Fletcher corbin *bug*?
So I heard that Fletcher Corbin can upgrade the level of unique items. I didn't know this during my first playthrough. I was looking forward to this during my second playthrough. Apparently, I can do this before act 2 (will upgrade to level 16, from what I read) or before act 3 (will upgrade to level 18). So I sold him some unique items before I got to nameless isle, and when I got there, the items did scale to the level of the trader. Only, they were level 8 now. Not upgraded to 16, but downgraded to 8. I had a unique armor and Lohar's source hammer that were level 13. They both got downgraded to level 8 after we reached nameless isle. Same with every item. Is this a bug? Have they patched Fletcher Corbin's "skills"?
Edit: Fletcher Corbin was a level 14 trader before we left to nameless isle. He is a level 8 trader now
Posted Apr 24, 2019, 4:47 PM UTC · edited
For some reason he always goes from level 14 in Act 2 to level 8 in Act 3, and then makes the jump to 18 at Act 4. This is where you want to make him upgrade your stuff. I think I read the same thing you did about him going to level 16, but whatever source that claims he upgrades to level 16 is incorrect at this point (unless theres something you have to do to make him hit 16 instead of going down to 8)
You can even do all of Act 3 including the final fights in the Academy, and then sell him all your Unique wares while you're in the Hall of Echoes. The entry to Arx specifically is where your stuff gets upgraded so you dont have to come up with replacements for any of your Unique gear to do any fights, you can strip down and sell him everything you want to upgrade, and buy it back right away
Thanks. Would've been great if he could've done that in act 3, because we can get some good unique gear in act 4. Act 3 is when it helps more, I think
Do you know what happens if I combine one of my belts with eternal artefact before I sold it to Corbin. Will it retain the added bonuses it gives? Or will selling it to Corbin reset all the added bonuses? Ever tried that? I want to upgrade Ethne's belt to get +1 warfare and use it in act 3, but I don't want to waste an eternal artefact, if it loses that bonus once I sell it to Corbin
iirc you lose the artefact bonus.
I am unsure about the Eternal Artefact bonus, I was always afraid to science it and find out since they're so bloody limited. I've always held off on using them until I upgraded them to level 18.
I've found the best gear to upgrade is the unique pieces with rune slots (helmet of strength, second skin, and ring of intelligence, with the latter two particularly excellent). They give really unique stat bonuses as is, and the boost itself goes up when they hit level 18. It's hard to ignore a ring that effectively gives +6 intelligence and +1 scoundrel (from an eternal artefact) once maxed out. Most of the Unique gear is outclassed by the Act 4 Uniques even at level 18 because they don't have slots