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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 3387939" data-attributes="member: 326">Hey guys! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />For non-epic wealth I have been thinking:ECL divided by 2.1 = bonus squared x 2000ECL divided by 1.8 = bonus squared x 1000So you might own +10 armour (+5/+5) at 18th-level while at 21st you might have a +10 sword (+5/+5)For epic wealth of course:ECL divided by 2.8 = bonus squared x 20,000ECL divided by 2 = bonus squared x 10,000Further investigation shows that under the official rules...You could have A +6 shield (+6/+0) @ 23rd levelA +11 shield (+6/+5) @ 31st-levelA +6 weapon (+6/+0) @ 27th-levelA +11 weapon (+6/+5) @ 37th-levelWhile my epic equation does give slightly higher results that balances against the reduced variety from only having four items.Under my system you could have a +11 (+6/+5) shield at 22nd-level and a +11 (+6/+5) weapon at 31st-level.This method is a lot better balanced than the core rules I think. I don't see too many trading in a +5/+5 shield for a flat +6 shield. Might have a tad more relevance with weapons as thats useful for bypassing damage reduction.</blockquote>