+10 / +15 / +20 Magick Power
+5% / +7.5% / +10% Maleficium Resistance
Renamed From: Arcane Wick, Advanced Arcane Wick
Counts As: Fibre
Drops From: Bombardier, Lamplighter, Mortar, Sniper
Can Drop As: Fibre (30%), Thread (30%), Wick (20%), Cloth (20%)
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+15% / +20% / +25% Ranged Damage
+2.5% / +5% / +7.5% Injury Resistance
Counts as: Lining
Comprised Of: Bound Sinew, Bound Flesh
Drops From: Stalker, Onager
Rarity: 20% Drop
Can Drop As: Lining (100%)
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+15% / +20% / +25% Ranged Damage
+2.5% / +5% / +7.5% Injury Resistance
+15% / +20% / +25% Melee Damage
+2.5% / +5% / +7.5% Maleficium Resistance
+10 / +15 / +20 Maximum Health
Renamed From: Petrified Ichor, Fossilised Ichor
Counts As: Gem
Drops From: Darkweaver, Haxan
Can Drop As: Raw Gem (70%), Gem Powder (30%)
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+15 / +20 / +25 Magick Power
+2.5% / +5% / +7.5% Maleficium Resistance
+10 / +15 / +20 Health Regeneration
Counts as: Gem
Drops From: Darkweaver
Can Drop As: Raw Gem
Rarity: 20% Drop
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+10% / +20% / +30% Maleficium Damage
+10 / +15 / +20 Magick Power
+1 / +1.5 / +2 Stamina Regeneration /s
Renamed From: Bound Straps
Counts as: Hide
Drops From: Aegis, Assassin, Caprine, Fiend, Vermin
Can Drop As: Hide (40%), Leather (30%), Straps (30%)
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+15% / +20% / +25% Melee Damage
+2.5% / +5% / +7.5% Maleficium Resistance
+10 / +15 / +20 Maximum Health
Counts As: Pigment, Ichor
Drops From: Haxan, Darkweaver
Can Drop As: Ichor (100%)
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+10 / +15 / +20 Magick Power
+5 / +10 / +15 Health Regeneration
+2.5% / +5% / +7.5% Maleficium Resistance
Counts As: Ingot
Drops From: Bombardier, Sniper, Mortar
Can Drop As: Ingot (65%), Action (35%)
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+15% / +20% / +25% Ranged Damage
+2.5% / +5% / +7.5% Maleficium Resistance
Counts As: Ingot
Drops From: Assassin, Elite Knight
Can Drop As: Ingot (75%), Blade (25)
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+5% / +10% / +15% Critical Damage
+0.5% / +0.8% / +1% Movement Speed
Counts As: Ingot
Drops From: Kyrosiphon, Sunderer
Can Drop As: Ingot (75%), Mechanical Gears (25%)
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+10% / +20% / +30% Fire Damage
+5% / +7.5% / +10% Fire Resistance
Counts as: Ingot
Drops From: Aegis, Knight, Elite Knight
Can Drop As: Ingot (75%), Blade (25%, Knights), Metal Plate (25%, Aegis)
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+10% / +20% / +30% Melee Damage
+5% / +7.5% / +10% Maleficium Resistance
Counts As: Gilded Blade & Martial Blade (counts as both)
Comprised Of: Bound Skull Fragment, Lacunus
Drops From: Knight, Elite Knight
Rarity: 20% Drop
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes
+25% / +35% / +50% Melee Damage
+5% / +7.5% / +10% Maleficium Resistance
+0.5% / +0.8% / +1% Movement Speed
+10 / +15 / +20 Maximum Health
Note: The refined item Martial Blade was one we supplied in a previous Theorycraft submission focused upon Weapons of the Realms, which we shall link here for reference. https://playnightingale.ideas.aha.io/ideas/FEEDBACK-I-82
Counts as: Wood
Drops From: Bruiser
Can Drop As: Lumber
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+15% / +20% / +25% Melee Damage
+5% / +7.5% / +10% Injury Resistance
+2.5% / +5% / +7.5% Maleficium Resistance
Renamed From: Gilded Lumber (Fossilised Ichor)
Counts as: Gilded Lumber
Comprised Of: Bound Flesh, Yew
Drops From: Bruiser
Rarity: 20% Drop
Can Drop As: Gilded Lumber (70%), Pole (30%)
T1 / T2 / T3 Attributes:
+30% / +40% / +50% Melee Damage
+5% / +7.5% / +10% Injury Resistance
+5% / +10% / +15% Maleficium Resistance
+10 / +15 / +20 Maximum Health
Contributors:
Apothete, Double Space Su, Kahz, Katari, Phylon, Shrike
