Zeldax
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Now that the misc is out, I can share my overall thoughts on the Giftbox set based on info subs.
Weapons seem pretty good, though they do overlap with the Copperclad weapons a bit, particularly the Melee and Ranged weapons. That said, they might be better if you're able to always have Defloss inflicted (can be done with the set's Pet and Misc, or Warwolf Misc)
Shield is alright. The SP heal per hit attempted against you when the enemy has Defloss is pretty neat.
Pet seems really good, particularly the Defloss mode.
Spell is also alright but as @1stClassGenesis said, it's pretty much just a damage spell.
Misc seems really good for those who run Defboost builds and/or for those who run Defloss but missed out on Warwolf misc.
Armor also seems really good. A bit odd that the skill's Defboost trigger only takes into account the current term's Defboost instead of the entirety of the inflicted status, since that's not the norm AFAIK. The skill also being spell-based even in Melee mode is also weird, given that FD Warriors are a thing. The Defloss toggle seems nice.
With all that said, my issues with the set are with it being the 4th Light set we've gotten in more or less a year (we got One Storm/Sleighguard, Festive Legionary, and Rubicon Legate last year). It's also another FD light armor like One Storm (last year's Giftbox armor), and just like One Storm, it's another FD armor where the set it's part of has a 0 proc Ranged weapon (FD Rangers would rather use 100 proc weapons). Further, it's a Defloss set which FO Rangers would have liked, but they literally got Festive Legionary last year (which as I said earlier is also a Light set) so they'd have to choose between the two sets. I have no issues with it being swappable to SC since SC Light options are kind of lacking right now (then again, neither this nor the two SC Light options in UR count as coverage), but the lean does feel like it was just slapped on.
On a more personal note, I would have preferred this set to be FO and a different element, particularly because my FO Ranger would have enjoyed this set (since Defloss would help with DEX's Adaptive Lean) but it uses almost the entirety of the Festive Legionary set and thus has no room to use any of the items in this set.
It was said on Discord that the Frostval Overlord Set was a case of the art being done first and being heavily elementally coded, but this also just means that it was another instance of communication issues between the staff. I assume it was Tyronius who made this set and finished it before showing it to AQ team, so I just hope that he and the team communicate with each other to avoid things like this in the future.
@ming shuen
I agree that Frostval Overlord does not look like an SC armor, but neither do the 3 other armors you mentioned. Fungibushi is a samurai (and is already an SC armor), Archfiend is some grotesque warrior, and Necrotech is a giant mech.
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