The Summer Ring 2017 is an exceptionally rare ring with some amazing buffs! It will help you earn PED but more important it will help you SAVE PED! There are only a few of these rings in game. Let’s take a look at this rare ring and see what secrets we can uncover!
The Summer Ring 2017: Basic Stats
If we take a look at the Summer Ring 2017 we can see the basic stats for this item are pretty straight forward. The ring provides 22% increased run speed. It also increases both your Evade AND Dodge chance by 22%. The same effect is applied to your Jamming chance. If that’s not enough it increases your Health by 30 HP and provides you 1% Life Steal while decreasing critical damage you take by 22%! It’s quickly becoming obvious why this ring is so valuable!
This is a left hand ring. That makes it VERY rare as most rings are right hand. It has a max Trade terminal, or TT value, of 10 PED. It’s minimal TT value is 0.30 PED. The ring decays 2 PEC every time it is taken off. In game it is considered jewelry, weighs 0.1 kg and is worth 1 item point for storage or shop purposes.
In addition the item description contains the statement: “IMPORTANT NOTE: This item currently does not deteriorate while equipped, but may have deterioration implemented in future Version Updates.”.
Why The Summer 2017 Ring Is So Rare
This ring was only available if you looted it from a Summer Strongbox. You could only get the Summer Strongbox during Summer Mayhem. You either had to loot them yourself or you had to buy them from another player. Once you had the Summer Strongbox you had to purchase a Key in the Webshop to be able to open it.
There are VERY few event rings that drop from Mayhem Strongboxes. They are almost always exceptionally rare and overpowered. This makes event rings like the Summer 2017 Ring exceedingly scare and very valuable. In addition, once Summer Mayhem 2018 started this ring could no longer be looted. It will never be offered in game again and they rarely come up for sale.
The Defense Buffs
The Summer 2017 Ring increases your evade, dodge and jamming chance by 22%. That is an exceptionally valuable buff that will save you some serious PED. This buff works at all levels but has a small secret. The higher your Evader and Dodger Profession levels are the more valuable this can be.
If you are a level 10 Evader this ring essentially puts you closer to a Level 12.2 Evader. But if you are a Level 100 Evader/ Dodger it essentially makes you a Level 122 Evader or Dodger! This isn’t just important in finishing mission chains. Such a massive defense increase can be even more valuable in PvP situations. Often times these are the types of Buffs that are required to win competitions like Mayhem!
Most of you have probably read our article on Farming Free Defense Skills At Zychion Citadel so you know we are huge fans of defense. It’s one of the most important skill sets you can have. That makes this a must have ring for any serious player. Unfortunately only a few exist. A 22% increase in your defense means you spend less time stopping to heal. You also take less decay to any armor you are wearing. That means you save PED!
Life Steal
The Summer 2017 Ring provides 1% Life Steal. Very few items in game has life steal. They are almost all exceedingly rare. Often prohibitively expensive. Due to that life steal isn’t understood by many players.
If you have an item capable of life steal then you gain that much health when dealing damage to a mob. In the case of the Summer 2017 Ring that means 1%. So if you deal 100 HP of damage to a mob per hit then you will gain 1HP of health per hit. This only applies up to your total HP limit. This means that as you are Hunting you are constantly healing. You don’t have to stop and FAP which saves time. You also don’t have to pay for decay on a FAP which saves PED!
Increased Health Decreased Critical Damage
You may notice that the Summer 2017 Ring also increases your health by 30 HP. At the same time it decreases damage you take from a critical hit by 22%! You may be starting to see a theme. This ring is designed to make you stronger in every way. The increase in hit points means that the life steal will be more effective since you have higher total HP.
The 22% decrease in critical damage taken means that if you do take a critical hit it is less likely to kill you. Mix this with the increased defense stats and this ring can make even a player with mild defense skills an absolute beast to deal with. This comes in exceptionally handy in PvP situations!
Increased Run Speed The Overlooked Buff
It seems almost every ring has at least one buff that is often overlooked. In the case of the Summer 2017 Ring that buff seems to be the 22% increased run speed. It doesn’t seem to be as important as the other buffs the ring has to offer but let’s think about that for a second.
If you are in a PvP zone running 22% faster can mean the difference between life and death. If you are hunting you may need to try and out run a mob or a pack of mobs. This ring allows you to run fast enough that a lot of mobs will eventually stop chasing you! If you are mining you can drop more probes faster because you are covering more ground faster. This means that the Summer 2017 Ring can save you a ton of a time mining! What else do you need while mining? Great defense skills in case you find a claim in an area with large mobs.
Why I Consider The Summer 2017 Ring A Weapon
When you stop and think about each of this rings buffs individually and how they work together it is very well designed. Personally I feel that the ring is very undervalued. That’s because players fail to understand that its the perfect ring for PvP, Hunting and Mining! It has many different applications!
I classify it as a weapon because you are going to be using it mostly for hunting or PvP. Mining is only 1/3 of the things it’s used for. And then only about 1/4 as often. Add the fact that you have to be inflicting damage for life steal to work and that means the Summer 2017 Ring should be classified as a weapon.
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