Unique item perks (Smuggling phase 7 brainstorming)

1 day ago

VAELINN

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VAELINN

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1 day ago

I am now ready to further discuss/plan phase 7. The idea with this phase was to introduce some new unique equipment (and possibly a new drug or two).

For unique equipment, the way this will work is, for each smuggling run there will be a low chance of obtaining one of four pieces required to build the unique item. When you have all 4 pieces of the item you will be able to combine them to produce the new unique items.

Now I need ideas on what kind of items and perks they should have. There are a couple of ways we could do this:

1. One unique weapon and one unique armor but multiple possible perks that could be decided when combined.
2. Multiple unique weapons and armors each with their own set perks.

What I need are ideas for these weapons and armor perks now. Sombra has a good writeup of a possibility [here](https://cartelempire.online/Forum/5/2591)

I am starting this post to get input from the community on approaches/perks for this.

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1 day ago

SHIPPUDEN06

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SHIPPUDEN06

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1 day ago

as Sombra has stated many moons ago, ADDING perks/specialties are veru much needed. i want FENT and LSD as new drugs!! (i would really like to have drug that alter/affect stats buuuuuut there is not really much incentive in attack one another [lack of events really] so it always fo down to energy xD)

4 Unique items = 2 sets (1 armor, 1 weapon)

Assassin Set (Set Bonus maybe we should consider attack crits +10% Crit chance overall)?
Weapon = Poison Dagger[+3% Crit Chance] (from sombra suggestion) -1% acc per attack hit [15% cap]
Armor = Mystic Vest/Cloak [+3% Crit Chance] (dodge rate +1% increases per attack landed on the wearer [5% cap should be ok])

Tank Set (Set Bonus if we add attack crits in the game a+20% Additional Damage on Critical Hit or A.D.O.C.H. would be good) 
Weapon = Serrated Knife [+3% Crit Damage] -1% strength per attack hit [15% cap]
Armor = CHOBHAM Vest  [+3% Crit Damage] (defense +0.5% increases per attack landed on the wearer [2.5% cap should be ok])

thoughts? is the DEFENSE armor too OP? any suggestions?
Also SAGE wants REVIT weapons (revit is a perk that replenishes energy when attacking)

P.S.
i would really like to do DEFENSE more, i hope we could add stalemate as its own thing or at the very least make it a "defend" and not just a draw

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1 day ago

N_E_X_U_S

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N_E_X_U_S

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1 day ago

4 unique pieces split between 1 submarine (which takes 2 weeks to complete), and potentially across all cartel members... I love the idea but the possiblity of actually getting them is so low/tedious. How could we improve? If a piece is attained it is multiplied by all submarine participants so everyone on that run gets one?

Personal submarine? Is there scope or woluld it be too OP?

Last Edited 01/01/2026, 12:58:16

about 18 hours ago

VAELINN

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VAELINN

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about 18 hours ago

@Nexus I agree the chances of getting one of these unique items is low, but that is partially by design. I don't mind discussing other ways to obtain these (and personal subs seems like an interesting concept), but I think that would be a separate discussion than the perk discussion I am looking for in this thread. I would prefer to move forward with the more limited ability to gather pieces and combine them based on smuggling runs for this phase of the development because it ensures that the new battle mechanics are rolled out and tested by a smaller subset before introducing many new unique items to the game. 

You can almost think of this as a beta phase for unique items in Cartel Empire as it will in addition to adding the possible unique items it will also add the mechanics for supporting those items and adding more of them going forward.

All of that to say, for this forum thread I am really just looking for ideas around the items and perks they offer as opposed to how to obtain the items. The ideas presented here may be used for future unique items if they are not implemented as a part of the smuggling outcomes. And the smuggling outcomes may be adjusted later to make the items more (or less) obtainable based on how things go.