New Epic Armor

New Epic Boss Armors

Starting on July 12th, 2016, a new Epic Boss reward system was introduced with the returning Epic Boss Magician, allowing players to reach a new level in the Epic Boss reward tiers and the ability to craft the ++ version of the Epic Boss Armors. After an initial revamp on October 5th, 2016 (that included up to 100 levels in the reward tiers), on November 3rd, 2016, a new revamp has taken place that shows up to 200 levels in the reward tiers.

As before, after collecting enough materials (normally by reaching level 30 -- formerly level 20), you can craft the regular version of the armor. Then, after collecting enough materials a second time (now after reaching level 60 - formerly 40) and upgrading your regular version of the armor to level 35, you can craft the + version of the armor.

The ++ version can be crafted after collecting enough materials (normally after reaching level 85, or by having materials from the first time the Epic Boss appeared) and upgrading your + version to level 10.

These new reward tiers seem to change periodically on the rewards given, but they generally include Fusion Stones, Dark Prince's Chest keys and Champion's Chest keys along with higher level Pets and pet-hunting materials.

Trivia

 * If the existing list of Epic Bosses is maintained, all of the previous Epic Boss Armors will have been re-used within just over a year. In other words, if a new Epic Boss appears every week as usual, Thunderbird (who gives materials for crafting the Avian Stormguard) would be reappearing on October 17th, 2017.


 * Based on the total stat increase per armor from the + version of the previous Epic Boss armors to the new ++ version, there is a 594 point increase between attack and defense. Also, the combined base stats for the ++ version are exactly 6 stat points higher than the + version (1/5, 2/4, 3/3, etc.). Thanks to SDMarukokun for filling in some of the details.


 * If that rate of increase from the + to its ++ counterpart remains the same, the combined stats for the Avian Stormguard++ would be 4855, or about 720 total stat points higher than Conjured Battlegear++. This comes out to about 2427.5 each for attack and defense. These stats are just shy of 100 total stat points behind the strongest Epic Armor available, the Dread-pirate Finery, which has a combined stat of 4952.